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...rewind-mode. As we go back in time, the tension should mount. Instead, we’re left with a muddled four minutes of monotony. The woman walks backwards. For like, half a minute. Then she drives away, fills up at a gas station, and stares forlornly at a stack of pancakes while holding the child, who is still unmoving. You watch as precious moments of your life pass by. Unfortunately, the action taking place doesn’t live up to the promise of Brock’s riveting vocals and the backup vocals, which combine to mourn...
...have they? Stack up enough anecdotal maybes, and they start to look like a scientific definitely. Things that appear definite, however, have a funny way of surprising you, and birth order may conceal all manner of hidden dimensions-within individuals, within families, within the scientific studies. "People read birth-order books the way they read horoscopes," warns Toni Falbo, professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas. "'I'm a middle-born, so that explains everything in my life'-it's just not like that." Still, such skepticism does not prevent more and more researchers from being drawn...
...You’ve no idea how efficient you are, sitting in Widener, there’s no other place with an open-stack library like that,” he said...
...wasn't always as impersonal as handing over a stack of bills or checks. Among the illegal actions alleged in Siegelman's indictment was his acceptance from Young of thousands of dollars' worth of free Tshirts and hundreds of specially embossed coffee mugs to give away as Christmas presents. The freebies were popular, said Young. "I had got them coffee cups and stuff before and shirts, and I had the same thing for Bill [Pryor]." Young estimated the value of the mugs at $13,000 to $15,000, and he even offered to share the extras with his inquisitors...
...wasn't always as impersonal as handing over a stack of bills or checks. Among the illegal actions alleged in Siegelman's indictment was his acceptance from Young of thousands of dollars' worth of free T shirts and hundreds of specially embossed coffee mugs to give away as Christmas presents. The freebies were popular, said Young. "I had got them coffee cups and stuff before and shirts, and I had the same thing for Bill [Pryor]." Young estimated the value of the mugs at $13,000 to $15,000, and he even offered to share the extras with his inquisitors...