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...even if something goes wrong, extensive substance use would prove very entertaining and ratings-friendly. Just imagine how many people would tune in to watch Chi Chi Rodriguez' famous sword dance if there were a chance he would succumb to 'roid rage and attack his caddy after sinking the putt. Hasn't FOX made a ratings killing off shows with similar premises...
...Even without tearstains, there is just something earnest-looking about those wandering lines and shadings of ink." Some of this apparent earnestness is surely due to the strict laws that still govern letter writing. For all the talk of "netiquette" (which delights Miss Manners), e-mail has yet to succumb to the rule of a similar code: smiley faces and other vulgarities are allowed, and even the most stringent rules of grammar are regularly relaxed...
...also conclude in a predetermined manner: the crime is solved, the suspect unmasked. But that analogy won't wash, since the identity of the guilty party in mysteries is withheld until the end. Romance heroines and readers rarely doubt which man is in her sights or whether he will succumb...
...course, the easiest solution to the crowd problem is winning. Even the most inspired spectators succumb to the specter of impending elimination from the playoffs...
...Lebanon have welcomed the announcement but question Israel's intentions; with Israel out of Lebanon, there will be more pressure on the Syrians both to re-enter peace talks with Israel and to leave Lebanon themselves. While Syria's outgoing foreign minister has declared that the nation will not succumb to outside pressure, Israel has made clear that its withdrawal from Lebanon is not contingent on Syria's response: "We will not be hostages to its continued rejectionism," said Israeli foreign minister David Levy...