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Ignoring the weird spasm of patriotism I suffer every four years or so, I can admit that Witt danced a beautiful program to beautiful music. In this most watched of Olympic events, however, it is ironic that dancing to beautiful music is what wins...
...students want this? No. And yet members of the council suffer under the mass delusion that students like having an impotent council to make jokes about. I've never heard anyone argue so adamantly that the council must retain a "purely social" (read: impotent) role than a council member...
...another widely held fear is that wear and tear on the joints inevitably leads to painful and immobilizing arthritis. Yes, there is a wearing down of the cartilage pads that cushion bones, but less than half of those over 65 whose X rays show degenerative arthritic changes suffer symptoms. Many of the aches and pains attributed to acute arthritis, doctors say, have more to do with weakening muscles than creaky joints. People with some joint damage fare better when they engage in regular moderate exercise, such as walking or swimming...
...shallow friendliness, may frighten some. But it reassures others exactly because he is not theatrical or compelling (as, say, an earlier televangelist, Fulton Sheen, was). That breathy and winking chuckle we heard, debate after debate, did not constitute a last laugh by any means. But we are going to suffer that chuckle's soft abrasions for a long time -- for as long as we remain deaf to the alarm bells it responds...
Still, the shelters are not constructed to everyone's taste. Some workers are concerned that their savings cannot be easily retrieved, as is the case with IRAs. According to the tax rules governing 401(k)s, employees can withdraw their money before age 59 1/2 only if they suffer from a disability or a hardship, which the IRS has traditionally interpreted to mean something as serious as costly medical expenses. They must also pay a 10% penalty to retrieve their funds. One way to withdraw the money without paying the penalty is to borrow against one's 401(k) savings...