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That's plenty of ifs for skeptical scientists to swallow. As physicist Enrico Fermi liked to say, if there are so many extraterrestrials out there, why haven't we heard from them...
...while fear of messy protests may have kept Castro away from Seattle, the exiles are being forced to confront the reality that he has, for the most part, broken out of the international isolation they had hoped would force his overthrow - and that's a bitter pill to swallow for the generation of exiles who have dreamed for decades of a triumphant return to their beloved homeland...
...brother's national program--violates the state constitution and must be dropped. The judge's ruling was narrow and may not mean that George W.'s plan would face a similar fate. But even if it did, Bush wouldn't stop talking about vouchers, because they help conservatives swallow his federal activism on education. Bush talks constantly about the primacy of "local control" in schools. But he understands that after 25 years of headlines about the "education crisis," parents don't care where good ideas come from. So in at least one area, he calls for more federal oversight than...
...Morrissey proved even to a neutral observer that without a record label or new album to promote, he still has the magnetism lacking in many bands today. Always the showman, he appeared onstage looking like a fetish version of Elvis in a black PVC outfit and launched into "A Swallow On My Neck." The lesser-known song started the show on a weaker note, but Morrissey's jovial mood and his backing band's incredibly tight, focused musicality only created momentum...
...cheapo class, the aisle is wide enough only for the beverage cart. It effectively prevents you from getting from where you are to where you want to be. So I swallow another pill, and start toward the backside of the plane where the line for the powder room has shortened. As each person returns to their seat in turn, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to rub body parts as they squeeze by me in the aisle. And when my turn comes, I am more than ready to have my go at squeezing into the well-used facility...