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...middle-aged man (PC). Their interactions constantly conclude that the Mac laptop fits an urbane, exciting lifestyle—though with a reassuring wink to consumers, so as to not presume that the ad actually sells you. But the message is clear: Personality is an extension of where you swipe your credit card...
...School of Arts and Sciences in 1968. From there, he taught mathematics at Northern Illinois University for twenty years before returning to his hometown. For the past seventeen years, he has been doing research for an economist at the Kennedy School of Government, a job which provides him with swipe access to his favorite library. As for the Wolverine-esque sideburns, today’s impressive product is the result of several long years of grooming. When he’s not busy reading the paper, John shows his support for Crimson athletics. His sport of choice? Women?...
...life decidedly awkward, uncomfortable, or worse. Like room inspectors, who leave us with a handful of pop tarts and no toaster oven. Or arsonists, larcenists, and on unannounced Saturday morning visits, Mom. Luckily, we have a system that makes it easy to keep out unwanted visitors. First, campus-wide swipe card access ensures that only Harvard affiliates can get into student houses. And second, thanks to the vastly underappreciated invention of the lock and key, only we and our roommates can walk right into our personal suites. Well, we, our roommates, and Dorm Crew. The beauty of Harvard?...
...foundation seeking radical breakthroughs in space travel) that year and removed, once and for all, what Carmack calls the "giggle factor" in private spaceflight. "This is real. We're not dreaming anymore," Branson says, all signs of his Necker Island playfulness gone. "You could argue," he says, taking a swipe at NASA, "that we've wasted 50 years...
...Paying for Health Care.Nearly every Democrat spoke of his or her desire to institute a universal health care plan. Edwards, taking another swipe at Clinton, noted he would start instituting a plan on his first day in office. Clinton said only that all Americans would have universal health care by the end of her second term. Edwards added that anyone who didn't call for tax hikes to pay for such a program "might have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn." That prompted Richardson and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to adamantly dispute that. "I don't think...