Word: tap
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...Kimberlin's mind, his successes are the product of special powers obtained through meditation. "I have evolved to where I can dip into the place of universal consciousness and tap into its very powerful forces to effect change in a positive way," he wrote in an e-mail to me late in my reporting for this story. In reality, he's just one moving part in a large, complex dynamic. But Kimberlin's grandiosity is as representative of certain parts of the blogosphere as his lack of credibility, all of which makes him a good case study...
...amphibious moves of dancers filmed in motion-capture suits and weave them back into the computer-generated characters, so that the sight of 10,000 penguins gyrating to Prince's Kiss seems not only weirdly natural but also pretty cool. And being George Miller, he would insist that his tap-dancing hero Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) be composed of no less than six million CGI penguin feathers...
...Fitzsimmons said the additional travel time will allow his office to “expand horizons” and visit schools that rarely or never send students to Harvard. “We have a search list of around 80,000 promising students and with more time we can tap into some of those students from those high schools that almost never send people our way,” he said. “It could make a real difference both in the academic quality and economic-slash-ethnic diversity of our class.” The admissions office...
...Hunter says he spent his short tenure with the coalition raising money for an Orlando headquarters, though Combs said the coalition never received any money. (Hunter said he collected pledges that he can tap at any time.) Hunter also says the favorable response to the publicity over his resignation has been huge, and he's now floating the idea of a new mobilizing organization to lead the Christian community into the future...
...just tap and go.” That’s what the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) “Ambassadors” were telling bus and subway riders yesterday morning as they distributed plastic CharlieCards to launch a new ticketing system. According to MBTA Spokesman Joe Pesaturo, the CharlieCard—a new bus and subway pass that features an embedded microchip with the card’s value–will improve efficiency and revenue collection. Beginning in January when fares are set to hike, riders who continue using paper CharlieTickets or cash will pay an even...