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Okay, so perhaps “absurd” is a bit harsh. That particular situation turned out just fine; my new acquaintance oohed and aahed as I discussed thread count, laughed as I dismissed cotton-polyester blends and smiled politely as I explained the constitution of a Sateen weave. I can only imagine how much she appreciated my candor about the beauty of lavender jacquard. And as for the job itself, it neither promises nor delivers the slightest bit of glamour, but it sure beats the great majority of ways I could be spending my summer...
...about time. It's hard to overestimate how important a strong leader is to the success of a school. When TIME picked six Schools of the Year in May, the one thread they had in common was dynamic, dedicated principals who inspired teachers, parents and students to do more than anyone thought possible. But there simply aren't enough people in education right now who are this good...
...Despite Disney's spin, Internet chat rooms reflect a certain hostility. Hundreds have joined a thread titled, Committee to Boycott Pearl Harbor. One contributor gripes: "They'll probably make a movie called Hiroshima next, in which heroic American soldiers bomb those evil Japanese and save the world." Another writes: "In Armageddon, you could excuse the message that America is number one because it's science fiction. But Pearl Harbor looks to be pure propaganda...
...going in for the same procedure he had in March - a cardiac catheterization, for which doctors insert wires into a vein in his groin and thread them up into his heart. The wires are tipped with electrical sensors that give precise readings on the rhythm of the heart muscles "for the purpose of determining the vice president's risk of developing a persistent, abnormal heart rhythm," said Dr. Jonathan Samuel Reiner in a statement released by the White House...
...such as cars. "Fourth Amendment protection of autos has been largely eroded," said Yale Kamisar, law professor at the University of Michigan. Even passengers' purses can be searched without a warrant (although it's less clear whether a passenger's person can be, showing how tricky it is to thread this needle). And Kamisar argues that in general, "the whole trend has been the other way, toward saying that police surveillance is not a search." Giving a Charmin-like squeeze to a bus passenger's soft-sided luggage was found last year to be not okay...