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...longer at the point that it is acceptable to throw things at the wall and see what sticks.' MICHAEL SNOW, chairman of the Wikimedia board, on Wikipedia's decision to apply an editorial-review process to articles about living people...
...upon entering the bowels of the house, you're assaulted with a landfill of dusty refrigerators just at the bottom of the steps. The labyrinth that is Adams' basement is made worse by the fact that they've decided to willingly use halls as storage space, and throw junk in whatever tiny, far-off closet they could find...
...mother embarrassed me every day, it felt like, with her assertiveness. Anytime she spoke up for herself, I wanted to throw myself under a bus. It took years, but I finally realized that my own ability to assert my needs had come from watching her. I joke with parents and say, Embarrass your daughters as often as you can - you are giving them a real script to use when they are ready to use it. My No. 1 advice to moms is, What picture does your daughter see when she looks at you? Does she see a woman...
...beauty of the policy is that it's neither liberal nor conservative, just deeply pragmatic--the most American ideology of all. You do whatever works, throw ideas at the problem and see what sticks. Look at our history, and the not-quite-rational patchwork of minimal solutions has a decent track record. If Cash for Clunkers is really all it takes to get us up and moving again, that $3 billion will look like the smartest money Washington spent all year...
...abuse of Diprivan, which is mainly used in the operating room, was originally limited mostly to medical professionals. But it is not a controlled substance. "Anyone can throw on a pair of scrubs if they know what they are looking for, walk into an operating room, and walk away with this stuff, and it's unlikely to be noticed," says Wischmeyer. With one self-administered dose lasting for a five-minute high, the drug offers a quick escape, then a quick disappearance from the bloodstream. "For professionals, it's easy to get and difficult to detect," says Wischmeyer...