Word: toasts
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...think the story's recyclable success lies in the toast that George's brother Harry, momentarily home from the war, raises to George as all the townspeople have come to help him out of his money problems. "To my brother George," he says. "The richest man in town." The angel, Clarence, adds an unnecessary celestial message about no man's being a failure if he has friends, in case we don't get it. But the key moment is the toast, because while it appears to pop up from nowhere (like Harry), it has been building steadily and noiselessly throughout...
...toaster swallow the slice, then hold it in its stubborn grip until it's a hunk of smoking charcoal? How many times in a row will you have to insert a slice, only to see it instantly pop back up again? Set the dial to WELL DONE, and the "toast" that emerges five long minutes later is pale yellow. Exactly! The recalcitrant toaster must not die. It's this very duel of wits between man and machine, the struggle to outguess the little bastard's endless treacheries, that snaps the dozing mind awake every morning, sharpening it for the challenges...
...come up with some method for appointing them. Under federal law, the Florida legislature has until Dec. 12 to pick new electors. It could even vote to let the Governor pick the electors--but don't count on it. Florida has a G.O.P.-controlled legislature, but it would be toast if it usurped popular control of an election...
...death threats keep pouring in. There are rumors that Gloria Steinem wants me to turn in my SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL T shirt, that Jesse Jackson says my soul is toast. They didn't even notice us Naderites for months--until, of course, their candidate decided to prove he isn't "wooden" by demonstrating how fast he could sink. Then, quicker than you could say, "Florida's Electoral College votes," that great, flabby, inchoate entity, the Democratic Party, morphed into a disciplined Leninist organization, dispatching its leading cadre with the message, "Vote for Nader, and you'll never eat lunch...
When was the last time you thought about a twist tie? Perhaps never, but this morning, when you went to grab a piece of toast, you might have untwisted one absent-mindedly. For Rachel Perry Welty, however, twist ties become art, as do medical charts and Braille...