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...existence of Santa Claus, then dreaming of the eponymous train pulling into his front yard and transporting him to the North Pole. There he finds a not particularly jolly old St. Nick presiding over a kind of super Wal-Mart, in which, you can be sure, the elves toil without protection of a union contract. The mass adoration that greets this Santa's appearance before his helpers may, indeed, queasily remind you of modern dictators rallying the faithful...
...Incredible Technologies, Hanson and his colleagues toil away in a dimly lighted room with charcoal gray carpeting, messing with the latest version of Golden Tee, due in 500 locales in November. Each tester has a code-melting specialty--simulating a drunken frat boy, for example--but all suggest that talent goes only so far when they're breaking games until sunrise. Admits Hanson: "You're just doing the same redundant thing, over and over again." Sounds par for the course...
...boat—and the new captain, no less, fresh from a second straight national championship—he’d have gotten it through his head. That he, if anyone, would stop discussing Jesus and rowing, like he was on his way to worship and not to toil...
...first address to the British Parliament, amidst the heat of the Nazi onslaught, Winston Churchill proclaimed, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” In the first big opportunity of his collegiate career, sophomore linebacker Ryan Tully offered everything he had, but added one new item to Churchill’s list—vomit...
...result, the agency's 2,500 scientists tend to toil in anonymity, despite their contribution to popular commercial culture. "I'm constantly amazed how few people know we exist," says Glenn. "When I told someone recently that I work for the USDA, she said, 'Oh, so you're a meat inspector...