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...exit signs, sprinklers and less flammable materials. Elaborate computer models can simulate the emptying of Miami or the Sears Tower, showing thousands of colored dots streaming for safety like a giant Ms. Pac-Man colony. But the most vexing problem endures. And it is not signage or architecture or traffic flow. It's us. Large groups of people facing death act in surprising ways. Most of us become incredibly docile. We are kinder to one another than normal. We panic only under certain rare conditions. Usually, we form groups and move slowly, as if sleepwalking in a nightmare...
...dress code at last week’s First Chance Dance was stop, slow down, speed up—and that goes for the traffic light-colored outfits and the really, really awkward sex afterwards. Sources say an air of desperation hung over the sea of sex-starved seniors like a slowly descending sword of Damocles. (English majors and Crimson Key geeks, all together now: Phallic symbol.) Since Harvard students couldn’t recognize a social semaphore if it started tickling their genitals, party organizers decreed a red, green, and yellow clothing system, allowing happy couples to flaunt their...
...didn’t just target areas of strength, and we increased our share of the Latino vote from 35 to 44 percent. We invested in new media—and placed ads in places that the Democrats didn’t see: health club networks, and metro traffic reports. We believed in a volunteer-based workforce, because people trust their neighbors more than paid workers—and, through common interests like hunting or church or PTA meetings, attracted 1.4 million volunteers, and 7 million e-activists...
Kirkland Masters Tom and Verena Conley walk their Bernese Mountain dogs, Jesse and Brandi, about five times a week. During construction, the Conleys will be forced to pray that Jesse and Brandi, also the House mascots, successfully dodge traffic on afternoon strolls by the river...
...won’t be the only ones upset by the change. “I get more done here than I do at meetings,” he said. “You need to have that space of meditation, where people can reflect, not look out for traffic, and unite with the animal world—we’re all animals...