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...fake ads for NEXTgencode, the "industry leader in personal genetic life enhancement." A faux-corporate website www.nextgencode.com, complete with a picture of a sinister company headquarters, lets you browse the product line and see the "specials" on a gene for glossier hair or sharper vision or "BLSHt, for better verbal facility." You can meet the "staff," including a warm, smiling Dr. Melinda Johnson ("at NEXTgencode, I give parents the children they always wanted"). Anyone worried that natural blonds are an endangered species can relax: "We own the gene...
...wasn't just Democrats that hammered the General. Abizaid faced withering verbal fire from across the aisle too. Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham seemed dumbfounded that Abizaid lacked a real sense of urgency and would not entertain the idea of sending in more U.S. troops, especially to Anbar province where, experts say, the Marine Corps have too few troops Instead, Abizaid kept repeating that it is for the Iraqi government to save itself and the country. McCain at one point, grimacing and shaking his head, barked to Abizaid: "I deeply regret that you seem to think the status...
...Clandon’s two younger children, Dolly and Phil represent hyper-education gone wild. Phil, in particular, is a character rich with the kind of verbal weirdness that makes “You Never Can Tell” such an incisive comedy—he insists on calling the dentist Valentine a “gum architect” and frequently references his “knowledge of human nature”—but Stuntz doesn’t quite know what to do with Phil’s quirks...
...rigorous hypotheses. This could be a class on evolutionary theory and human nature, psychology, political theory, or even economics. The key requirement should be a focus on rigorous theory about mankind. I tend to think rigor improves with mathematics, but I am perfectly willing to accept that there are verbal substitutes...
...might have done better to perfect her recipe for humble pie. Allen's verbal missteps were amplified by an arrogance that even town car drivers were known to comment on, and that showed its ugly face when Allen was forced to comment on an unusual office accessory that had once graced his desk: just a "little old noose." Of course. Hardly big enough to hang a mouse, but quite large enough to rope in numerous allegations of racial intolerance, ranging from the credible (he has a peculiar fondness for the Confederacy) to the ridiculous and untrue...