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...just for Democrats, or even the centrist ones that got Bush so close to his wish-list numbers so far. Sure, the Bush White House is brandishing his veto pen at anything that tops that 4.9 percent number, but it's not a magic wand, and at this stage, even the Republicans in charge don't sound convinced...
...hotel chain where, the ad suggests, every employee is prepared to give a guest detailed strategic advice and encouragement for a forthcoming business meeting? Unlike a more traditional advertising claim--that, say, an angel flies out of a can of cleanser to banish grime with her magic wand--this hotel's claim is not inherently or obviously metaphorical. Yet it's clearly not true--a point that probably didn't even occur to the producers of the ad or 99% of its viewers. The deception is not on purpose; few are deceived. But the process of producing a spin...
...have to worry about is the X-ray machine. It's safe. The FAA swears by it on a stack of PowerBooks. Metal detectors are also safe, by the way, although if you try to take your laptop through, you will probably be pulled aside and subjected to the Wand of Shame...
Short on cash and arguably shorter on ideas, the Undergraduate Council adopted a plan last week to collect "eploid" points from the back of discarded Frito-Lay bags at the fly-by lunch counter. Like children compulsively playing Frogger in order to earn the 1,000 ticket laser wand behind the counter at Chuck E. Cheese, council members hope to scrounge enough oily plastic refuse to successfully bid for a new Gateway computer during a 100 day eploid.com web auction...
...audience might find funny in a live action movie if it weren't so completely politically incorrect. But due to the fact that the protagonist is no more than a Lego man, the material doesn't seem so bad-you see him caressing his funny little Lego "love wand" instead of (thank goodness) a real one-and the laugh factor doubles. Thus, while this is inappropriate, it doesn't seem unacceptable. I cannot, however, vouch in the same way for the content of "Deep Sympathy," with its tagline "Necrophelia means never having to say you're sorry...