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Bionix’s place as part of the AOI trilogy is demonstrated mainly through the skits. The Reverend Do Good, a character who appeared briefly on Mosaic Thump, is now given three separate skits, and last CD’s recurring subject, Ghost Weed, also makes an appearance, as does the voice of Spitkicker.com. These elements do just enough to reinforce the cohesion between the albums, allowing them to feel distinct, yet at the same time part of the larger trilogy...
...citizens will depend on how many places demand to see your driver's license. Airports already do. So do some supermarkets, if you're buying beer. But what about malls? Movie theaters? Sports stadiums? Banks and their ATMs? If all the places you go demand a swipe to weed out terrorists - and are willing to pay for the technology to do the swiping - then yes, Big Brother could know where you go and what you do while you're there...
...completely inappropriate to allow more than 25 percent or so to graduate with honors. Of course, to untangle the honors imbroglio Harvard could always just impose strict quotas on the numbers of seniors each year who can graduate with honors, but that is trimming the branches of the weed rather than cutting out its roots. Instead, it seems much more effective (not to mention more fair and even-handed) to simply lower the level of ambition and talent of our students until only about 1 in 4 are willing or able to write a thesis; only then will we effectively...
...success of "Peanuts." What the book does not get into are the larger artistic ramifications of "Peanuts"' popularity. A quick glance at any newspaper comics page will reveal one of them. The art of American strip comics has died a painful death since "Peanuts" first appeared - suffocated by the weed-like proliferation of cutely-drawn, smart-alec kids and animals who always deliver some dull "payoff" in the last panel. Is "Peanuts" to blame, or just the first in a trend of dwindling comics expectations...
Pole vault: 1.Connolly 3.05, 3.Bryce Weed...