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...Wow. There are so many candidates. You get really useless stats when you break them down into very small at-bats. So the stuff that appears on centerfield scoreboards during ballgames, a very high percentage of it tends to be totally useless. It's of the nature of - and I'm not trying to parody it - it's of the nature of, "John Robinson hit .396 after the sixth inning this year." You know, as if he had an ability to hit after the sixth inning. It's virtually impossible to explain how such a thing happens. Looking...
...white automobiles, blinking light rods bursting from them like fireworks--suspended down the length of the Guggenheim's vast rotunda. Cai sees it as a "contradictory presentation--very strong physical violence presented in terms of physical beauty." And there's no denying that the piece brings its share of wow factor to the rotunda. But it's also an instance of an artist playing air guitar with history--making a strenuous gesture to create the impression that he's summoning a powerful reality, when in fact he's merely toyed with it. All the same, it certainly fits the apocalyptic...
...rescues are done by regular people. The problem is, regular people have almost never been intelligently engaged in emergency planning--until, perhaps, now. "It's a brilliant move," says Wendy Spencer, head of Florida's volunteerism commission. "Others will pay attention. You'll have mayors, emergency managers saying, 'Wow, if it's that important to the governor, maybe we need to look at this...
...Wow. You look so handsome! Black really suits you, you know. And how you’ve grown! I remember when you were this big. You didn’t take up any room at all; I used to be able to e-mail you to myself with no problems, but now with all your stuff—notes, appendices, illustrations!—you fill up an entire jump drive. Don’t make that face you always make! I’m not complaining—I’m just saying. I miss the days when...
...WOW. So I cricticized Gunn's ball skills, but he quickly retorted with a beautiful cutting pass into the paint for his teammate Marcus Schroeder. Another easy two points. Princeton 17, Harvard...