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...intersections annually, resulting in three deaths per intersection, or 400,000 dead drivers and passengers a year. Suppose further that they had not only removed the stop signs but also replaced them with go signs or, better yet, billboards advertising how cool it is to zip heedlessly through intersections without being bothered by irritating, petty-minded, governmental instructions. In fact, make those very attractive billboards featuring yellow-slickered cowboys or a suave camel named Joe. Then what do you think the sentence would have been...
...elaborate screeds to collection agencies and complaints to banks about the color of his checks. The proud highwayman wrote to William Faulkner, suggesting that the Nobel laureate send him money; to President Johnson, nominating himself for the governorship of American Samoa; to the Postmaster General, protesting the introduction of Zip Codes...
...elaborate screeds to collection agencies and complaints to banks about the color of his checks. The proud highwayman wrote to William Faulkner, suggesting that the Nobel laureate send him money; to President Johnson, nominating himself for the governorship of American Samoa; to the Postmaster General, protesting the introduction of Zip Codes. "If the sorrow of later Thompson is that more and more of his pieces read like celebrity walkabouts at 4 a.m.," Iyer notes, "the pleasure of these letters is that they have all the rude vitality of the man who was not yet a myth...
...Linda's venue is her kitchen, well-equipped, with microwave and freezer. Their home is comfy and welcoming, with wall-to-wall carpeting, a floral arrangement in the front window, wind chimes at the door and an illuminated sign hanging out the front. But the Sutherlands have no permanent zip code. No phone lines. They pay no property taxes. Their pad has wheels. It's a 35-ft., $65,000 Fleetwood Southwind, one of the thousands of recreational vehicles, or RVs, that Americans are calling home. "Oh, we have a home, all right," Sutherland likes to quip. "It just depends...
...thing, they aren't very durable or reliable. On average, most floppy disks will fail within a few years of life if used often enough. Floppies also hold only a megabyte or so of data, so you can forget storing your multimedia assignment on one--although Zip or EZFlyer drives can be a good solution if you have large files for casual backup...