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Obama seemed cool at first because he uses slang, dresses well and bumps fists. But a lifetime of dangerous undercover work makes it easy for me to spot a fellow nerd. Obama has done a good job passing, with his nice suits, easy smile and attractive wife. But those are just the over-30 nerd trappings of success. Have you seen him try to dance? It's like watching a white guy make fun of other white guys. Sure, he played high school basketball, but how many cool kids play indoor sports in Hawaii? The man is all superego...
There was more than a hint offered at the annual Labour Party conference last month in Manchester, where delegates adopted a new vocabulary. In fringe meetings, speakers inveighed against "the spivs" (British slang for slick criminals) who caused the mess, while union leaders and politicians raised cheers by bashing the rich. In his keynote speech, Brown talked of a new era that demands heavier regulation...
...Until gay sex was decriminalized in 1967, Britain's gay community protected itself against potential prosecution by conducting conversations in a special argot, Polari, a mixture of Italian, Romany and London slang. The British security services are eager to attract candidates with good language skills, but Polari isn't on the list. Still, Summerskill is so confident that MI5's diversity policies are sincere that the agency is listed in Stonewall's latest graduate recruitment guide as a gay-friendly employer. "This wouldn't be happening if we didn't think they were taking some strenuous steps to move forward...
Since its founding in 1829 by Home Secretary Robert Peel (two slang terms for cops - "bobbies" and "peelers" - derive from his name), the Met has provided the model for city forces around the globe. It pioneered fingerprint technology and DNA evidence, and its experience in combatting terrorism stretches back to the campaigns waged by the IRA and the Angry Brigade - a tiny gang that went on a bombing spree in the early '70s. Even the criminal classes seem to have a grudging respect for the Met. Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner since 2005, recalls a 1980s research trip...
...final product is a hyperefficient 26-gate, Y-shaped hub. According to Rich Smyth, head of redevelopment for JetBlue, the terminal is located in a 78-acre corner of Kennedy airport, a swath large enough to allow for the optimal "placing of aluminum" - industry slang for maneuvering airplanes. There are double taxiing lanes feeding into the terminal's gates, enabling arriving planes to approach jetways without waiting for departing planes to clear the path. Architects installed cleaning-supply closets at the gates to assist flight crews in maintaining a fast 30-minute plane turnaround time, and JetBlue hopes that each...