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...afternoon at Rosehill Racecourse. "Watch, bet and enjoy Australia's favourite sporting pastime," read the invite. "A selection of Australian food and drinks will be served all afternoon." A splendid time was had by all, even those who lost dough by placing a sentimental five spot on Tyson's Bite. (Not me, honey - can't stand...
...even the sound bite answers may be useful...
Despite a popular misconception, seizure victims don't swallow their tongue. This is a dangerous myth; placing a bite stick or any other object in the mouth of someone having a seizure can do more harm than good...
...dimension. But with a dangerous side effect. To be of the tribe of the Undecided is to belong to a bloodless, dying breed--you are shunned, held in contempt. To be Undecided means you are still looking, suspending judgment, still thinking. A culture balkanized by sound bite does not tolerate the ambivalent--which may mean it does not tolerate certain traditional processes of thought. In a world armed with speedy modems, reason tends to yield to instinct. I have always thought there was an advantage to sitting on the fence for a while, being able to see both sides...
...page five with a parody of the admissions test at the Dalton School for the Academically Gifted, the book is a witty and occasionally even incisive look at the admissions process. The Lampoon, in this book and in general, is at its funniest when its satire has the bite of social commentary; this is the case at a few points in the college book. The book pokes fun at the advantages for the rich in the admissions process and what it calls "the standardized testing racket" the parody SAT is probably the funniest part of the book (former Lampoon editor...