Word: exceptional
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...mute memorial is all around us," writes Glazer in The Public Interest; and the most successful of them, the Vietnam Memorial, "does not tell us that [those killed] died for their country, or for liberty, or for democracy, or even that they died in vain. It says nothing except that they died." We may speak to the memorials, says Glazer, but they no longer speak clearly to us. Modern art has replaced excessive clarity with none...
...from the government's National Toxicology Program ask scientists around the country to submit "nominees" for the list. The feds then review the candidates to determine which indeed deserve to be considered carcinogenic and where on the list they belong. Getting dropped from the list works the same way, except that the push for removal may come from industry groups eager to redeem what they consider a wrongly condemned substance. Saccharin's exoneration, for instance, was championed by the Calorie Control Council, a dietetic-food-and-beverage manufacturers' group...
Hely declined comment last night except to confirm that a new alarm panel had been installed yesterday...
...Except for the constant dizziness that plagued me from the moment I stepped off the plane. And the perpetual headache that met me at the door of my house. And the seeming inability of my eyes to focus on anything, anytime, anywhere. Like some short-lived soap opera star, I had all the symptoms of a concussion with no memory or evidence of the original blow. 'Twas not grand...
...impelling other airlines to consider similar combinations. Such a process would, of course, lead to more and more control over the hub-and-spoke system by fewer and fewer airlines. United tried to head off those worries by putting some provisions in the deal - promising a fare freeze (except in case of upticks in inflation or gas prices, of course) for two years after the merger is in effect and vowing to sell most of US Airways' slots at Washington's Reagan National Airport to Black Entertainment Television mogul Robert T. Johnson and his new airline, DC Air. That...