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Well, I will reciprocate everyone’s hello except for those of my former Moral Reasoning TF, who described my final paper as “morally bankrupt” and “morbidly lifeless, much like [his] dead grandmother.” There will be no hellos for you…ever...
...might seem pretty low on the list. But the Prince of Wales has let it be known that he is so perturbed by the potential dangers of nanotechnology - the young science that could one day make such creatures possible - and worries that it could reduce the planet to a lifeless "gray goo," that in the next couple of months he will convene a nanotech summit at his country residence, Highgrove House in Gloucestershire. But while Prince Charles ponders doomsday scenarios, millions of people already use the products of nanotech research every day without even knowing it. Consumers of Sunsorb brand...
Jackie Kennedy rested her hand on the casket as it was wheeled down the loading ramp of the hospital. For the first time we saw the bloodstains on her pink suit. She climbed into a white hearse with the lifeless body of her husband, while on the parking apron, the mortician argued with the Secret Service about payment for the casket...
...nails the claustrophobic, poisonous atmosphere of academia, but the recounting of life in the bamboo tower quickly grows didactic and stale. The reader tires of it faster than Jian does. It doesn't help that Jian is an affecting character but too often a lifeless narrator; like a typical grad student, he often misses the greater point for the stubborn detail. He watches his future father-in-law ignited by a Lear-like madness and wonders obtusely, "Perhaps he should be treated by a psychiatrist; acupuncture or acupressure might help...
...were ready to fight me for the remainder of the dish. The Roast Squab ($34) was also good—another example of the kitchen’s sure hand with game. I was forewarned by our charming British waiter, but French Turbot ($36), a usually regal fish, was lifeless; its delicate flavor was no match for Lynch’s predilection for rustic flavors and ingredients...