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...mere numbers and box scores, however, don’t tell the entire tale of this series...
...operation at all 429 U.S. airports by the end of the year. Denver will ultimately need 50 of these bulky machines, which weigh 10,000 lbs. apiece and stand about five feet high, and the TSA wants them placed in the main terminal, next to the ticket counters. The mere thought of this makes Baumgartner's fleshy face turn red. The machines would take up space currently needed for passengers, he argues, and would add to the congestion--offering an even more inviting target for people like the L.A. shooter. Instead, Baumgartner wants the machines hidden away underground, amid...
...metaphor for disturbing and disruptive behaviors, which he says arise from our circumstances and personality--and from our own choices. Until there is incontrovertible proof that, say, paranoid personality disorder is caused by an actual lesion in the brain, Szasz will argue such a label is a mere characterization of bad behavior that shouldn't carry the force...
...glad to see Tom Cruise, the most respected person in show biz, on the cover of TIME [SHOW BUSINESS, June 24]. In general, Hollywood actors contribute little to society other than mere amusement. Cruise, however, is different. He isn't simply another mindless entertainer. He is a role model who overcame his childhood problems by being confident and motivated. DANIEL LIAO Calgary...
...since the city council has only one summer meeting, on July 29, that leaves Harvard and the neighborhood a mere two weeks to hammer out a deal...