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When the probe hits home, Rezai asks Stipp to perform a few tasks. Can he touch his index fingers together? Raise a cup to his lips? Sign his name? Stipp can do none of it. Then Rezai sends a few volts through the wire. Stipp's tremors calm. His index fingers meet. He signs the paper. "It's been a long time since I did that," he says wonderingly...
...began berating the policewoman for harassing a young mother. The commotion drew the attention of a bearded superior officer, who came over to inspect me. "The problems are not few," he said, frowning at my sleeves, which fell a few inches above my unsteady wrists. He ordered me to sign a ta'ahod, a commitment that I would not repeat my mistake. "Now go home," he said. "Go home, and don't come back...
...oddly shaped, with a domed roof; it used to house batting cages, and before that, it was a hardware store. A security guard sits at the front desk, but he doesn't have a lot to do, because nobody ever comes in--though if there were a sign outside, the place would be mobbed...
...happy to see that such a highbrow publication deigned to write about the passing of the Weekly World News, a tabloid that will truly be missed by individuals stuck in the checkout line [Aug. 27]. But I disagree with Joel Stein's claim that it's "a sign of progress for a society to go from inventing gods and monsters to seeking catharsis in the real life of Paris Hilton." That's as laughable as Bat Boy running for President. The Weekly World News lost readers because people turned to the Internet. Instead of waiting for a weekly paper...
...leaders of Congress," he clarifies, "but that's different than negotiating with the lobbyists. I would not negotiate with them or compromise on core principles." But even if lobbyists weren't talking to his White House, they'd still be talking to Congress and influencing the bills he'd sign. So isn't this lobbyist stuff mostly symbolic-a message to voters rather than a plan for governance...