Word: trained
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...Palm--cleverly folds up into a package that's the same pocket size as the computer itself. It finally allows me to stow that plastic stylus and type like a man. In fact, I pecked out most of this column on the 6:24 Long Island Rail Road train home, easily balancing Palm and keyboard in my lap. And I only occasionally elbowed the sumo wrestler squished in next...
...Postulate 4: According to Encylopedia Britannica, "In courtship displays, the cock elevates his tail, which lies under the train, thus elevating the train and bringing it forward. At the climax of this display the tail feathers are vibrated, giving the feathers of the train a shimmering appearance and making a rustling sound...
...believe higher education should be higher education not h-i-r-e education. If you haveh-i-r-e education, you constantly have to re-train people...There are intrinsic qualities thatcannot be quantified... a cultured mind. Education is sometimes great for its ownsake. The emphasis should not be on earning power alone. That's not what education is about...
...Cole Hauser: We definitely had to train before making the film. We got there a month early to do things like rugby running. It was very crucial to be in great shape-for all the stunts and fights, we all needed to be in tip-top shape. As hard as it was, we needed strength mentally and physically...
...more desirable than Miss America. (A whip-smart friend pointed out that it would have been a mean little joke if the man's actual last name was Multi-Millionaire--a man who didn't have a dime to his name.) Watching the show was like watching a train wreck in slow motion--from the hostess dressed in ill-fitting gold, sequined spandex (my co-editor points out that no one should bare their shoulders at a religious event) to the millionaire's family and friends rating the various girls' swimwear to the poor attempts by the contestants to mask...