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 HOLIDAY GIFT
GUIDE: Cocktail- Mixing
Robot
This baby can come in
mighty handy after the
human bartender passes
out. Just speak clearly
when placing your
order, then step back -- at least
ten feet -- and watch it do its
thing. Shakes, stirs, mixes,
pours, it'll even light your
cigarette! $495 at Beds, Bars,
Barstools and Beyond. |
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| SPORTS |
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Baseball Hall of Fame Mulls
Special Wing for Bonds, McGwire, et al.
New “Superhero” section would
honor larger-than-life achievements, keep
them out of regular Hall. |
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 New
Wireless Computerized Basketball
Shirt Displays Updated Player's Stats
Keeps constant track of points, rebounds,
fouls, technical fouls, ejections,
suspensions, misdemeanors, felonies. |
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| KIDZ KORNER |
| Vocabulary
Builders |
| withdrawal n.
the act of staying where you are
indefinitely, as in phased ~ from
Iraq. |
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| FEATURE |
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| The EPA has
streamlined the polluted
air regulatory process
by: |
| A ) |
implementing the requests
of the American Petroleum
Institute and Battery
Council International. |
| B ) |
shortening exhaustive
scientific review. |
| C ) |
replacing recommendations
prepared by career
scientists and reviewed
by independent advisors
with “policy
papers” crafted by
senior White House
appointees. |
| Hint: B) and C) are
looking good, but A)
could not be confirmed
because nobody at the
Petroleum Institute or
the Battery Council was
answering phones, due to
a huge celebration. |
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| What
percentage of those who
lost their homes in
Katrina and applied to
FEMA for help to rebuild
have gotten any so far? |
| A ) | 25% |
| B ) | 2.5% |
| C ) | .25% |
| Hint: 99.75% of the
checks aren't in the
mail. |
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