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Not his style. The latter comes naturally to him.

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Some guy who still had an approximation of a hairline and color in his beard.

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E-Vlad the Impala. The mind boggles.

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A former student of mine settled near Princeton, NJ; soon afterward she went shopping for one of those pods to put on top of your car to carry skis.

The salesman pointed out how roomy one of them was, and said "You could fit at least one body in there!"

My student suggested that particular line might be more effective in NORTH Jersey.

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"I can't hear that train a-comin', a-comin' round the bend, but at least I see the sunshine now that smog is at an end."

PS, my apologies, and no further explanation needed as to why my brilliant career in country music never quite took off.

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No more ancient Gen 3 designs. The ones the NRC loves so much.

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For the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that excess deaths between the weeks ending March 7, 2020 and March 5, 2022 totaled 1,105,736, 15 percent more than the 958,864 official death toll from COVID-19 over that period.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/...

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Woldometer has us at 1,050,702. But that's just confirmed deaths. Add in the unconfirmed and those who died from other things because of thr covid pandemic, and we're probably at twice that.

Eta, I see someone posted a more accurate accounting. I'd go with that one over what I put above.

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Joe Biden To Meet Climate Crisis Behind Gym, Punch It Right In The SnootWhy do you think it's called a bully pulpit?

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Into how many movies has Sam Raimi snuck that car?

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Living out of an RV is my plan to avoid homelessness.

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No thanks. I've read Stalingrad.

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What is logic?

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That's been the general idea, since, and even before, capitalism.

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Ahem. Yes. Let us never speak of it again. :)

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And may have, when I had it in storage. Long story.

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