For years, the Lebanese military was ridiculed as the least effective armed group in a country that was full of them.
The secret to the gig is to amuse yourself. I have to, really, as most paper topics are deadly boring. Once, I was asked to summarize in three pages the causes of the First World War (page one), the major battles and technological innovations of the war (page two), and to explain the aftermath of the war, including how it led to the Second World War (page three). Then there was this assignment for a composition class: six pages on why “apples [the fruit] are the best.” You have to make your own fun. In business papers, I’d often cite Marxist sources. When given an open topic assignment on ethics, I’d write on the ethics of buying term papers, and even include the broker’s Web site as a source. My own novels and short stories were the topic of many papers — several DUMB CLIENTS rate me as their favorite author and they’ve never even read me, or anyone else. Whenever papers needed to refer to a client’s own life experiences, I’d give the student various sexual hang-ups.
It’s allowed,” he said. Medical supplies, such as saline solution for contact-lens cleaning, don’t fall under the TSA’s three-ounce rule. “What’s allowed?” I asked. “Saline solution, or bottles labeled saline solution?” “Bottles labeled saline solution. They won’t check what’s in it, trust me.
Wayne Forrester, a 34-year-old British man has confessed that he stabbed his wife Emma, drunk and high on cocaine, over an update she made to her Facebook profile. She had changed her status on the social network to “single” after her husband moved out.
