Spin Doctors

vapidity have been created: I’m Digger the Dermatophyte Nail Fungus—Ring Around the Collar—Snuggles, the fabric softening bear—Dude, you’re getting a Dell!—He loves my mind and he drinks Johnny Walker Red—Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful—I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV—Head on! Apply directly to forehead!—I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! Writer Fran Lebowitz may well have been watching TV when she observed: “No matter how cynical I get, it’s impossible to keep up.” Certainly, the viewing public

1877 the British doctor Sir Patrick Manson—known as “Mosquito” Manson—proved that elephantiasis was caused by mosquito bites. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html IF YOU THINK YOU ARE TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TRY SLEEPING IN A CLOSED ROOM WITH A MOSQUITO. AFRICANPROVERB Seventeen years later, in 1894, it occurred to him that malaria might also be caused by mosquitoes. He encouraged his pupil Ronald Ross, then a young doctor based in India, to

homosexual couple, Alan, 40’s, and Toby, 30’s, and their son, Bruce, 8, at an old wooden table eating crab, salad and soup. Part of Alan’s face is paralyzed. TOBY Alan rolled over in bed and looked at me and he said I can’t feel my face. It took three doctors before we knew it was Bells Palsy. ALAN They say a brush of wind can do it. TOBY Feeling is slowly coming back. MALCOLM We’re all getting older... Which is terrible -- I don’t care how universal it is. I can’t remember names anymore. MARGOT I have

acid • PGD = pre-implantation genetic diagnosis 2 a future parent / a pregnant woman / a parent-to-be 3 “I’d like” (l. 1) • “make that two.” (l. 1-2) • “on the side” (l. 2-3) • “I’ll have the bonus package” (l. 3) 4 The person is speaking to a doctor / a geneticist. “Make sure to check for any potentially nasty diseases.” (l. 5-6) 5 The person wants an ideal baby, shaped as he/she wants, with particular physical details and no disease. 6 A journalist 7 - “one” = an embryo - “it” = PGD 8

Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania, which was published in the late 1880s, right before Stoker wrote his novel. However, while these and other sources have been named as potential inspirations, most modern critics agree that Stoker put his own spin on the vampire myth. In fact, Stoker worked longer and harder on this novel than any of his other works, taking seven years to research and write Dracula. While the character of Count Dracula was important for establishing the conventions of what would

not quite take it out yet; he just held it in his right hand under the coat. His hands were terribly weak; he felt them growing more and more numb and stiff every moment. He was afraid he would let go and drop the axe...suddenly his head seemed to spin. “Look how he's wrapped it up!” the old woman exclaimed in vexation, and made a move towards him. He could not waste even one more moment. He took the axe all the way out, swung it with both hands, scarcely aware of himself, and almost without

Destinies," and the first story I put in there was about a man named Jonas Weinberg. I had sold him a million-dollar universal life policy in 1976, an extremely large sum for the time. I remember that he had just celebrated his sixtieth birthday, was a doctor of internal medicine affiliated with Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, and spoke English with a faint German accent. Selling life insurance is not a passionless affair, and a good agent has to be able to hold THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES 9 his

isn’t. Eilis on the other hand has no experience of what is going to happen and does not realise that her passport and papers might not be enough to get through immigration. Georgina advises her not to cough and to keep her eyes wide open so that the doctors will not stop her to check if she has tuberculosis or an eye disease. Georgina believes that the United States is a land of freedom and if you are brave and hard-working enough you will be able to succeed in life. Now that Eilis has reached the United

médiatisée de ce qu’est censé penser le peuple. Pour les gouvernants, cette opinion publique est très influente, ils ont recours à des entreprises de sondage et sont donc en lien permanent avec les volontés du peuple. Aux Etats-Unis existent les Spin Doctors, appelé comme ça car ils ont la capacité de faire tourner dans tous les sens un débat pour en faire autre chose, ils peuvent retourner un débat à leur avantage, ce sont des professionnels de l’opinion. Un problème important, c’est le préalable

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