My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.

As computers became faster and faster, people expected them to outprocess the human brain.

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In Maryland, Rep. Connie Morella, a skillful, conscientious politician, was ousted. . . . The always-charming Morella . . . provided great constituent service. . . . Still, voters showed her the door.