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She called her cable company. She told the rep, If I press the System button, it turns on the cable box but not the TV. If I press the Power button, all I get is a black TV screen with a rectangle that says HDMI. I have to keep pressing the same two
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Mommy, is it okay to lie? Annika asked. Mom said, Of course not, honey. Where'd you get that idea? A lie destroys the trust between people. It's hard to ever regain that trust. Honesty is always the best policy. If you lie, not only will you lose you
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He walked into the emergency room waiting room. The clerk asked, Can I help you? He said, These are for the ER staffdoctors, nurses, and everyone else that works in ER. She asked, What are they? He said, They're hot, fresh pizzas. What else comes in
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He was savoring a French truffle. When most of the chocolate candy had melted in his mouth, he chewed the last remaining bit and swallowed. Immediately, he popped another one into his mouth. When he finished that one, he put another one into his mout
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Three teens were sitting at a bus stop. Sam asked, How many senses do we have? Sara said, I think we have fivesight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Sue was watching traffic. Sam asked, Which one is most important to you? Sara said, Sight, of cours
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May was 15. She was an only child. It was her first visit to Manhattan. Vicky had gone to school with May's mom 30 years ago. Out of the blue, May's mom had called. She'd asked Vicky to escort May from JFK to their Manhattan hotel. Vicky met May at t
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Sam, 54, looks like he's about 30. He's always looked very youthful. He likes to tell about his first development deal. He was sitting in a lawyer's office. The lawyer kept looking at his watch. Finally, Sam asked, Are we waiting for someone? The law
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He had the flu. He went to bed. Even under a heavy quilt, he was shivering. His wife, who normally slept in the other bedroom, decided to spend the night with him. He said, Honey, I'm not dying. I just have a bug. It'll go away in a few days. If you
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I love this city, he said. It's got so much energy. Just step outside and you can feel it almost everywhere. She said, Yes, Manhattan is full of people and their energy. He said, And, contrary to what you see in movies and on TV, it's full of nice pe
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He tried to open a music folder. A dialogue box said, You don't currently have permission to open this folder. Click Continue to access this folder. He clicked Continue. He got a new message: You have been denied permission to access this folder. To
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Connie works in real estate in Manhattan. Her listings were on Craigslist and other web sites. One day she decided to consolidate all her listings onto one site. That site was Naked Apartments. She called one of her new clients. She said, Please visi
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Horace was alone in the gym on the top floor of his apartment building. He was standing next to a treadmill. Silently and from behind, a man hurriedly brushed past Horace. Horace was startled. The man missed hitting him by an inch. The man went into
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There were six lines in the supermarket. Five shoppers stood silently in five lines. Three shoppers stood silently in the sixth line. Bob went to the sixth line. The old man in the front of the line was talking to the cashier. The cashier nodded her
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She and her boyfriend are actors. They've been together three years. She was recently seen kissing the director of her last movie. They were holding each other tightly. Photos of this kiss went on YouTube. She apologized. She said, I'm so sorry. Nels
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Gus was a wealthy man. He owned corporations, buildings, ships, and planes. He owned land and three islands. He had two children, both sons. He loved Sam. He tolerated Earl. Earl was a lazy worker. Sam was a hard worker. Gus did not want to split his
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He went to an annual bicycle show. It was on Hudson Street in the Skylight SoHo. He had never been there. It sounded like a nice place. Bright, with lots of natural light, he thought. He went on a sunny, Sunday morning. The Skylight SoHo was a red-br
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It was winter. His apartment was cold. He needed pajama bottoms to wear over his boxer shorts. He went to Konway's on 34th Street. They always had great deals on clothes. He found some bottoms for only $4. What a deal! They looked okay. He paid for t
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Half of America's adults drink alcohol, said Zach at a news conference. He was promoting his new medication. Every day, some of them drink too much. They get headaches and stomachaches. They throw up. Thats because they have hangovers. There are many
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His old van was parked on 5th Avenue. He was a street vendor. He brought a tiny sewing machine out of his van. This is 100 years old, he said. It works great. It's manually powered. I'll never sell it. His sidewalk stand was next to his van. A sign s
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Jerry had a son. He named him John. Jerry didn't want John to be the best. He didn't even want John to be better. He wanted John just to be average. That way our boy won't get hurt. You get hurt if you try to climb too high. It's safer to be part of
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