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Alcohol can make people do ridiculous things—and we’re not just talking about regrettable tabletop dances.

Sarah Grossbart








"Accidentally misfired" and "young baby" are redundant terms that should not be used.

In 2014, a leaked copy of the Directorate of Intelligence Style Manual & Writer's Guide for Intelligence Publication, a.k.a. Strunk & White for spies, found its way to the Internet.

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“Squatter’s rights” isn’t a list of specific rights, but refers to a specific form of adverse possession, a legal principle that we inherited from England and has been around, in one form or another, for ages.

Matt Soniak