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If you've ever enjoyed a Bruce Willis "Die Hard" movie, then you've suspended your disbelief. If you are a fan of "24" and have no trouble accepting all the preposterously miraculous technological feats accomplished by the wizards at CTU -- not to mention Jack Bauer's uncanny intellect, determination, will, perseverance, and ruthlessness -- then you have suspended your disbelief. William Safire, writing his weekly "On Language" column in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, recently addressed the topic of suspending one's disbelief. Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/magazine/07wwln-safire-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Or click the web link below and to the left.

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