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When Mike attempts to go "straight" by enrolling in law school (!) and moving in with a classy blond classmate (Gretchen Mol), Worm emerges from his hole to play the snake and lure his old chum back into the game.
Nor do we see Wallace's cynical attempts to win black votes, such as when he made sure a photographer was present at his meeting with Rosa Parks in the '70s--something the civil rights activist "always resented," according to Carter.
One of the more remarked-upon trends in modern (actually, postmodern , I guess) advertising is the reliance upon anti-ads, those commercials that acknowledge the basic insincerity of the adman's project and which presumably please viewers by nudge-nudge, wink-winking them in a way that recognizes how phenomenally aware we are of advertising's attempts to ensnare us.
(2) Elevated CO 2 production during weaning attempts : patients pCO 2 exceeds 50 mmHg.
Unfortunately, despite our numerous attempts to reach a reasoned and reasonable accommodation on this matter, to date, the information we requested has not been made available to us.