I Don’t Believe in Miracles
When searching Yahoo News for the “miracle baby” story, I found the following misuses of the word “miracle”
- …the “Texas educational miracle” that President Bush has touted as a model for the rest of the nation — is fending off accusations that it inflated its achievements through fuzzy math…
…Melissa dropped her weight, too, but for Steve, the diet was nothing short of a miracle. He was swimming in his size 6x shirts, and his 72-inch waist pants started falling off his waist…
…Skeptics of the technology have also been invited to speak, and say suggestions that GMOs could make a marked impact on alleviating world hunger are overblown. “It’s one thing to take risks for a technology that is really going to provide miracles, say in the agricultural area,”…
…Despite all the efforts put into delivering timely and high-quality patches, Davidson added, all vendors think that they can do better. Users don’t seem to expect a miracle, but they are looking for a lessening of their patching problems…
…Employing an on-side kick, Saskatchewan scored a third time with 20 second remaining on another one-yard plunge by Szarka. But the Roughriders couldn’t pull off the miracle and a second on-side kick attempt failed…
…Conway will also spend 14 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole. The miracle cars scam targeted churches and religious groups with the promise of bargain-priced vehicles as a reward for religious faith…
Not exactly loaves and fishes, huh?
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