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My own half-facetious daydream is to put Walmart—which has 150 million people passing through its doors each week and operates more than 5,000 pharmacies, many in underserved areas—in charge of vaccine distribution.
Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran Says His Stores Can Vaccinate More Americans. He Just Needs the Doses | Eben Shapiro | January 31, 2021 | TimeThe pair are of course being somewhat facetious in tracing the end of growth to a particular day.
Capitalism is in crisis. To save it, we need to rethink economic growth. | Katie McLean | October 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAnd despite the situation not being funny at all, the Onion facetiously offered Incognito a five-year, $50 million contract.
First Mega-Deal Is Done as the NFL’s Free Agent Scrap Begins | Ben Teitelbaum | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
facetiously, Norquist adds, “That would raise revenue if we could get more of those 12-year-olds paying cigarette taxes.”
Grover Norquist Sees the Fiscal Cliff and Guns It | Lloyd Grove | November 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI asked, facetiously, but I didn't feel in the least humorous.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort MitchellOur military cook would often facetiously refer to "platoon-firing in the starboard oven."
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe young engineer must pick his boss as our young men are facetiously advised to pick their parents.
Opportunities in Engineering | Charles M. HortonThe guard stopped, presented arms to this small, peremptory terrier, and inquired facetiously if he had a pass.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonFootnote 43: Flogging was facetiously termed "putting on a new shirt."
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 | Abraham Tomlinson
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