Will Pearson
Will Pearson
William E. Pearsonis the co-founder of mental floss, a bi-monthly magazine, which he started with Mangesh Hattikudur when both were students at Duke University. Pearson graduated from Duke in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Describing himself, Pearson noted his penchant for eating two M&M's at the same time, on different sides of the mouth, "making both sides of the mouth equally happy". Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University and in their...
feeling start
When you have so many all at once, even the professionals start feeling a sense of helplessness,
offense returning seven starters
We've got seven returning starters on offense and seven returning on defense,
freshmen pass start three
We start with them as freshmen and tell them they have to pass it. But in their minds, two or three years is a long way off.
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I want to play every snap. I want to start every game. Ephraim wants to, too. Even though I'm disappointed, I've got to look at the silver lining that maybe this is not putting as much strain on my legs. I think I've come back sooner than expected, but you kind of wish you were all the way back.
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It's wrong to assume that the dollar will start to fall as the Fed stops raising rates. What we could see is a transition to a structural support for the dollar as the trade position improves.
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It's a good start and we'll be back next year to continue the work.
behavior looking people sick starts
People do get sick on these days, but when this behavior repeats, that's when it starts looking suspicious.
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Come Sept. 11, I plan to run out of that tunnel and be the starter on the left side; that's how I've approached this ever since I started my rehabbing, ... I've said all along: I'm not looking to hit a home run or do this and that. I just want to be here and be here for a long time.
floss information learning mental people
Mental Floss is what it is. It's about people learning information they always thought they should know.
beginning blur education goal line
Our goal from the beginning has been to blur the line between education and entertainment, ... why not have one with our goal of education?
entertainment good listening telling training
It's good training for a writer, ... entertaining people, telling them about your life, listening as they tell you about theirs.
final thrilled
There's so much in there. ... I'm thrilled to see the final product.
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The paperwork began in August. Every day I would see her coming to me with an application and I would say, 'Here's my early bird again.' That was my nickname for her.
coverage problem
With our saturation coverage these days, this is much more of a problem than it ever has been,