/ Swarm over, Death!" David actually reads a bit of this to the camera, and then, dispensing some of the wisdom he believes he possesses in such quantity, he adds, "Right.
In the meantime, the company is trying to keep shareholders happy by dispensing some of its cash mountain on stock buybacks, and by promising to gear up the company a bit by issuing some debt.
In series six, the midwives will also dispense some of their knowledge in South Africa.
So, long before he had a column, he dispensed some of his first sex advice: He instructed his boyfriend to quit masturbating like that, or risk never being able to come with another person around.
It is, at least, a public facility dispensing some kind of education and pleasure where previously there was none.
No doubt there are therapists and life coaches all over the world dispensing some version of this formula, nudging their clients to pursue lives that better conform to their own moral intuitions.
Message: it's tough now, but you could be on a dais in a tasseled cap receiving an honorary degree and dispensing some assertive optimism of your own in 30 years.
"Moonwalking With Einstein," which grew out of an article for Slate, and which in 2006 reportedly earned its author, then 23, a $1.2 million advance, has a lot in common with Malcolm Gladwell's best sellers: it popularizes scientific concepts in a breezy, accessible fashion while cheerfully dispensing some practical insights and lots of entertaining anecdotes.
In a letter to his 6-year-old son, which closes this volume, Alexander Waugh — son of the satirist Auberon Waugh and grandson of the novelist Evelyn Waugh — dispenses some advice: "Beware of seriousness: it is a form of stupidity," "Fear boredom," "Never use the word 'ersatz,' " and "Bear the name of Waugh with pride".
Detective Sgt. Mick Kennedy uses this horrific case as a training exercise for his rookie partner, and every so often the veteran cop dispenses some blunt piece of wisdom ("Nothing can trip you up like compassion") that will come back to haunt them both.
He has won praise for dispensing with some of the frippery and privilege of the past.
