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Americans are accustomed--almost privileged--to a State of the Union address of catch-phrases and visionary statements, rich in imagery and possibilities. The State of the Union has traditionally provided the metaphoric candles by which the American public and Congress can light the upcoming year.
That one John Glenn may encounter challenges in space that the John Glenn of 1962 did not. Glenn's only trip into space lasted less than five hours in a craft so cramped he never left his seat. This time he will spend 10 days aloft in the comparative gymnasium...
But the consequences of such carnage were soon felt. An ecosystem stripped of the wolf doesn't simply become more peaceable; rather, it becomes flabby and unbalanced. With the dominant predator gone, the next biggest hunter--typically the coyote--assumes the top spot. As the coyote population explodes, the populations...
For the moment, that's unlikely to happen. District Judge William Downes, who wrote the decision, stayed its enforcement until the expected blizzard of appeals is exhausted, which could take until well into next year. By that time, the wolves' numbers will surely have increased, making the job of removing...
"Speaking from an urban slang perspective, people talk differently on the East Coast than the West Coast," he says. Accustomed to the distinctly Californian "hella" and "saucy," he notes, "mainly on the East Coast people say `yo' before and after every sentence."