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Milton said that because airborne transmission is so difficult to prove, he does not expect all scientists to adopt his ideas immediately...
Moving to such a system would mean transplanting fall final exams before the winter break, beginning the school year directly after Labor Day, and leaving January free for the College to offer an extended break or adopt a month-long January term (J-term). This mini-term could be dedicated to classes or other curricular and extracurricular activities...
Friends' Monica plans to adopt, but Cox Arquette is due this summer. Her tiny tummy has been easier to keep under wraps than the show's much awaited finale
...special episodes"--with alternative families. Like all romantic comedies, Friends tends to end its seasons with weddings or births. And yet none of the Friends has had a baby the "normal" way--in the Bushian sense--through procreative sex between a legally sanctioned husband and wife. Chandler and Monica adopt. Ross has kids by his lesbian ex-wife and his unwed ex-girlfriend. Phoebe carries her half brother and his wife's triplets (one of the funniest, sweetest and creepiest situations ever--"My sister's gonna have my baby!" he whoops). As paleontologist Ross might put it, Friends...
...reckon it's all in the mannerisms," his Vince tells Ralph. "If we can learn half a dozen of them, we'll be home and hosed." Part of the problem is that Hogan's face spends most of the film in a tight scowl. And when he attempts to adopt Vince's new moves, it's as though his body has gone into toxic shock. All that's conveyed is his extreme discomfort...