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Through a teardrop of ancient amber -- fossilized tree sap as hard as plastic and as translucent as glass -- the scientists beheld their quarry: a small stingless bee that shared the earth with giant mastodons. With sterile instruments and gloved hands, microbiologist Raul Cano and his student Monica Borucki proceeded with an improbable experiment. First they delicately extracted the bee's diminutive digestive tract. Then they placed the tissues in nutrient-rich broth. Within a week the mixture turned cloudy, a sign that bacterial spores, dormant inside the bee for 25 million to 40 million years, had suddenly, miraculously surged back...
Finally, council members express concern thatthe administration will not allow dances to beheld as often as undergraduates would like...
After lengthy debate, the council voted througha package specifying that the referendum will beheld...
...other business, the council voted 62-2 toappropriate $4,500 to defray the $14,958 cost forthe annual first-year formal. The formal, to beheld on February 26 in the Boston Park PlazaHotel, Will cost first-years $14 per ticket...
When I walked into store 24 one day to grab some munchies for my evening at The Crimson, I beheld a most in-triguing sight. There in the front display case, was a three liter bottle of Diet Crystal Pepsi...