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...maybe not. An experiment described in the current Nature suggests that the huge carnivore did indeed have the most powerful bite in history. Researchers led by Gregory Erickson, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, figured that if they could reproduce the T. rex bite marks found in fossilized Triceratops bones, they could deduce how much force had been needed to make them. So with the help of Stanford biomechanical engineers they crafted a false Tyrannosaurus tooth out of bronze and aluminum, then mounted it in a guillotine-like device and slammed it into the pelvic bone...
Their verdict: a feeding T. rex could have exerted up to 3,011 lbs. of biting force. (It would have used greater force while attacking.) A human's bite, by comparison, packs 175 lbs.; a lion's, 937; and an alligator's, just under 3,000. The research addresses only one aspect of the predator vs. scavenger question. But if scientists can find several bones with T. rex bite wounds that later healed--showing that the animals weren't already dead when they were chomped on--that might settle the debate for good...
...clean me or didn't want to put me in a bed or get me out of a bed, there'd be nothing I could do about it. Absolutely nothing. But their compassion, their involvement causes them to put a fork in my mouth, and I take a bite of food. Or turn me over in the bed so I don't get a sore. Or get my blood pressure down when I have dysreflexia. Basically, it comes down to goodwill. Nobody has to do any of those things; I'm completely dependent on them...
...various contenders for the ephemeral status of true 90's relationship movie, "Walking and Talking" doesn't bother swaggering or making snide social comment: it delivers the goods, with just the right amount of bite. And the movie's beautiful final shot in a lake eloquently reassures us of Holofcener's underlying sincerity. Apply whatever metaphor you want to the summer movie scene--drought, bloated big-budget feast of fast food--the independent gem "Walking and Talking" provides refreshing proof of life beyond planet Hollywood...
...Perot '92, with roughly the same sticker price. You won't see much flesh pressing; Perot doesn't care for it. His strategy will be to focus on television set-pieces--infomercials long on info, short on entertainment. The star, as before, will be the plainspeaking, chart-wielding, sound-bite-spouting candidate himself telling America what's what. Also, don't expect many press conferences. Perot regards the press as his true rival. When he has something to say and wants to do it for free, he will saddle up with his suspendered sidekick, Larry King. "So, Ross, what...