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Extremophiles also represent a biotech bonanza, pumping out unique substances that could be invaluable in all sorts of industrial and medical applications (see box). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for example, the DNA-amplifying method used most famously in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, exploits an enzyme manufactured by a Yellowstone extremophile...
While government officials portrayed the warnings as a rational response to perceived threats, the alert bonanza was too confounding to be dutifully accepted at face value. Democratic strategists questioned the timing, since the new threats had conveniently deflected attention from criticism about pre-9/11 intelligence failures. Were the warnings a ploy to unite the nation behind the White House? If not, then where was the anxiety coming from? And if the risks had truly escalated, why was the country still bathing in the glow of a "yellow" security alert--the midpoint of the five-level system established in March...
...merchandisers seem to be asking. There are Flintstones vitamins and Rugrats toothpaste, so why not Harry Potter body wash? Sorcerer’s Stone ushers in a buying bonanza for consumers and a piñata of profit for marketers, spewing out Harry Potter action figures and overpriced jelly beans. In addition to the board games and Legos are two more films, the first of which goes into production on Nov. 19, three days—count them, three—after Sorcerer’s Stone comes out. By the time the next movie opens, the first deluge...
...those who share the meme will not die. Aye, and here is where the replication comes in. Those harboring the little virus of the mind will attempt to spread it to those they know and care about, as they want their friends and relatives to share in the afterlife bonanza...
...World War II movie. The classic Christmas song that became Silver Bells started out as Tinkle Bells until Livingston was advised by his wife to change it. It was known around the Livingston home as "the annuity." Later, the duo wrote theme music for such television shows as Bonanza and Mister Ed. It is Livingston's voice that sings "A horse is a horse/Of course, of course...