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...Conan does not have an elitist bone in his body,” Reiff said. “He is as interested in what the book checker says as what some eminent professor says—and is open to the idea that the book checker might be funnier...
...from the walkways, and ushers politely guide patrons to the urinals, and refreshments are cheaper than fast-food, because the usual sports venue price gouging is considered poor manners. Hecklers could never get through the gate because Masters tickets aren't sold to the public; they're inherited, like bone china or shares of Coca-Cola Co. And if somehow a protester gained entrance, he would have thrust into his hand-as all spectators do-a copy of the admonition of tournament founder and golf patron saint, Bobby Jones: "Most distressing to those who love the game of golf...
...McMahon says he had no option but to vote no. The district has no city hospital - yet another bone of contention with city hall - and the two hospitals that serve it are facing big funding cuts under the legislation. The district is also one of the oldest in the state, and McMahon says that over 40% of his seniors are on Medicare Advantage, a program that will be gutted by the new bill. "My constituents are very happy with [my] vote because they understand and they share my concerns," McMahon says in an interview outside the bingo hall. "I know...
...Traditional Chinese medical theories have long extolled the health benefits of tonics and poultices made from rare animal parts, including everything from bear bile to deer antlers. Among enthusiasts for this esoteric branch of traditional medicine, few animals are more treasured for their nutritive qualities than the tiger. Tiger bone wine - a rice alcohol brewed in a vat with the carcass of one of the cats - is prized as a tonic for fatigue and sexual potency, for example. In an effort to clamp down on the lucrative poaching industry that sprung up around the big cats, sales of tiger parts...
Genetic analysis of the finger bone has since indicated that it was a remnant of a previously unknown hominin, distinct from both early modern humans and Neanderthals - the heavily muscled Homo species that cohabited with Homo sapiens in the region from 50,000 to 30,000 years ago. Early modern humans, the results suggested, shared parts of Eurasia not only with Neanderthals but a totally different human-like creature, and all three probably came into contact (the finger bone was found within 65 miles of known Neanderthal and modern human sites). (See the top 10 new species...