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...listening to his father explain sex: "I nodded up and down, my mouth agape. If I appeared awestruck, it was not over this anatomical breakthrough but over my father's choice of props. It occurred to me that never before had any father pressed into service a garden hose to demonstrate the act of sexual intercourse. Not birds and bees. Not mating wolves. Not oak trees and acorns. The two ends of a rubber hose. Only...
...think it is a fabulous gift, and a hugely important one,” History of Art and Architecture Professor Ewa Lajer-Burcharth said in an email. “The works are of unparalleled quality, a breakthrough for the museum...
...breakthrough, he said, could eventually improve the treatment of the most advanced types of brain tumors...
...blogosphere is ablaze with news leaks about the BlackBerry Storm, which goes on sale in November. But the stories, which are long on gigabytes, megapixels and other technobabble, give almost no idea of what this new phone is actually like to use. Most notably, they overlook a breakthrough design element that sets the Storm apart from every other iPhone wannabe: its entire 3.2-in. touchscreen doubles as a big clickable button...
...since August.) Then Pyongyang abruptly backtracked on its agreement with the U.S. and four other countries to dismantle its nuclear program. U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill flew to Pyongyang in an attempt to get the agreement back on track, but his talks with the North Koreans didn't produce a breakthrough. By alienating its neighbors - and potential donors - North Korea could make it harder to alleviate its food crisis. "It is in the capacity of the North Korans to act in ways that will terminate aid," says Peterson's Noland...