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...less intimate association of different, sometimes hostile species in which each exploits the other to its own maximum advantage. In rare cases, such as parasitic wasps, creatures use each other for survival before one destroys the other. This is not unlike the current political morphology involving the genus Presidentum Candidatus, with those two familiar species, Robert Dole, Republican challenger, and Bill Clinton, Democratic incumbent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB & BILL'S BELTWAY BAKE-OFF | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

...Candidatus Perpetuus--This species has a chameleon-like power to blend in almost anywhere. These creatures have adapted a mandibular structure similar to that of the remora--they have lips able to get a tenacious grip on the rear-end of any authority figure in an instant. The Undergraduate Council is a favorite habitat of this species, as is any slow-moving committee with an impressive name. Members can be spotted preening resumes for days on end. After college, the Candidatus pupates for three years before emerging as a lawyer...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: A New Cambridge Taxonomy | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

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