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Sullivan Chamber was packed with the couples and their supporters who gathered an hour before midnight to listen to speeches and musical performances as a digital clock counted down the minutes until gay marriage became legal...
With the score knotted at 37 and just 22 ticks remaining on the clock, Princeton’s Derek Javarone trudged onto the field, the weight of seven straight Tiger losses to the Crimson and two timeouts noticeably slowing his gait as he advanced to the 33-yard line. Moments later the hold was down, his leg swung forward, the crowd fell silent...
...best experiences at Harvard have happened around five o’clock in the morning...
...says a White House aide. U.S. officials, including proconsul L. Paul Bremer and National Security Council envoy Robert Blackwill, have kept a close eye on the Iraqis vetted by Brahimi for top jobs in the government. Another White House aide says Brahimi spent last week working "around the clock" to finalize names of the new government, soliciting opinions from dozens of Iraqi leaders and U.S. advisers. The official says that two weeks ago Brahimi narrowed the list of candidates for the Prime Minister slot to four names and settled on Allawi just as the Governing Council was rallying around...
Because it's so packed with nutrients, meat gave early humans a respite from constant feeding. Like lions and tigers, they didn't have to eat around the clock just to keep going. But more important, unlike the big cats, which rely mostly on strength and speed to bring down dinner, our ancestors depended on guile, organization and the social and technological skills made possible by their increasingly complex brains. Those who were smartest about hunting--and about gathering the plant foods they ate as part of their omnivorous diets--tended to be better fed and healthier than the competition...