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...measured up well. Abrams and Williams sussed in a few minutes that Gore had run out of time. But it was excruciating to watch CNN, where legal analyst Roger Cossack stalled pitiably for time as anchors Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff pressed him to draw a conclusion, while the clock ticked and rival MSNBC sounded taps for Gore. "So are you saying," Woodruff asked, "it appears that a recount could take place?" "Yes," he finally answered--an ultimately incorrect analysis the network stuck with well into the hour--though he pleaded futilely that it would be "irresponsible" to answer definitively...
...became a permanent part of us. Says Smith: "We hope over the years to get a clear picture of how our genome was put together and even see where it might be going." Not just how, but when. For example, the genome evidently contains a molecular clock in the form of sequences of letters that are repeated between the genes and have mutated over time. The rate of these changes could serve to time-stamp specific traits. We may someday be able to pinpoint the epoch in which the traits that make us uniquely human emerged...
Given that we can't turn the clock back, (and who would want to?), adults can still do plenty to help the next generation cope...
Palmer-Sherman's friends and family had kept up a round-the-clock vigil at her bedside in the hospital's intensive care unit. Police have said they don't believe alcohol was involved in the accident, which took place on Eliot Street, in front of Charlie's Kitchen...
Diane Sutton passed on that August night, and for days, customers left flowers outside Je's. To Harry, it feels as if she died yesterday. The faces at the counter, the light through the window, the time on the clock--the meaning of it all escapes Harry, who lost his girl and can't find his way. He and the boys will keep Je's open for now, but they won't work themselves to death like she did. There will be a different balance now. "You spend your whole life working, planning for the day when you can take...