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LANGUAGE Human beings differ from chimpanzees in having complex, grammatical language. But language does not spring fully formed from the brain; it must be learned from other language-speaking human beings. This capacity to learn is written into the human brain by genes that open and close a critical window during which learning takes place. One of those genes, FoxP2, has recently been discovered on human chromosome 7 by Anthony Monaco and his colleagues at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford. Just having the FoxP2 gene, though, is not enough. If a child is not exposed...
...good spin on things, talking about hundreds of new arrests, longer detentions and stepped-up night patrols. "This is not a country in anarchy," he says. "People are going about their business. Across most of Iraq, life is clearly getting better." But Baghdad's beleaguered residents might beg to differ. Running water and electricity are rare to come by; the wait for gasoline can last two days; and in many neighborhoods, malnourished children play in streets that are flooded with raw sewage and piled with garbage...
...means that their work practices are rooted not in mutual trust but in a system of sometimes picky rules. A "skilled tradesman" may be required to change a fuse in an assembly-line machine, a task that an assembly worker could easily be trained to perform. Work rules differ from plant to plant because agreements are negotiated with local union leaders. If a tradesman notices a line worker fiddling with equipment, he may file a grievance, claiming that his job is being undercut by a lower-paid employee...
Tony Blair usually gets what he wants, as befits a Prime Minister who has led his party to two landslide victories and holds a 165-seat Commons majority. When Blair feels strongly about an issue, opposition M.P.s, Labour backbenchers, even Cabinet ministers with a slightly different viewpoint are left gnashing their teeth as the Downing St. juggernaut powers by - as it recently did on war with Iraq. Why, then, is it Blair who is now standing by in scarcely concealed frustration, impotent to lead Britain into the single currency, and thus to the more central role in Europe...
Dartmouth—accustomed to favorable judgments on most close pitches until then—couldn’t believe the calls. Ronz begged to differ...