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Readers decided to stick with familiar titles. “Marley & Me,” the oddly popular memoir of a newspaper man’s ill-behaved dog, dominated the non-fiction section along with interesting and layman-accessible tomes by Thomas L. Friedman, Steven Levitt, and Malcolm Gladwell, respectively...
...athletic dexterity could match the gyrations of Cleese's barbed satire, such as a skit "about a dog that has got trapped somewhere and people were being killed in the hundreds trying to rescue it." His 6ft.4in. frame nurtured a majestic scorn, whose clipped syllables instantly evoked centuries of institutionalized English sarcasm and sadism in the form of teachers and civil servants. He could apply this furious condescension to petty bureaucrats, a cheese or parrot shop customer, a professional arguer - almost anybody...
...stem-cell research in scientific journals since 2002, and concluded that the U.S. was "falling behind in the international race to make fundamental discoveries" in the field. Asian efforts are well funded, but haven't escaped difficulties either. South Korean veterinary scientist Woo Suk Hwang, who cloned the first dog and claimed to have cloned the first human embryo, was discredited late last year after he confessed to falsifying many of his results. Liberal laws and renewed funding, meanwhile, are pushing Europe toward the front of the field. The UK Stem Cell Foundation, a private charity, is raising $185 million...
...snoring seems to have ceased for the time being without further ill effects. My wife, my child, my dog and I are all sleeping through the night...
RICHARD PRYOR LIVE IN CONCERT Newhart mayhave been able to assume the role of a put-upon driving instructor, but Pryor's eerie impersonations spanned many species. In this 1979 concert, he inhabits a deer, two squirrel monkeys, several dog breeds and a car tire, plus all varieties of black and white humans. Compulsively confessional, he talks of his cop encounters, his heart attack and his father's death in bed, if you know what we mean. It's a priceless evening with the all-time stand-up shaman...