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Although the skeleton of Kennewick Man was unearthed 10 years ago, Native Americans kept scientists from examining the 9,400-year-old remains until last summer. Our report on the fight and the findings caught the eye of readers eager to learn what such bones can tell us about the settlement of the Americas...
...When author Shannon Lush goes shopping, readers bustle up to her, eager to share their triumphs: "They'll say, 'I did it! I did what you said and it worked!'" Part of the thrill, she says, is that whether it was getting mold off the edge of the bath or nail polish off the sheets, they've done it with products that cost next to nothing and were likely already in the kitchen cupboards. Lush's cleaning staples are the same ones everybody's great-grandmother used: vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, methylated spirits, detergent, glycerine, milk. Shoe polish...
...University to the town in the intervening years, or has been claimed by the U.S. government for municipal purposes. Kathleen McCahan, chair of the Weston Case Estates Review Committee, said that the town—the only buyer the University is offering the package to—is eager to purchase. “It is a key parcel for us, it’s one of our last big parcels,” she said. “It’s very centrally located for us as well as being a fantastically beautiful piece of property...
...custom. Some believe Pope Ratzinger may choose smaller, more regular (perhaps annual) consistories to keep the College of Cardinals consistently close to the 120 limit. It also would be a chance for regular encounters with all his men in red hats. Benedict may be a Pope not only eager to choose Cardinals, but work with them as well...
...change. Change at other schools wasn’t achieved immediately or without resistance. “There’s a lot of adversity here—people struggle,” says Dorothea V. Brauer, director of LGBTQA Services at UVM. “Vermont is not eager to be up front and socially experimental, but [we are] also known for a kind of tolerance of individual difference.”Though Harvard is known for its tolerance, too, it is also notorious for slow policy changes. OFF-THE-RECORD, PLEASESome advocates say that the best spokespersons...