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...there are far fewer types of receptors—about 1,000—than there are smells in the environment, and scientists have been unsure about the exact way the brain sorts them...
...movie’s strongest moment occurs when Murphy and Styron exact revenge upon Nick, a man Murphy claims previously raped her friend. Styron’s relatively friendless life in her quest to become CEO is a motif that has been used before, but is artfully drawn out in this movie. These two issues juxtaposed together provide influential insight into modern womanhood. However, this significance is muddled under lesbian innuendo that takes the viewer’s mind off of the topic, bringing the movie from the level of extremely impressive to extremely unfulfilling. If Stettner can learn...
...Towers commented about former hookup partner Terry B. Horner ‘03, “but right now I think I’ve got the upper hand in the relationship. The ball’s in my court.” Horner’s exact words ending the relationship with Towers were, “I just don’t want us to see, or talk to, each other ever again?...
...standpoint, they have been put to use by the artistically talented to display small and bizarre objects, the musically misguided who hunger for the popping noise made by the sound of a flat palm on hollow concrete and the alcoholically-inclined who have discovered that the holes are the exact size and shape as the cap of a beer bottle...
...week American troops manned checkpoints on the roads running through former Taliban country, seeking clues to bin Laden's coordinates. Special-ops commandos plied Taliban lieutenants on the leadership penumbra with cash in exchange for secrets about al-Qaeda leaders' movements. While the informants could not deliver the exact address, they knew the neighborhoods in which to look. Even with bin Laden at large, U.S. commanders became convinced they had him trapped. "If he moves, we spot him," a Pentagon official said. "If he doesn't move, we close in on him, cave by cave...