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...system worked so well that Santacruz may be hard to replace. "He has more corporate knowledge in his little finger," says a DEA agent, "than anybody else down there has in his whole body." That's why Santacruz's arrest is seen as wiping out the cartel's trade. "With the capture of Gilberto Rodr?guez Orejuela and Santacruz, the Cali cartel has crumpled," Serrano said. "I think the justice system will give the maximum penalties that a criminal like Santacruz deserves...
WORDS, SPOKEN AND OTHERWISE The exquisite specialization of neurons for processing very precise sorts of information -- moving but not still objects, the sensation of touch on a finger that isn't there anymore -- is perhaps at its most highly refined when it comes to language. As a result, brain-damaged patients can exhibit an astounding range of language problems. Some have trouble using and understanding just nouns. Others have trouble with verbs. Some patients can't produce language but comprehend it perfectly; others can speak normally but can't make any sense out of what they hear...
NEWT GINGRICH IS FED UP WITH ALL THE FINGER pointing. He is tired, he says, of people blaming their problems on one another or on society at large--rather than taking responsibility for their fates and charging ahead with a can-do attitude. In his new book, To Renew America, Gingrich writes, "When confronted with a problem, a true American doesn't ask, 'Who can I blame this...
...nothing else positive comes from it, the Supreme Court's recent 9-0 decision against gay activists in the St. Patrick's Day Parade case demonstrates that this finger-pointing is both unwise and unnecessary. Judge Souter's "First Amendment absolutist" opinion places the Supreme Court squarely on the side of powerful interests which have thwarted the liberal agenda for years. The roots of oppression run deep, but a considered response to this sociologically ignorant jurisprudence can help lead liberalism out of its current quarrels and into a coherent advocacy role in the 21st century...
...bring Band-Aids. You don't want to have to trek a couple of blocks to UHS because you cut your finger. Note: when your international roommate asks if you have a plaster, don't chip off part of the wall and offer it to them--find a Band...