Word: fish
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Scott’s desk doesn’t have a stand for a powdered wig. The walls of his room are devoid of oil portraits of his famous ancestor. Instead, there’s a picture of him smiling with a fish and a big bumper sticker that reads, “Gun control means using both hands...
...pride, the sublime achievement of the human intellect reveals that we have only twice as many genes as a roundworm, about three times as many as a fruit fly, only six times as many as bakers' yeast. Some of those genes trace back to a time when we were fish; more than 200 come directly from bacteria. Our DNA provides a history book of where we come from and how we evolved. It is a family Bible that connects us all; every human being on the planet is 99.9% the same...
...nearly 2,000 years ago. Now biotech companies test bananas that contain a hepatitis vaccine and tomatoes that fight cancer. Dow makes a kind of corn that can turn into biodegradable plastic. Other companies have field-tested a cross between a flounder and a tomato to see if a fish gene can help a fruit stay fresh in freezing weather. The U.S. and the rest of the world are locked in a fight over how much to tinker with and how much to tell about what is now inside what...
...could see that's a step too far." It's hard to either defend or attack a show that doesn't exist yet, but it's also true that the original sitcom was far harder on Mr. Drysdale than the Clampetts. And on The Osbournes, Ozzy--another Beverly Hills fish out of water--was "humiliated" into becoming the most beloved dad in America...
...dozen artists and artisans offering their handmade wares. Sunday morning is the biggest market feast of all. First there is the gargantuan flea market encircling the St. Sernin basilica. Then there's the hectic, everything-goes market sprawling around the Place St. Aubin - fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, fish and shellfish, cheese, bread and pastries, herbs and spices, jellies and jams. If you need shampoo, a crate of oysters, a new mattress or an African drum, this is where to find it. Then, since this is Toulouse, it's time for lunch...