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...while all this fuss about his potentially improper involvement in pardon-seeking has Hugh blinking like a none-too-swift deer caught in exceptionally bright headlights, this 50-year-old lawyer has weathered criticism - and, yes, even embarrassment - before. Chances are good he'll make it through this latest flap as well...
...knees splayed, the soles of her feet touching. "Hold on to your butterfly wings," Jodi Komitor instructs her Saturday-morning class of mothers and toddlers in New York City. Camille clutches her toes and prepares for flight. Komitor continues: "Lean back, open your butterfly wings and whee!" Her students flap their legs in the fantastical studio, where paper flowers seem to grow out of the bubblegum-pink ceiling. "I'm flying to a flower," reports Camille. "A pink...
...genes contain instructions for making proteins and some proteins?those in peanuts, for example?cause allergic reactions. Then there is the problem of "genetic pollution," as opponents of biotechnology term it. Pollen grains from such wind-pollinated plants as corn, for instance, are carried far and wide. The continuing flap over Bt corn and cotton?the gene of a common soil bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis), a natural insecticide, is transferred to the plants?has provided more fodder for the debate. Ecologists are concerned that widespread planting of these crops will spur Bt resistance among crop pests, and Bt is popular with...
...knees splayed, the soles of her feet touching. "Hold on to your butterfly wings," Jodi Komitor instructs her Saturday-morning class of mothers and toddlers in New York City. Camille clutches her toes and prepares for flight. Komitor continues: "Lean back, open your butterfly wings and whee!" Her students flap their legs in the fantastical studio, where paper flowers seem to grow out of the bubblegum-pink ceiling. "I'm flying to a flower," reports Camille. "A pink...
...Shun the press Your phone will be ringing. The reporters will seem friendly. They are not--and besides, the Senators want first crack at you. So don't flap your gums to Tim Russert. Remember the Kennebunkport ethic of not leaking and not bragging...