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...pair of auto mechanics inadvertently touching lips while sharing a Snickers bar. To compensate for their accidental smooch, they “do something manly” like tear out chest hair, hit one another with a wrench or a car hood, or drink motor oil and windshield washer fluid. It clearly doesn’t get more manly than that...
...What’s most impressive is the range of expertise he brings to the creation of these micro-creatures—he uses structural design, fluid mechanics, automatic controls, microfabrication, and more,” McKay Professor of Engineering Robert D. Howe writes in an e-mail. “By drawing on all these disciplines, he can create sophisticated devices with astonishing performance...
...speaker showed how eight deer can be raised for venison at the cost of feeding one cow. Other topics covered: growing garbanzo beans, converting corn into lighter fluid and raising edible snails and crayfish. The farmers were interested, though some were skeptical. "A lot of good ideas got thrown around here," said Ed Ackerman of Minnesota. "But the bottom line is profit. Anybody can raise a crop, but you can't succeed unless you can sell...
...otherworldly results from January 2003 remind us of just how much things can change in the course of months; contemporarily, bettors' odds illustrate just how fluid the race is this early, changing its face slightly practically daily. Hillary has remained at almost even odds for weeks, probably due to the public's fixed view of her, but other candidates' odds can change because of a single Daily Show appearance or, say, an Oscar nomination (Al Gore's odds improved considerably last Tuesday, to 9:1, though they've returned to the 16:1 range). After climbing steadily since September, Obama...
DIED. Bong Soo Han, 73, Korean martial-arts grand master who introduced hapkido to the West; of complications from cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. He moved to the U.S. after training in Korea in the art, which combines fluid, circular movement with fierce, sharp kicks. He taught thousands about "perfection of character" through his International Hapkido Federation, but was best known for his work in such films as The Kentucky Fried Movie and 1971's Billy Jack...