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...they? Federal breathlessness notwithstanding, plenty of fish experts are wondering what all the fuss is about. Is it the snakehead that's out of control or simply the hype? And in making an example of this one nonindigenous species, is the government letting other, more menacing ones walk? Says Paul Shafland, a director with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: "This has been more Hollywood than science...
...argues: there is a readily available vaccine, and terrorists are unlikely to copy Wimmer's technique when it is easier to obtain deadly viruses in nature. Smallpox, the one bug that can't be found there, is too complex to be made this way. So why all the fuss? Says Wimmer: "There is something with viruses that strikes a chord...
...your fruit and vegetables at the local market a puñado or fist of parsley is usually flourished wordlessly into the shopping bag without your asking. When I first started living here and offered to pay for it, a stallholder admonished, "We don't make a fuss over perejil." Last week, however, the Spanish got both fussy and fisty over a place that got its name from the plant, a tiny island called Perejil - or Leila in Arabic - that lies a short swim off the Moroccan coast. The "capture" of the long-uninhabited outcrop by Morocco and then Spain...
...strictest reading of the Constitution there is no room for religious terminology in what should be a secular space. While some legal experts applauded the intent of Newdow's suit, no one seemed to think the ruling would survive very long. But for pundits and politicians the fuss can go on forever...
...money after inflation. They're no longer cheap but still yield up to 3.1 percentage points over the current inflation rate. Put them in your IRA or other retirement account, where their quirky tax features won't "drive you stark raving mad," as Loomis Sayles Bond Fund manager Daniel Fuss puts it. You can buy tips directly from the government, at www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sec/seciis.htm or in a fund from Vanguard or Pimco...