Word: givings
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Dolphins might have avoided all this attention if evolution had contrived to give them a permanent frown instead of a permanent smile, or if their foreheads, which bulge with echo-location organs, did not make them look so intelligent. But for whatever reason, people think of the animals as special, perhaps even more so than other intelligent creatures such as chimpanzees or elephants. Unfortunately, dolphins can be smothered by misdirected love as well as by tuna nets. Swimming with them may make their human fans feel good, but it would be better if the admiring masses appreciated their grace...
...company is particularly incensed because the Saturn, which will carry a sticker price of around $12,000, represents the biggest U.S. automotive gamble in years. Launched by Chairman Roger Smith in 1982, Saturn was designed to give GM a small car that would outsell imports from Japan. Said Smith in the mid-1980s: "We believe Saturn is the key to GM's long-term competitiveness, survival and success as a domestic producer...
...Rhode Island compared with the surface of the earth." The bubbles and walls could be isolated phenomena. But, notes Geller: "Every survey ever done has contained structures as big as the survey could contain." If that trend continues, then there are larger objects yet to be found, which will give theorists even worse headaches. "These surveys test in the most acute way our conceptions of how structure developed in the universe," says Ostriker, "and for that reason they are possibly the most important studies in extragalactic astrophysics now. This is an exciting time to be in this field...
...accusations and finger pointing give many Flight 103 families the sense of being trapped in an impenetrable web of international politics and terrorism. Says Eleanor Bright, whose husband Nick died over Lockerbie: "I feel as if I've been dropped in the middle of a bad spy novel." Among the disclosures...
American public opinion must understand that we are not asking for a gift or for debt forgiveness. We want a system of economic relations that will give us guarantees so we can plan our economies and develop our countries...