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Lemmings have a peculiar habit of followership that results in mass migrations often ending in death by drowning...
Kleiber's father was also a conductor, and Carlos apparently emulates him not only phenotypically, but in matters of repertoire and habit. Ever since resigning his post at the Wurttemburg State Opera in 1968, Carlos Kleiber has followed the example of his father, and led the life of a conductor-errant, though he has certainly been tempted by many an orchestra. Norman Lebrecht reports that Kleiber was tapped by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra after von Karajan's passing, but refused. Of all the major classical labels, only Deutsche Grammophon proved to have enough stomach and patience to deal with...
...Cohler, a University of Chicago psychologist, and Fran Stott, dean of the Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development in Chicago, have found that children from psychically damaged families frequently become hypervigilant, developing an intense attunement to their parents' moods. One child they studied, Nicholas, had a horrible habit of approaching other kids in his nursery-school class as if he were going to kiss them, then would bite them instead. The scientists went back to study videos of Nicholas at 20 months interacting with his psychotic mother and found that she had responded to his every expression...
...Until now, nicotine gum has been controlled for fear that users would reinforce their addiction to nicotine." At today's meeting, several medical experts said that tests show users for the most part do not dangerously abuse the drug, which they say is effective in helping smokers kick their habit. for additional articles about
Cybercafes attract computer nerds and novices alike. "Some of our most devoted customers are people who never touched a computer before," says Lynn Siprelle, co-owner with her husband of the Habit in Ashland, Oregon. Marshall Smith, owner of Cybersmith, says 85% of his customers have computers at home but come in for the advanced technologies available at his eatery. "Everyone has heard of CD-ROMs, but only about 10% of the country actually has a CD-ROM drive of their own," he says. Cybercafes have proved to be attractive marketing venues as well. Donna Karan advertised...