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...level. Though it was certainly in the spirit of the often not-so-serious Harvard-Yale rivalry, it was based on what the author felt were legitimate distinctions between the two types of students. At one point, she suggested that "when it comes down to it, homo crimsonus is a different species from homo eli. The former stands one rung higher on the ladder of self motivation." While the author continued on to modify her position and offer several persuasive arguments, this remains a very arrogant statement and indicative of the article's general...
...same time she questioned "whether in fact there might not be more offense in segments of the community offended by the homo-social or explicitly sexualized suggestions in the imagery...
...oceans 525 million years ago. From its flexible but sturdy spinal rod, the scientists deduced that this animal - dubbed Yunnanozoon lividum, after the Chinese province in which it was found - was a primitive chordate, the oldest ancestor yet discovered of the vertebrate branch of the animal kingdom, which includes Homo sapiens...
...animal body plans that define the broad biological groupings known as phyla, which encompass everything from classes and orders to families, genera and species. For example, the chordate phylum includes mammals, birds and fish. The class Mammalia, in turn, covers the primate order, the hominid family, the genus Homo and our own species, Homo sapiens...
...characters who wind up at each school. What kind of student chooses to go to Yale and what type craves the red-bricked city on a hill? While both schools speak proudly of the tremendous diversity and talents of their student bodies, when it comes down to it, Homo crimsons is a different species from the Homo eli down south. The former stands one rung higher on the ladder of self-motivation...