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...have proposed a new draft. All men and women ages 18 to 26 would be eligible for induction once they have completed high school. Those not needed in the military would perform civilian service. Enacting our plan would democratize our armed forces and return to the "citizen soldier" ideal that has served our nation so well...
Whether your hosts are relatives or friends, a house gift is a requirement. Do you need to show up with it? "That's the ideal," says Post, author of Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It and Why (HarperCollins; 200 pages). "When you arrive at the door and you're all saying your hellos, you say, 'I really want to let you know how much I appreciate being here,' and you hand them a gift. That's a really nice way to start off on the right foot." The magnitude of the gift depends...
...says zebrafish are particularly ideal subjects because a biologist can use them for “forward genetics”—identifying genes by inducing mutations and then finding the specific gene related to the produced phenotype, or appearance...
...many reasons, the match between Dowling’s research and the zebrafish has proved one made in biological heaven. Dowling is quick to note the varied attributes which make the organism ideal for such experiments. The fish are very small and can thus be raised in large numbers; in Dowling’s small facility, he can keep 30,000 fish at a time. The fish’s fast generation time also proves helpful in developmental studies; by the time a fish is just five days old, one can measure its visual function very effectively by using...
...Dowling concludes, “For studying basic developmental processes, the zebrafish is ideal...