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...evolve into new species. "We now have, I think, a good understanding of how new species arise - that is, how biological diversity is created," says Jerry Coyne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago and the author of the new book Why Evolution Is True. "Darwin made little inroad into the problem, despite the title of his magnum opus...
...album’s only misstep is “It’s Goin’ Down.” Featuring the inexplicably popular Linkin Park, the track was perhaps meant as an inroad to broader audiences. Instead, it undermines the X-ecutioners’ roots by diluting the urban elements with a quintessentially suburban and pathetic attempt at being edgy. Not only does Mike Shinoda sound like he’s reading lyrics from a scrap of paper, but the musically rigid “nu-metal” shoves the DJs to the side, as if they...
Serving at the Faculty Club might not be an inroad to your career goals, but it offers excellent pay and flexible hours...
King is a wily, rambunctious incumbent who should win in a walk: his opponent, a politically inexperienced eccentric who calls himself Tweezerman, hasn't enough money to mount a serious campaign. Even if he had, he would be hard put to make an inroad into this historically Republican working-class district. King is a dependable Republican, though with his own eccentricity: supporting I.R.A. and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams...
...Sharlea sheep now brings farmers $56 for about 7 lbs., in contrast with $14 to $17 for the wool of sheep raised normally. While Sharlea flocks are growing, they still account for only about 15,000 of Australia's 139 mil- lion sheep. Some critics decry even that modest inroad, insisting that sheep are happier in their natural environment. Not so, contends Robert Beggs, who has 435 shedded sheep on his farm near Melbourne. Says he: "If I opened the door and herded them out, they would be back in five minutes...