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ADULT Days to months As soon as they emerge from the water and harden on its surface, they fly off to feed and mate...
DIED. SIR DENIS THATCHER, 88, graceful, independent-minded husband of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; in London. Often satirized as a comic, golf-obsessed gin swiller, the retired oil executive handled his job as the First Mate of Britain's first female Prime Minister with aplomb, happily trailing behind his wife in public yet privately acting as a loyal consort and critical influence. He was, he once said, the most "shadowy husband of all time...
...listen in glee as a crusading radio program exposes?in real time?a corrupt traffic cop as he tries to extort money from a taxi driver (who rings the program as the shakedown is happening). A lonely migrant worker in southern China receives advice on how to find a mate even without the help of a village matchmaker. Best of all, since talk radio flourishes at the intersection of anonymity and outspokenness, even the shyest Asian can discuss anything from democracy to dildos without having to divulge his or her identity. "The people who had no voice before...
...ignore them, they'll get on your nerves more, and it will be worse." She knows something about being teased because of a developmentally delayed older brother whom the other kids call retarded. Kids who get mocked because they don't have cool clothes find a soul mate in Ron. "If you took all three and put them into a blender, you'd get me," says Ryan Gepperth, 12, of Chicago. "I like to try new things, like Harry. I love reading, like Hermione. And I have problems of my own, like Ron," says Ryan, a husky boy with tousled...
...state Fish and Game Commission. Kempthorne's stature as a former senator and twice-elected governor may make him attractive to the Bush administration. It's not the first time his name has been floated for a top job - Republicans spoke of him as a potential running mate for Bob Dole in 1996. But his long experience also means the environmental movement already has his dossier. A Kempthorne nomination "would embroil the administration in the worst of all conformation battles," says Phil Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust...