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...form as well. Inspired by the burst stuffing of a deer on display in the Peabody Museum and some prints Rauschenberg did on deconstructed animal feed bags, Hulsey envisions a thinnish book whose unfolding mix of delicate vellums and sturdy opaque pages in sensual pinks and browns will mimic the layers of a dissected animal. Hide, epidermis, sinew and flesh will be rendered palimpsestic and textual, echoing the blurry, layered nature of the half-remembered words inscribed on them...
While the consensus favors a fat connection, other explanations haven't been ruled out. One is chemical pollution in the food chain--specifically, DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, and PCBs, once used as flame retardants in electrical equipment. Both chemicals are plausible suspects because they mimic hormones that play a key role in the development of the reproductive system. Beyond that, says Dr. Walter Rogan, an epidemiologist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C., both chemicals are ubiquitous in the environment, and they persist in the body for years after exposure...
Jones has kept her cards, so to speak, close to her vest. She has bypassed defense motions to toss the case, yet her pointed questions to the plaintiff sometimes mimic remarks by its critics--for example, that banks are already lining up behind individual brands. "If the market is going that way anyway, why do you want me to do anything?" she asked U.S. attorney Melvin Schwarz. To prevent a return to duality, he said. That might or might not happen, but as a former card executive puts it, "this is definitely a case where everyone's a little guilty...
Though Gore has decided to mimic Republican education reform proposals--asking to expand the number of charter schools and increase standards for teachers and schools--close examination reveals that Texas Gov. George W. Bush offers the only comprehensive reform agenda centered around high standards, specific accountability and properly-aligned local authority. In an effort to appease teachers unions and school administrators (as with so many of his "reforms") Gore's plan simply suggests, not requires, that schools test their students at least twice during the entirety of their school years. In contrast, the Bush education initiative requires that states test...
...heated House subcommittee hearing, Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin of Louisiana chastised the carmaker for submitting an affidavit implying that the suspect tires had initially been tested at the lowest recommended pressure on the Explorer, when they had been run only on a pickup truck, or mule, configured to mimic the SUV. Mules are often used in auto-industry tests, but that didn't mollify Tauzin. As if that weren't bad enough, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began a preliminary investigation into the possible failure of one or both of the Explorer's sway bar links, part...