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...bacteria are experts at the game of survival. Throw a bunch of them onto an ice floe or into the steaming heart of Old Faithful, and one or another of the unicellular beasties will probably turn out to possess a critical trait that enables it to live through the ordeal and pass that trait on to trillions of descendants, a rapid example of evolution through natural selection. Just as predation by lions has gradually increased the swiftness of gazelles, the use of antibiotics has spurred the emergence of bacteria that can effectively counter those potent poisons. But bacteria multiply...
...will know that about me." Just by making it to the arena, after all the rough and bitter days and nights when he did not skulk away, Clinton has shown that there is some iron in that core. Unlike Perot, he does not quit when he tires of the ordeal or blame others for his troubles. Clinton will find out in November whether the public came to know him better this week and liked what they...
Although a month-long trial ended in Riner's acquittal last week, the presiding judge expressed skepticism regarding her innocence, and the case remains shrouded in mystery. "I don't start no fire," Riner repeatedly stressed in her pained English throughout the ordeal. Prosecutors never uncovered any evidence linking the au pair to the crime. Nor could they establish a motive. Yet Riner herself insisted that she and the child were alone in the house when the fire started...
Stumbling back to our respective rooms that warm early morning, we were both exhausted and a little cranky. But mostly we were upset. Not that for the fourth night in a row, we were only going to get two hours of sleep, but because this ordeal we had just endured seemed to define our first year at Harvard. Finishing that problem set--and our nine months in Cambridge--was a real pain...
Less boppy students will describe orientation week as an "ordeal," or at least call it "weird." They find the placement tests too challenging, idiotic and numerous, and the ice-breaker events too shallow. The hi-what's-your-name-where-are-you-from-what's-y our-dorm-well-nice-to-meet-you mantra grows old very quickly, and the days become a blur of cookouts, sweaty parties and fierce scamming...