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...this particular book...
...deux isn't even visible to the naked eye. Still, the phenomenon is not as uncommon as it might seem. Every time you ice skate, you experience something similar, as the shared properties of skate blade against ice create a thin film of water of a very particular thickness on which you, after a fashion, levitate. What makes the Harvard and NIH work so promising is its nano scale...
...official, referring to Sarkozy's appeal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to exert influence on Hamas when the two men met in Damascus on Tuesday. "We think Syria could greatly contribute to peace in the region in general terms but could also help end the current crisis, in particular by making Hamas see reason...
Interestingly, those who have the least ability in a particular area are likely to see the greatest drug-related improvement. In fact, on some tests of cognition, the smartest people actually showed performance reductions, a result that may address some of the concerns over "cheating": on tasks involving working memory and impulsivity, stimulants had a leveling effect, allowing below-average performers to catch up to their peers, not dominate them. According to Farah, the typical student user is actually not the overachieving brainiac but a "white male frat brother with a B average...
Sometimes Congress sees fit to award a week or month to a particular topic. Such events are often meant to raise awareness for serious illnesses like diabetes, although sometimes, they are used to raise awareness of, say, the plumbing industry. Really lucky causes might get an entire year: 2007 went to the American Society of Agronomy, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Other resolutions have marked seemingly arbitrary anniversaries, as in the 2008 decision to herald the 63rd birthday of Texas's Big Bend National Park...