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Croco'nile, written and illustrated by Roy Gerrard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $15), features a huge, toothy creature that serves as a pet to a couple of Egyptian kids: "In ancient Egypt, long ago,/ Beside the River Nile,/ A brother and a sister/ Found a baby crocodile." The kids stow away on a boat: "The naughty twosome stayed concealed/ Until the break of day./ By then their little village/ Was a hundred miles away...
First of all, the only things getting "severely damaged" by computational complexity are students in Computer Science 121. The last machine I know of that could possibly be physically damaged as a result of user input was an old version of the Commodore PET, a late-1970s relic...
...pet peeves is when buttered bagels flip over and goop up the slide," he says. His group's toaster had a turntable so bagels wouldn...
...Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club voted overwhelmingly last May to reject AKC recognition for another reason: their conviction that the AKC values its own revenues over a dog's welfare. Cavalier breeders do not allow the dogs to be sold in pet stores, which are infamous for buying animals from shady sources, including puppy mills. In fact, most dog experts routinely warn buyers not to deal with pet stores at all. The AKC insists, though, that the Cavalier club drop its prohibition as a condition of affiliation. Why would it take such a position? Perhaps because some...
...televangelist Jim Bakker -- after five years in prison and house arrest for bilking followers out of $158 million -- is now free to go (and preach). But, like a pet reluctant to leave an open cage, the 54-year-old PTL preacher chose to spend his first day of freedom inside the his Asheville, N.C. home, where he'd been legally confined since July. His daughter, Tammy Sue Chapman, told reporters she'd like him to join her singing ministry. BTW: While Bakker did time, his wife, Tammy Faye, divorced him and married Roe Messner, the chief builder at Heritage...