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...course, you don't see a majority of the public pooh-poohing the idea of cells or atoms, and with good reason. These ideas do not mess with the way we perceive ourselves. The presence or absence of atoms does not throw a monkey wrench into our 16th-century self-concept. Scientific investigation, when not self-applied, is lauded and useful, but when it threatens to rock our pedestal, well, it is all just "theories" anyway. We accept the fruits of science and rational, empirical exploration of the physical world without embracing these precepts in our bones, without having...
...music scene is driving the young scene," says president Ira Adler, explaining why his company packaged the makeup that way. "Britney and some of the other music groups are bursting with glitter and cosmetics." Kiss Products, a leading manufacturer of artificial nails, has licensed Disney characters like Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse to sell its nail products...
...Sharon will hammer Barak on the breakdown of the peace process, accusing him of dangerous naïveté and of being an amateurish negotiator. Any new peace agreement that Barak manages to cobble together before President Clinton leaves the White House will be pooh-poohed by the hawkish former general, who'll counsel caution and insist on slowing things down...
...Another presidency pooh-poohed...
...winter, to escape their unheated flat, they ride the Circle Line all day long, Ludo's stroller laden with books--these would include The Odyssey in Greek, some Japanese primers and The House at Pooh Corner. The pair are happy to sit and study; for Sibylla, the hardship comes with the stream of comments from other passengers astonished to see a child reading Greek. "Faced with officious advice feel almost overwhelming temptation to say:...'I know, I'll take the Tube, somebody on the Tube will be able to advise me...Thank you so much,'" Sibylla notes...