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...reveal Fido's green-eyed monster, Range and three other scientists at the University of Vienna put together pairs of domestic dogs, each accompanied by an experimenter. Both dogs in each pair were given commands to place their paws in the experimenter's hands, and when they obeyed, they were given a reward - a piece of bread or sausage. But when one dog wasn't given a reward for obeying, and the other dog in the room was, the unrewarded dog would refuse to respond to the repeated commands. The scientists measured the dogs' responses by how many times they...
...Clearly, the charges announced today reveal that the office of the governor has become nothing more than a vehicle for self-enrichment, unrestricted by party affiliation and taking Illinois politics to a new low." - Robert D. Grant, special agent in charge of the Chicago office...
...himself exonerated on a technicality, until he realizes that this isn't a courtroom, it's a TV show. Like any politician, Nixon was an actor - a bad actor, to be sure, but a great bad actor, in that he let the camera's surgical close-ups reveal more than he wanted to display, and sometimes the exact opposite of what he was trying to say. The performance is infuriating and hilarious, or unbearably poignant, depending on your politics. Either way, it's stirring, depleting drama...
...Ride” and “The World We Live In,” incorporate such a circus variety of sound that they become more overwhelming than enjoyable. Lyrically, “Day & Age” departs from the Killers’ traditionally straightforward lyrics. The songs reveal a darker sensibility. Take “Spaceman,” in which Flowers is abducted by brainwashing aliens, or “This Is Your Life,” where Flowers sings: “The cops, they’ll steal your dreams and they’ll kill...
...AIDS epidemic, as one in five adults in South Africa is infected with HIV. He added that as a native of Zimbabwe, he wanted to study a region that was “close to home”. Although Chigwidere was expecting the study to reveal a large number of lives lost, he said he was still surprised by the results. “When we did the study and the number totaled more than 300,000, it was very shocking,” he said. Despite the grim numbers, another one of the study’s authors said...