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Some moderates have started to realize that in order to sustain public support, they will have to root out the thuggish elements themselves. "You'll never see us breaking a window or hitting a policeman," says Cassen of France's ATTAC, which boasts 30,000 paying members. "We think it's absurd and provides a means of criminalizing the movement. We're doing everything we can to marginalize the violence...
...basis of these minor but distinctive differences, Haile-Selassie decided to classify the new human ancestor as a subspecies, or variant, of ramidus and has given it the name Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba. (The name is derived from the local Afar language. Ardi means ground or floor; ramid means root; and kadabba means basal family ancestor. In accordance with the sometimes bizarre nomenclature of science, the younger creature now gets renamed Ardipithecus ramidus ramidus...
...YORK—I am spending the summer trying to figure out how fruit flies smell. That’s right: I am studying how those pesky flies always manage to root out the delicious food in your kitchen. Now, I’ll admit, the job doesn’t sound glamorous. There’s no rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, no opportunity to travel the world and certainly very little money involved. But, as summer jobs go, I’ve done a lot worse. Actually, it’s the best...
Today many of these same people, now married with children, are signing up. Though Jack and Jill still carries an elitist image, these people see a need for the group. In search of better jobs, dream homes and superior schools, many black families have taken root in pale places, far from their old neighborhoods and extended families. "When I got into Jack and Jill 18 years ago, most black families lived in the same part of town," says Karen Clark, an Oklahoma City mother. "The majority of our mothers now live in predominantly white communities." Annette Schley, a college administrator...
Sadly, I am no closer to understanding the stadium, the team, the fans, or the city. And I’m starting to doubt I’ll ever figure out why the fans root against the Yankees no matter what team the Red Sox are actually playing. And the whole Ray Bourque thing—I have decided not to waste any more precious brain cells on that...