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Wait! Time out! There is something wrong with this picture. Nearly everything, in fact. Two decades ago, paleontologists might have signed off on such a scenario, but not today. An avalanche of new evidence -- from fossilized bones, dinosaur nests, eggs and even footprints, analyzed with such high-tech equipment as CAT scans and computers -- has completely transformed scientific thinking about dinosaurs. Triceratops and other herbivores were not necessarily dull-witted, nor did they wander around alone; they probably traveled in vast herds and went on annual migrations. They may have cared for their young, and perhaps cooperated with one another...
Other lessons included schemes for infiltrating abortion clinics. In one scenario, a man and a woman posing as husband and wife make an appointment and then stage a dialogue in the waiting area, one pleading with the other not to go through with the procedure; witnesses to this scene are usually rattled and discomfited. In another, a protester uses a borrowed urine sample that indicates she is pregnant, and then goes through all the steps at a clinic up to reclining on the operating table. Her goal is not only to disrupt but also to gather information about clinic routines...
...Powell boasted of having won at least one female admirer on the jury. Many observers predicted a split verdict -- a slap at most for Briseno and Timothy Wind, something sterner for Koon and especially Powell, who struck the most blows. Powell's attorney Michael Stone tacitly acknowledged this scenario in a closing statement pleading that his client not be made a scapegoat...
...videotape, this team meticulously countered defense evidence. On whether King's facial wounds came from police batons, Koon testified, "Mr. King fell like a tree. He made a one-point landing on his face." Dr. Harry Smith of San Antonio, Texas, a leading expert witness, asserted this scenario was impossible. The bones beneath King's right eye were crushed to powder, which required a pressure equivalent to 350 lbs., while his nose, which would have been broken by pressure of about 50 lbs., remained intact. Such uneven damage could not come from a flat surface like a parking lot, said...
Anything less is an invitation to disaster. The scenario I described happens all too often with the Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) computers, the only ones most of us will see during our residence. I have seen more than one practical joke played on the unwary--ranging from replacing the greeting "husc8%" with "Hi [expletive]!" to fake email...