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...switched to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. (In those days we closed early in the week.) In this case, since we now close on Saturdays, the workweek had just begun, so we didn't have to throw anything out; we just started from scratch...
...switched to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. (In those days we closed early in the week.) In this case, since we now close on Saturdays, the workweek had just begun, so we didn't have to throw anything out; we just started from scratch...
Peanut and raisin rewards have become the coins of Goldman-Rakic's realm. In a series of elegant experiments that combine memory tests with electrical recordings from brain tissue, she has learned, for example, that each part of the brain has its own short-term "scratch pad" in the frontal lobe. Within each of these areas, individual neurons are responsible for holding and processing highly specific pieces of information, like the memory of a particular face or voice...
...have one European sofa, designed by the good Swedes at Ikea, swathed in the finest green cotton. Added bonus: Both armrests are adorned with charming cat-scratch marks...
...centered, reasonably entertaining. None of them are insufferable, but the only one that totally kicks ass is American Hi-Fi's "Vertigo," which happens to be the lone slab of undiluted Cheap Trick-era rawk. It doesn't extend an olive branch to hip-hop fans with a DJ scratch, or to metal fans with a jackhammer riff , and who cares? You can dance to it or make out to it or, I suspect, execute cheerleading moves to it. It's encouraging that movies like the "American Pies" seem to believe teenagers can all just get along these days...