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...late 2009 or early 2010, according to Szentgyorgyi. But while many say Earth-like planets are the most likely locations of extra-terriestial life, Szentgyorgyi did note that this belief may prove unfounded. “It may turn out that there’s really smart pond scum that eat sulfur somewhere instead,” he chuckled. “But we really see [Earth-like planets] as the first step.” —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu...
...ourselves, either, about who we are telling this to. To characterize illegal immigrants as queue-jumping, lawbreaking scum is seriously unjust. The motives of illegal immigrants--which can be summarized as "a better life"--are identical to those of legal immigrants. In fact, they are largely identical to the motives of our own parents, grandparents and great-grandparents when they immigrated. And not just that. Ask yourself, of these three groups--today's legal and illegal immigrants and the immigrants of generations ago--which one has proven most dramatically its appreciation of our country? Which one has shown the most...
Unfazed, one of my fellow hikers plunged an arm into the mire, frowned, reached further, groped around, frowned, and reached yet deeper. When my trainer (and his arm) reemerged, naught but a mud-clump coating could be seen. It oozed muck and scum. Probably toted small swamp creatures. Reeked, needless...
...family where the weakest, the most vulnerable, the most fragile has the right to as much love, respect and attention as the strongest." This produced some eye rolling from those who believe Sarkozy exacerbated France's social conflict by referring to delinquents in the immigrant-filled banlieues as "scum." He'll be trying to maintain his new, conciliatory tone until the runoff, even as the Socialists remind voters of the divisive talk he favored when he was romancing the right. Royal, for her part, wants the state to fund a massive job-creation program for the millions of young people...
...Americas. The colony's lite remained committed to indentured white servitude as the backbone of the labor force until at least the middle of the 17th century because indentures were cheaper than African slaves. And since the lite viewed their indentured servants as lazy "salvages"--the very scum of English society not above cannibalism during periods of need and the women little better than prostitutes --it is hardly surprising that no one was especially bothered by the occasional mixed unions...