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...Keep in shape. You never know when you'll be called upon to save your own life, or help someone else save theirs...
...strains. This immunological arms race is necessary because the viruses are very good at setting traps for the vaccines. The immune system is calibrated to crank out antibodies in response to the proteins it sees in the greatest quantities. Over the ages, the flu virus has thus evolved a shape like a bobble-head doll, and it covers the head portion with proteins it can easily change or do without. The vaccine targets these ever changing spots, and by the time the next season comes around, the change has been so great that the vaccine is useless. (Read "How Long...
...shape of the river in education must quickly change, and the stakes are high. We will soon have to turn to the only group whom we can definitely trust to Give the People What They Want. Such is the earnestness and flexibility of the capitalistic class that they saw our love of fish, cars, and shoes, and gave us ubiquitous sushi, Formula 1, and Crocs. They made us an SUV nation, a hamburger nation, and a CrackBerry nation. Let them now make us a learning nation...
...Rome is their “glory” and “grandeur,” their literature and architecture. Dylan Thomas put art’s raison d’être lyrically when he wrote, “A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around...
...France returning? "Although it already plays an active role within NATO in its present status, full membership would allow it both to fully participate in and shape the planning of NATO's future, as well as its military operations," says Bruno Tertrais, senior research fellow at the French Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris. "That bigger role would correspond better to France's international stature, as well as its status as one of Europe's largest contributors to NATO...