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...Silhouettes," written with Frank Slay, Jr., is an early rock-'n-roll story song, in which the singer pines that he's seen his girl kiss another guy behind her drawn windowshade. His furious knocks on the building's door are answered by a stranger, who "said to my shock / 'You're on the wrong block.'" Finally he rushes back to the girl he now realizes was faithful. Happy ending. Moral: Learn to trust...
...engineering school’s Great Teacher award later that year. He was also awarded the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award by the school’s Alumni Association. Columbia students were informed of his death by e-mail on Friday. Faculty in his department were shocked by the death. The head of his department, Professor Guillermo Gallego, said that Shahbuddin was especially close to students and felt particularly responsible for them. His family called him very popular among students. “It’s been a big shock to all of us. We’re very...
...impossible for the mice to produce stathmin. The brain activity of the mutant mice showed that they had difficulties strengthening connections between their nerve cells, raising questions about their ability to properly learn fear. To test this ability, researchers exposed mutant mice and the control group to a small shock immediately after hearing a loud noise. When hearing the same noise 24 hours later, the “knockout” mice froze in place only about 60 percent as long as normal mice. Other tests were conducted to see if the mice had abnormal hearing or pain sensitivities...
...reasserting the ideals that United States citizens defend at home and abroad. In his 2003 State of the Union speech Bush publicly pledged his unequivocal commitment to the U.S.’ core values: freedom, democracy, and human rights. Speaking specifically to Iraqi torture atrocities—electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape—he declared, “If this is not evil, then evil has no meaning.” Yet, two years later, this commitment is being egregiously compromised...
...organization of which we want to be a part. We must acknowledge that there is a difference between using these groups only to have fun and honoring the rich traditions many of them are based upon. For Kuumba alumni in particular, seeing non-black faces on stage is a shock, and one that must be soothed by observing the profound reverence even the non-black members have for black creativity and spirituality...