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...prairie vole, which is monogamous, bonds with one female for life, even if he's presented with other, fertile females. His cousin, the montane vole, is kind of a hit-and-run guy. He doesn't stick around at all. Scientists found that the montane vole had a short version of the vasopressin receptor gene, and the monogamous one had a long version of it. They then took the [long] gene from the monogamous one and injected it into the brains of the promiscuous one - and the promiscuous one became monogamous...
...with potential continued growth among concentrators within SEAS, the school faces the possibility that facilities might run short...
...Strict Machine.” “Shiny and Warm” comes close, with a pulsating rhythm that compliments Alison’s eerily beautiful vocals, but the mindless lyrics undercut the song’s efforts. “Hunt” also falls just short. The ethereal synths over which Alison’s consistently strong vocals seem to float would be absolutely mind-blowing if paired with more creative lyrics, but instead, the dull and irritatingly repetitive chorus drags the song down...
...women’s squad, meanwhile, made the short trip to the waters of Bostonian rival Tufts to participate in the 31st Women’s Duplin Trophy team race. Since the squad was one sailor short, the Crimson teamed up with another local foe, Boston University, to take home fifth place in the team standings...
...federal level in 2009 was used to pay for the cost of entitlement programs. Spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and all other defense and discretionary spending was financed solely by deficit spending. In short, even if we decided that the government’s only job was to manage these entitlement programs and cut all other spending to zero, we’d still only break even—our $12.7 billion of existing national debt would remain unpaid. The magnitude of the problem has become...