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...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
...long list of reasons you should be glad you're not an ant, add this: You'd have to forget about having sex. You'd also have to forget about even trying. Sneak off for a little insectile assignation and the other members of the colony would know immediately - and attack you for it. Entomologists have long known this was the practice in the ant world, but what they didn't know is the forensic science that allows the community to uncover the crime. Now, thanks to a study in the current issue of Cell Biology, they...
...Roosevelt's sons were fantastic scoundrels," says Bonnie Angelo, author of First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives. They would sneak around behind the lamplighter on Lafayette Square extinguishing the lamps he lit. They'd slide down the grand staircase on kitchen trays. "When Archie was sick, his brother Quentin - with the aid of a White House staffer - brought their pony Algonquin up to his room in the elevator to make him feel better," says Angelo. These pranks were tolerated, she notes, because the President enjoyed them more than anyone. "The only thing he stopped...
...week, and not just for Detroit's CEOs. In recent days employees of the Big Three in Detroit have been going about their jobs as a life and death debate waged in Washington. Just this week, executives from General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor were offering reporters sneak previews of vehicles due out in 2009 and 2010 despite huge uncertainty surrounding their future. "We've got to stay focused on what we do," notes Ed Welburn, GM vice president of design, who says his designers have no choice but to keep the creative energy high. "We know they...
...remember that. I was more nervous then I'd ever been in my entire life. I think my wife [Ashlee Simpson] hung out with him following that, but I didn't get around to it. Actually, tomorrow, I was going to try to sneak into a Cure show, but we're out of town...