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...vice-presidential candidate in the spring leaves the Kerry campaign with an uneventful summer, and might even make the convention—usually the Democrats’ rallying point, and a time when Kerry will really want the nation paying attention—less of a show with two stale nominees. Moreover, as weeks progress, Democrats will get better at responding to and predicting Bush campaign tactics, as the president lets loose his campaign juggernaut. Kerry can use the time to assess public perceptions of his political liabilities and weaknesses to make a more informed running-mate selection...
...number steadily declines. But in evolutionary terms it seems strangely inefficient to have all those eggs sitting around for decades, slowly going bad. Men, by contrast, churn out new sperm all the time. Insects make new eggs too, well into maturity. "Fruit flies know fresh eggs are better than stale," says Jonathan Tilly, a reproductive biologist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. "So why shouldn't mammals...
...battered image became following his thrashing at the hands of former mentor Jack White, the stars on this album are bassist Carrie Smith and drummer Don Blum. Their powerful playing breathes new urgency into a blues-rock formula that’s already starting to grow stale on the edges...
It’s time that HUDS made some serious changes to accommodate students. Eating an afternoon dinner only prompts late-night hunger, unsatisfied by the stale bagels and donuts offered at Brain Break. Unlike what HUDS promises, I have personally never seen Brain Break feature Eggo waffles or cereal, two frequently hyped items on the menu. So how do first-year students try to stave off those midnight hunger pangs? More often than not, they resort to smuggling food from Annenberg during the too-early dinner hours. Clearly, this is not the solution HUDS is looking for, but it?...
...Dean, who they said was “being pummeled from every angle, and his every assertion…examined under a microscope.” But rather than showing how that process was working, their next sentence went ahead and pummeled Dean, repeating as fact a series of stale, illogical campaign-trail critiques...