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...moment the most salient characteristic in human society is our infatuation with science. Yes, only infatuated, for we have not exchanged vows, we haven't committed to science "till death do us part." We have a puppy love; we like science because it gives us shiny things. Case in point: well over half of American adults do not believe that the human species descended from earlier forms of animal life, and yet nearly everyone has ridden in a vehicle powered by internal combustion...
...three tests rigged to reduce the chances of failure - hence Rumsfeld's permissive take on perfection. In the end, though, the NATO allies will take a more basic message from the diplomatic efforts of Messrs. Rumsfeld and Bush: We're happy to discuss missile defense with you till those mad cows come home and we know it won't necessarily work, but we're going to build it anyway...
Luckily for him, the Oscar ceremony doesn't start till late afternoon; Del Toro could fall out of bed and into the glare of an Oscar. He already is due to show up later this month at the Golden Globes (another Traffic nomination). If he wins, he can put that gewgaw next to his older Independent Spirit Awards for his turns in The Usual Suspects, as a crook with a bad attitude and a chronic case of the mumbles, and Basquiat, where he uttered the immortal threat, "What would you do if I kissed ya?" Swoon, maybe, since Del Toro...
...school calendar is seen by many as a quaint holdover from the agrarian economy when students needed weekends and summers off to help till the family farm. And it's a distinctly American phenomenon. While most American students spend their late afternoons and weekends doing nothing in particular, students in other nations simply devote more days to schoolwork. Italian and Korean children have more than 200 school days; Chinese kids have 250 - and, unsurprisingly, many tend to outscore their American peers. Add that to the growing research showing that during those long summer vacations, when memories fade and learning...
...whole world was a bit hasty in ushering in a new millennium last year when the old one still wasn't finished, many saw fit to declare their year's "best in music" lists before the year was actually over. But the Sampler bided its time, waiting wisely till the last plink was plunked before tipping its hand...