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...reactions to various substances, Freeman found that about 50% of those tested showed allergic reactions to marijuana pollen. The villain is the male pot plant. Says Freeman: "Fine pollen is produced by the male plant and released into the environment." The female pot plants? Guiltless. They do not transmit pollen...
...same time, the 1968 reforms did little to change many traditional characteristics of the French education system. While the public schools are renowned for their ability to teach basic intellectual skills and transmit a distinctive culture, they are still criticized by progressives for their lack of breadth and creativity. A centralized bureaucracy continues to rule the schools, with fairly rigid curriculums and exams. Though French society as a whole prides itself on its democratization, the schools remain hierarchical and elitist. Separation of social classes remains strong and tends to be reinforced by the routing of students along various academic...
...report urges alliance members to exploit the latest technology in carrying out this strategy. The type of innovations the contributors have in mind: clusters of bombs that are drawn to a target by the heat that it emits, and new airborne surveillance systems that can instantaneously transmit information and even television pictures of troop movements to commanders in the field...
...with twigs. The assassin bug of South America, also a termite fancier, approaches its prey by gluing nest material on its back to serve as camouflage. But, says Beck, the bug's behavior is probably "innate or genetically prewired." Another scientific index is the ability of animals to transmit information through so-called language behavior. Bees, foraging for pollen, return to the hive and perform an intricate figure-eight dance to map the route for other bees. Biologist James Gould of Princeton University says, however, that the dance is in the bees' genes, not their minds...
...ONLY MEASURE OF SUCCESS for a musical comedy is the amount of fun the cast can transmit to the audience in two and a half hours. Company, at South House, rings the bell at the top of the scale...