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Some Adams' residents have complained about a joke Kocher made in an email shortly after being woken up last Wednesday which read "(useless bastards) + Lampoon - (useless bastards) = (useless bastards...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Noisy Poonsters Prompt Adams Petition | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...Does this mean educational toys are useless? No. Babies are as engaged by pictures as adults are, and exposing them to books or flash cards early - especially black, white and red ones, which are indeed easier for them to perceive - helps them develop their ability to focus and follow, undeniably a form of learning. Babies are as soothed by music as their parents are, and a little Mozart may indeed hold their attention better than something less rich. Beyond that, however, there's a limit to what the products can do - and parents who follow their children's cues quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Superkid | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

China angrily opposes Bush's proposed missile-defense system, which could render its long-range arsenal useless. China also fears the U.S. will use a theater missile defense to shield Taiwan from its short-range missiles. Beijing has warned Bush that he risks a new arms race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Big Test: Flash Points: The Roads To Confrontation | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...Some have argued that the continued use of "comix" is pretentious and useless. To begin with, the difference between comic book subgenres has long been smeared into a smooth gradient. As a result, people sense an elitism in the term, and resent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does X Mark the Spot? | 4/5/2001 | See Source »

...disease, and 60 subtypes. While foot-and-mouth virtually never affects humans--though they can be carriers--animals develop painful lesions of the hooves and mouth, leading to weight loss, falling milk production and spontaneous abortion. As many as 90% survive, but their robustness never returns, and they become useless commercially. So easily does the disease spread--through air and soil and even on the shoes of farmers and the tires of their trucks--that just 10 viral particles could, experts say, render all U.S. cattle unsuitable for export...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crackdown On A Virus | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

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