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...Iranian nation won't give a damn about such useless resolutions...
Scientists are hailing Tiktaalik roseae, or the fossil "fishapod," as evidence of evolution [April 17]. Yet in the same article, they admit that the elongated fin of the fishapod would have been "worse than useless" on land and that the appendage is only "anatomically"--and not functionally--intermediate between lobed fins and legs. The article presented more evidence of the grip that evolution has on scientists than it did for the theory...
...college, and he plays a position with more elite players than the quarterback spot. My top Ivy League football source predicts that his name won’t be called at all this weekend, yet that hasn’t stopped the hype machine from churning out useless info about him. ESPN’s Dan Shanoff blatantly admitted that every year he tries “to find an Ivy League player to track (and boost) in the lead-up to the NFL draft.” This is followed by a brief rundown of his stats, including...
...even the grotesque. Writing about a line of dolls from the toy company Galoob, Harris observed that most cute dolls, were they to exist in real life, would not be adorable at all, but in fact deformed and helpless, unable to walk on their stumpy, swollen legs, cursed with useless, fat fingers and with heads too large to be held up by a weak infant's neck. Science has borne out that such helplessness is exactly what beckons the observer of cute: We are hard-wired to respond to big eyes set low on a round face; low, small ears...
...Have I been abducted by carnies again?”In the best-delivered scene of the show, two elderly sisters (Zoe K. Kawaller ’09 and Anna C. Smith ’09) brought their “infectious attitudes” and a useless family painting to be appraised on the show, delivering the catchy tune, “Masterpiece.” Later, Kawaller and Smith opened the second act as foxy cabaret singers, offering refreshing vocal precision.The attractive set design (Kathleen E. Breeden ’09 and Sally H. Rinehart...