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Immaculate ServiceWhile most of the news has been awful and grim, there are small human stories that bring some cheer. My favorite story to emerge from Mumbai massacre is from a Brit trapped at the Taj hotel: 'I was extremely lucky. I was with a very good bunch of people. Three or four of us were Brits. There... |
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What did Asa Gray think? [Pharyngula]The Atlantic has republished Asa Gray's review of Darwin's Origin from 1860. It's a fascinating read: Asa Gray was a general supporter of Darwin, and the two of them corresponded regularly, and the review is generally positive, pointing out the power of the evidence and the idea. However, Gray is... |
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Lanny Davis: Clinton-Richardson: Benefits of a "Team of Rivals"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/24/clinton-richardson-benefits-of-a-team-of-rivals/ http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/11/24/clinton-richardson-the-real-benefits-of-a-%e2%80%98team-of-rivals%e2%80%99/ Analysis/Opinion: During his presidential campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama often r... |
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FC Hansa Rostock vs TSV 1860 Munchen Live streamFC Hansa Rostock vs TSV 1860 Munchen Live streaming.FC Hansa Rostock vs TSV 1860 Munchen Live.watch live video streaming and highlights of FC Hansa Rostock vs TSV 1860 Munchen Live streaming ... |
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Team of Rivals?It's open to question to what degree Barack Obama will actually assemble a "team of rivals" in his administration, but his admiration for the concept of a team of rivals as described by Doris Kearns Goodwin in her book of the same name is well documented. We'll all have to hope that Ob... |
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Two bits of "Monkeyana" [Laelaps]"The Lion of the Season," from Mr. Punch's Victorian Era. As Charles Darwin was readying to release his treatise on evolution by natural selection (which was turned into an abstract rushed into press in 1859), Richard Owen was trying to separate humans from other primates. In 1... |
