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"Tony Perkins looks nervous, unsure if he should be glad he gets to go first. He reaches out and makes his choice. Grinning broadly, he holds up the long straw for the others to see and, chuckling to himself, makes his way to the back of the room.
âItâs not fair,â says George Weigel of the Ethics & Public Policy Center. âWe had to take Santorum. We should get a pass this time.â"
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"As I promised a week ago, I am posting answers to a few of the 42 questions which constituted the first part of an the exam selecting experimental particle physicists for the INFN (the italian institute of nuclear physics) four years ago. Next week, a similar exam will take place to "qualify" post-doctoral scientists which aspire at a temporary position with INFN."
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"World wide web? Is there a way to put this just on the American part?"
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Emmy says it has to do with dogs' domestication of humans...
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