Word: bees
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...knotty question: Is it possible to recognize a show's base commercial motives and still have a good time? In this case, yes. The show has faithfully reproduced the 1977 John Travolta movie about a working-class Brooklyn kid with big dreams and hot dance moves, with the familiar Bee Gees music (including two new songs written by the Gibb brothers) integrated into the story. One of the pleasant surprises is how well these numbers sound in the theater: How Deep Is Your Love becomes a richly layered love duet; What Kind of Fool is a passionate expression of loss...
...senior known as Bee Gee. He grew up in North Webster, the district's predominantly black neighborhood. His father is a supermarket produce manager; his stepmother works at a department store. Bobby once worked at the Gap after school, but with chiseled good looks and at 6 ft. 2 in. and 195 lbs., he looked as if he should be posing in the clothing chain's ads, not restocking its shelves. He has an ability to seduce both kids and adults. When he works as an aide in the principal's office, visitors often just stare...
Stephen Jay Gould's article on smart genes [THE I.Q. GENE?, Sept. 13] was informative and clarifying, but when did he make the memory association between "a bee's buzz and the pain of its bite"? Or are American bees just that bit further up the dental evolutionary scale than our local species? AMANDA STILTZ Cardiff, Wales...
...Sigma Chi fraternity bought a house a few years ago, but none of the all-female social organizations--the "Bee" final club, two sororities and the developing "Seneca" club--have their own building...
...scientists bred strains of mice with extra copies of a gene coded for a protein that can facilitate communication between neurons. Since one popular theory of memory relates this primary mental capacity to an organism's ability to make associations--say, between a bee's buzz and the pain of its bite--this enhanced communication might promote the recording of associations within the brain, thus creating memories...