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Such requests probe the dolphin's understanding of word order in ways somewhat analogous to the work with Kanzi. Herman insists that the dolphin's grammatical competence is at least as sophisticated as Kanzi's. Herman's group has also determined that dolphins can form a generalized concept about an object: they respond correctly to commands involving a hoop, no matter whether the hoop is round, octagonal or square. They also seem to retain a mental image of an object whether or not it is present in their environment. Thus they can accurately report whether a ball or hoop...
...haven't been enough doctors. But he was never too busy for the women. He was a very sweet, caring man, who was very much devoted to seeing that women kept all their rights." When he finished his clinic work in Pensacola, Gunn would drop in on the Slim Concept Weight Control center and give free counseling on diets and fitness. Says Paula Leonard: "All he wanted was to help women. He wanted women to have a choice, and he died...
...actions. Unfortunately this does not hold true for Islam. Whenever any of the nearly one billion Muslims is linked to a crime it is quickly noted to be due to some dreadful attribute of Islamic law. Nobody looks into how Islam really stands on the issue, but often the concept of Jihad is used an example of Islam's supposed barbarism, If we look at the teachings of Islam as opposed the malpractices if Islam, we will find that Islam prohibits the killing of innocent people. In fact, the prophet Mohammed, which the author of the comic strip so readily...
...cannot allow the Grand Old Party of optimism and opportunity to become the party of perpetual pessimism. George Bush spent too much time warning America about the hazards of the opposition rather than laying claim to their concept of change. It was always someone else's fault--Congress, the media, the bureaucracy. Republicans should not play the blame game...
...West Coast home. Call it Mr. Salonen Goes to Hollywood. Or maybe Esa-Pekka Does Disneyland. In four years the orchestra will move from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in the Music Center to the $114 million, Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall under construction nearby. Salonen's high-concept dream: "To conduct Bruckner in Walt Disney Hall -- a meeting of Bruckner and Donald Duck. Both were part of my tradition. Both are immortal." And both speak a universal language, even if it isn't Finnish...