Word: numbering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Jill" likes the book, but she's shocked at the number of women he slept with: "I wish I had done some VD testing back then because I didn't realize he was such a busy...
...that neither sells the other out, and each serves a sentence longer than if he had, but shorter than if he himself had been sold out. What's the best thing to do? Robert Axelrod, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, tested various strategies over a number of years and discovered that as the game is repeated over and over, a simple strategy of tit for tat tends to win: if someone gives you something, reciprocate; if no one does, don't. That's what the bats...
...late to hang on to privacy. You can delete those Internet browser cookies that trace you, hide your Social Security numbers and unlist your phone number, but it's more efficient just to toss your junk mail. The notion that anyone will ever find you interesting enough to look up your personal Census data or read your e-mails is so egotistical that I know you're dying to answer personal questions. I can bench-press...
...ROAD Researchers have found that for teen drivers, the risk of fatal injuries in a car crash increases with the number of passengers. Sixteen-year-old drivers carrying one passenger are 39% more likely to get killed than those driving alone, and 182% more likely with three or more passengers. Researchers link the increase to distraction rather than alcohol or drugs. Some states place limits on passengers for young drivers, but parents should consider making their own rules about who can ride with whom...
...useful. Without them, the private sector wouldn't ante up the billions of dollars needed to drive biotechnology. But critics feel that far too many patents are being issued on DNA sequences whose commercial use is unclear. Though the Patent and Technology Office is trying to reduce the number of approvals it issues, no one doubts the courts will eventually have to step in. But now the rush is on to patent every gene in sight...