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This isn't the presidential search of today in which a select committee will pick Neil L. Rudenstine's successor. It is instead the search of 1953--James B. Conant '13 was preparing to step down and Nathan M. Pusey was standing in the wings...
...would hear Gore's appeal. But they're still looking at the same steaming pile that Sauls wouldn't touch. If they leave it be, they can play ball with SCOTUS, honor the canvassing boards anew, and maybe put Gore and this whole thing to bed. If they pick up a shovel looking for the pony, they've got to get it done in a week - once, of course, they figure out how to do it - or set off a whole new fire in the legislature. And boy, would Rehnquist ever be pissed...
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES: You can try out a parent-child workshop or the drop-in gallery games, or pick up a Family Fun pack. The latter, for kids ages 2 to 6, may include puzzles, treasure hunts and artmaking activities. In the Knudsen Please Touch Room, families can dress up, act out and work on art projects every day. The museum's programs are appropriate for kids of different ages and learning styles. "We hope to encourage lifelong learning through direct experience with works of art," says Beverly Harding, manager of family and art-studio programs. www.seattleartmuseum.org...
That deficiency was driven home to Breazeal one day when she was interacting with Cog. Breazeal put an eraser down in front of Cog, and Cog used its arm to pick the eraser up. When the robot put the eraser down, Breazeal picked it up. Breazeal and Cog continued taking turns picking the eraser up and putting it down. To an outside observer, it might have looked like the robot was intentionally playing with Breazeal, but Cog's mind just didn't work that way. It was while engaging in this deceptively human-feeling interaction that Breazeal decided...
...George Washington Carver. Johnson was born to a large family in the segregated South; his father worked as a civilian driver at the local Air Force base, and his homemaker mother sometimes worked in a laundry or as a nurse's aide. In the summer, Johnson's parents would pick cotton on his grandfather's farm. The family lived on $126 a month, but they were not so poor as others in the neighborhood...