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Last year, the society and other groups hoping to eliminate animals experimentation successfully backed the repeal of Massachusett's pound and seizure laws--making it illegal after October for pound animals to be used in experiments...
Under the old law, experimenters were able to obtain stray dogs and ones slated to be destroyed by the government. Groups like the anti-vivisectionist society which helped repeal the pound law introduced the greyhound bill because they felt scientists might start using racing dogs to replace the pound animals...
...have walked into a fictional "Home of the Big Bun" hamburger outlet and become outraged by the microscopic size of the patty on a gargantuan, fluffy bun. One woman, played by Octogenarian Clara Peller, asks irately, "Where's the beef?" The implied answer: Wendy's quarter-pound burgers have the beef. In a second spot, Peller uses a telephone to put the inevitable question to the owner of "Big Bun," who is ensconced on his yacht...
...worth it? I'd have to answer with an emphatic--sort of. It was great to get orgo out of the way and not have to deal with it for eight months, but it still feels like I had to pay a pound of flesh for my freedom. A bit more distressing in the long run is that I remember practically no organic chemistry. It happened too fast. On the day of the final, reactions filled my hand and leaked out of my ears. But after the test everything dried. If I'd done it during the school year...
...article's implication that writers such as Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez should not be read because of their political beliefs smacks of the kind of censorship that has gained unfortunate popularity around the country. People should ignored Marquez no less than they should avoid the poetry of Ezra Pound, a Nazi sympathizer...