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Author: Plotz, David The "Genius Babies," and How They Grew Up 
 Articles from 2001 about how "twenty years ago ... tycoon Robert K. Graham began a most remarkable project: the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank for Nobel Prize winners," and about how "by the time Graham's repository closed in 1999, his genius sperm had been responsible for more than 200 children." Includes information about donors, parents, 15 of the children, and more. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/100331/ Topics: Science, Science Last updated Nov 3, 2005 August: Let's Get Rid of It
This satirical July 2001 article describes how "the United States would be better off without it [August]" because of the negative world events from August (such as the bombing of Hiroshima) and because it is "the only month without a real holiday." Article suggests that John McCain (birthday August 29) should sponsor an August Reform Bill. Note: Barack Obama's birthday is August 4. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/112553/ Topics: Humor Last updated Jul 14, 2008 |
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