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To: tejek who wrote (213606)	12/19/2004 11:41:17 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 1577893

WASHINGTON - The federal drug safety agency is doing a "spectacular job" of protecting the public, the White House chief of staff said Sunday. The assessment drew an immediate outcry from a Senate critic who charged that government oversight under the Bush administration has proved "a catastrophic failure." news.yahoo.com DALLAS - Dozens of Texas schools appear to have cheated on the state's redesigned academic achievement test, casting doubt on whether the accountability system can reliably measure how schools are performing, a newspaper found. news.yahoo.com

To: tejek who wrote (213606)	12/19/2004 11:42:22 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577893

"...the faces of attractive people have more symmetry and we are draw to that fact." Because many of the culturally neutral attractive features are also a sign of good health and reproductive fitness. Symmetrical features are definitely one of those. The other innately human quality of "if a little is good, a lot is better" leads to things like foot binding, those african women with the rings that stretch their necks and breast implants the size of watermelons. The fact that most of these techniques are performed on women is an indication of their relative status.