Mr. Smarty Pants
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Oct. 25, 2002
Demi-ties may become the next fashion import from England.
From the time Albert Einstein arrived in the U.S. in 1933 to the time of his death in 1955, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI tapped his phone, opened his mail, and searched his trash. Einstein, who fled Nazi Germany, had lent his name to several peace-minded organizations suspected of communist ties.
Perhaps the most influential figure in the history of fingerprints is Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911). To this day, the portions of a fingerprint deemed the most important for identification purposes are called "Galton characteristics" or "Galton minutiae."
It's harder to catch the flu in Africa than it is in the U.S.
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