Mirrors
MIRRORS. Object and symbol, instrument of knowledge and type of reflection or speculation (the Latin word for mirror is speculum), means of visual perception and hallucination: there is scarce...
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Mirror
Perhaps the most common optical instrument in the world, mirrors have been used for millennia; artifacts made of polished obsidian dating back 7,500 years have been found in Turkey. The earlies...
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If you're Happy and you know it, pat your head. That, in a peanut shell, is how a 34-year-old female Asian elephant in the Bronx Zoo showed researchers that pachyderms can recognize ...
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The pickings tend to be quite slim during a rocky or declining market. But such periods usually give leading stocks a chance to digest their gains and set up in new bases.A market pullback offers a...
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Ogres as romantic heroes and princess brides. Cinderella as a neurotic clean freak. Snow White as a bossy know-it-all. Puss in Boots hacking up hairballs. Pinocchio with a leaf still growing off hi...
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - Cambodian authorities in the capital have
issued a decree warning the city's half million-plus motorcyclists
that they must use lights and wing mirrors in...
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Viewing the reflected image of
an intact limb in a mirror can fool the mind into thinking that
a lost leg or foot still exists, dramatically relieving phantom
limb pain, researc...
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A recent round of sell-offs in Tokyo stocks is mainly due to
speculative moves by foreign investors and does not reflect the
''actual strength'' of the Japanese economy, senior industry minis...
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Reviewers have been noticing a certain resonance about the fiery-tressed femme fatale portrayed on the cover of Maureen Dowd's new book, Are Men Necessary?.
Is the "bombshell in a clinging red d...
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Tokyo stocks advanced Thursday morning after the overnight
rebound in U.S. shares but the gain was limited amid lingering U.S.
credit concerns.
The 225-issue Nikkei Sto...
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Mirrors
Mirror
Mirror Test Implies Elephants Self-Aware
