Thursday, June 20, 2013

6/20/13 - Obama vs. Reagan on government; Cheetahs’ Secret Weapon: A Tight Turning Radius

Today's Articles:

USA Today
June 7, 2013
"Obama vs. Reagan on government"

"President Obama spoke in California on Thursday, so it seemed only natural he would engage in a debate with the ghost of Ronald Reagan."
New York Times
June 12, 2013
"Cheetahs’ Secret Weapon: A Tight Turning Radius"

"Anyone who has watched a cheetah run down an antelope knows that these cats are impressively fast. But it turns out that speed is not the secret to their prodigious hunting skills: a novel study of how cheetahs chase prey in the wild shows that it is their agility — their skill at leaping sideways, changing directions abruptly and slowing down quickly — that gives those antelope such bad odds."
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