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Titled Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution , the book contended that the molecular machinery of living things works too well to have been produced by chance alone.
Among other things, Gore contended that Bradley didn't take a stand on campaign finance until he ran for president (Actually, Bradley co-sponsored several campaign finance reform bills during his time in the Senate).
In a document released yesterday to justify its reordered priorities, the Council contended that Legal Aid can achieve greater economies of scale than lawyers appointed pursuant to Article 18-B of the County Law.
Before they got control of Congress, conservatives contended that the big problem in Washington was an infestation of vermin known as "career politicians."
The Serbian government also contended that the delegation--which included Lingua Franca Managing Editor Laura Secor, who recently wrote for the magazine about the Serb government's crackdown on universities--was part of a CIA plot.