Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Guitarist, songwriter, and performer who played with the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth3 April 1949
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Compromises have been made -- this is not being taught in class. We don't advocate teaching intelligent design at this point.
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There were three pandemics in the last century. Most people alive today lived through two of them without really noticing them. This wasn't a major trauma to societies or economies or even to health systems. So pandemics can occur which have relatively minor effects.
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This is the kind of surveillance system that really allows us to first identify how far the disease is spreading and then to rapidly move in and cull birds that might have been exposed and to clean areas to reduce the possibility that humans can become infected even from the droppings of these birds.
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This issue is bubbling under the surface all over the country, but the Dover board had the courage of their convictions.
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sound like they're being sung to just one person.
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A thousand opinions by a court that a particular scientific theory is invalid will not make that scientific theory invalid. It is going to be up to the scientists who are going to continue to do research in their labs that will ultimately determine that.
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A point each was probably a fair result, although I think we just edged it. Their goalkeeper played particularly well with three or four excellent saves.
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We'd get them back up, and the trash trucks picking up all the debris, would knock them back down.
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the prerogative of the elected members of the school board and consistent with science education.
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Intelligent design is now being adopted by a number of credible scientists. If the Dover school district wins this case, you're going to see intelligent design popping up on school board agendas all over the country.
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I'll try to imagine something and see what happens. But it usually winds up being about something fairly concrete and close to home.
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It's an honor to have this job and, to me, the greatest thing is to be up on stage and to feel that connection with an audience.
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They've got it marked where the rock piles are, where you're not supposed to get in with a boat. Otherwise, it's a real nice place to come.
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It's hard to tell where one tour ends and the next begins. I'm generally touring most of any year. I'm just generally out there doing it.