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Subjects asked to decide whether androgynous faces are masculine or feminine tend to favor masculinity if they are either given a hard ball to squeeze while they select answers on-screen or told to press heavily while circling answers on carbon paper; facial interpretation tends toward femininity when subjects squeeze a soft ball or circle lightly.

Amount British Nuclear Fuels paid the British Scouts last year to add its logo to their scientist badge:

$49,776

Ohio was judged to be the most profane state.

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