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In the Oops! file we find a story of a cloned critter which was supposed to be a cow, but…“Bull Clone Stumps Brazil…” I’d like to have Faith report back on this one: The Dole Museum of Salad opened in NY today. It moves to its permanent location in California next month. Finally, a couple of articles from The Atlantic Monthly (February issue…I’m behind): Commentary on the Nobel Prize for Literature award recipient, V.S. Naipaul, and an essay about the hierarchies of evil.