In Mexico's new political order, then, small-time rebels like Alvaro may be more in tune with reality than his hardline leaders.

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" Teachers typically allot class time for computer use when they require kids to get online, but Mr. Adams acknowledges that those students who have home Internet have the advantage of "unlimited time to pull in more information and fine-tune their digital projects.

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The take away message is that the participants who were more in tune with their heart-beats also tended to perform better at the time estimation task.

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Every once in a while a book comes along whose subject is totally in tune with a crisis, trend, fashion or deep-seated yearning of a particular time.

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Sorry, I'll tune in again at bed time, but right now I've just got to hand-sharpen my new Japanese carbon-steel knife and mince shallots for the red-wine reduction sauce I'm slathering on those dry-aged rib-eyes that I got from Joe the Butcher, my new best friend.

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