"For example, one of the very hard things about teaching chemistry is explaining that molecules have shape, " King said.

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But it is hard to see how a woman who supports the teaching of creationism rather than contraception, and who is soon to become a 44-year-old grandmother, helps him with soccer moms in the Philadelphia suburbs.

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