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No. 402: "Child Dish"

Fill in the blank as Dr. Steven Hyman of the National Institute of Mental Health underscores a new White House policy: "As a rule of thumb, doctors, psychologists and social workers should attempt to modify the behavior of a child and deal with family crises before ______________."

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Thursday's Question (No. 401)—"Dawn Monkey":

Speaking for his colleagues at Northern Illinois University, Dr. Daniel Gebo announced the discovery of something they call "dawn monkey." Why is this important?

"You can dress it up with a fancy-shmancy name, but cold fusion still won't work."—Michael Manella (Ellis Weiner had similar answer.)

"And God said let there be dawn and, lo, there was monkey and that's what they'll be teaching in schools all over Kansas tomorrow."—Alfa-Betty Olsen (similarly, Peter Lerangis)

"There's finally a scientific term for 'guy who looked just like Johnathon Schaech in the bar last night, four hours later.' "—Jennifer Weiner

"Important because they were already in trouble for their comments about people who ride the No. 7 train."—Cliff Schoenberg (similarly, Beth Sherman)

"I don't know, but can we get one, please Dad, huh? Can we can we can we?"—Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

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Illustration of Eosimias, or "dawn monkey," by Kim Reed-Deemer/Northern Illinois University.