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> Subject: College days
>
>
> ><< At Duke University, there were four sophomores
> >
> >> > taking Organic
> >
> >> > >Chemistry. They did so well on all the quizzes,
> >
> >> > midterms and labs,
> >
> >> > >etc., that each had an "A" so far for the semester.
> >
> >> > These four
> >
> >> > friends
> >
> >> > >were so confident that the weekend before finals,
> >
> >> > they decided to go
> >
> >> > up
> >
> >> > >to the University of Virginia and party with some
> >
> >> > friends there.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >They had a great time -- however, after all the
> >
> >> > hardy-partying, they
> >
> >> > >slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to
> >
> >> > Duke until early
> >
> >> > Monday
> >
> >> > >morning. Rather than taking the final then, they
> >
> >> > decided to find
> >
> >> > their
> >
> >> > >professor after the final and explain to him why
> >
> >> > they missed it.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >They explained that they had gone to UVA for the
> >
> >> > weekend with the
> >
> >> > plan
> >
> >> > >to come back in time to study, but, unfortunately,
> >
> >> > they had a flat
> >
> >> > tire
> >
> >> > >on the way back, didn't have a spare, and couldn't
> >
> >> > get help for a
> >
> >> > long
> >
> >> > >time. As a result, they missed the final.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >The professor thought it over and then agreed they
> >
> >> > could make up the
> >
> >> > >final the following day. The guys were elated...
> >
> >> > and relieved. They
> >
> >> > >studied that night and went in the next day at the
> >
> >> > time the professor
> >
> >> > >had told them.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of
> >
> >> > them a test
> >
> >> > booklet
> >
> >> > >and told them to begin. They looked at the first
> >
> >> > problem, worth five
> >
> >> > >points. It was something simple about free radical
> >
> >> > formation.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >"Cool," they thought, each one in his separate
> >
> >> > room, "this is going
> >
> >> > to
> >
> >> > >be easy."
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >Each finished the problem and then turned the page.
> >
> >> > On the second
> >
> >> > page
> >
> >> > >was written:
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> >> > >
> >
> >> > >For 95 points: Which Tire?
> >
> >
