CHAPTER XII

THE CLEVERNESS OF OLD MAN COYOTE

Who thinks the quickest and the best Is bound to win in every test.

_Bowser the Hound._

The meeting of Reddy Fox and Old Man Coyote just outside the gate to Farmer Brown's henyard had been wholly unexpected to both. Reddy had been so eager to get inside that gate that when he turned the corner at the henyard he hadn't looked beyond the gate. If he had looked beyond, he would have seen Old Man Coyote just coming around the other corner. As for Old Man Coyote, he had been so surprised at sight of Reddy Fox that he had growled before he had had time to think. He was sorry the very instant he did it.

"That certainly was a stupid thing to do," muttered Old Man Coyote to himself, as he watched Reddy Fox run away in a panic. "I should have kept out of sight and let him open that gate and go inside first. There may be traps in there, for all I know. When there's likely to be danger, always let some one else find it out for you if you can." Old Man Coyote grinned as he said this.

Reddy Fox sat down at a safe distance to watch what Old Man Coyote would do. Inside, Reddy was fairly boiling with disappointment and anger. He felt that he hated Old Man Coyote more than he hated anybody else he knew of. He hated him, yet there wasn't a thing he could do about it. He didn't dare fight Old Man Coyote. All he could do was to sit there at a safe distance and watch. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who met up?
2. where?
3. of what?
4. was it expected?
5. whos henyard?
6. who was egar to get inside?
7. get inside what?
8. who growled?
9. why?
10. was he sorry?
11. who went unseen at first?
Answer: 1. Reddy Fox and Old Man Coyote
2. Outside the gate
3. The henyard
4. No
5. Farmer Brown's
6. Reddy
7. The gate
8. Old Man Coyote
9. He was surprised
10. Yes
11. Old Man Coyote

Problem: (CNN) -- We are now able to project a winner in the 2012 presidential race:

Brooks & Dunn.

Again.

If that wasn't clear enough already, it became abundantly so at the end of Newt Gingrich's victory speech in South Carolina last weekend.

As Gingrich left the stage, his campaign staff played a song through the speaker system.

The song was "Only in America," by the country duo Brooks & Dunn.

Of course. That song has become a bipartisan standard in recent presidential campaigns. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney used it at their rallies; Barack Obama used it at his rallies; John McCain used it at his rallies; and now Gingrich is using it. Mitt Romney, too.

Politicians have long utilized campaign songs, but it is unusual for Republicans and Democrats to share the same song. After Bill Clinton used Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)" in his 1992 campaign, it would have been inconceivable for a Republican opponent to use it at GOP rallies that year, or for Republicans four years later to use it. It would have reminded potential voters of the other guy.

But "Only in America" has managed to transcend party lines; its lyrics, about the U.S. ideal of opportunity for all, seem to speak to a deeply held national belief, even a yearning, and the insistent opening guitar chords rivet an audience. "Only in America," Ronnie Dunn's voice sings, "Dreaming in red, white and blue; Only in America, Where we dream as big as we want to. ..."
1. Who was the project winner in the 2012 presidental's race?
2. When was that clear?
3. Where?
4. when?
5. WHat happened when he left the stage?
6. What was it?
7. by who?
8. What kind of music do they play?
9. Have others used this song?
10. What did Bill Clinton use?
11. by who?
12. when?
13. Was he a republican?
14. What is Only in America about?
15. WHat does it seem to speak?
16. What is Dunn's first name?
17. Is it just two people in the band?
18. What year was this race?
19. What did they play the song through?
20. who played it?
Answer: 1. Brooks & Dunn.
2. the end of Newt Gingrich's victory speech
3. South Carolina
4. last weekend
5. his campaign staff played a song
6. Only in America
7. Brooks & Dunn
8. country
9. yes
10. Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)
11. Fleetwood Mac
12. 1992
13. no
14. bout the U.S. ideal of opportunity for all
15. a deeply held national belief
16. Ronnie
17. yes
18. 2012
19. a speaker system.
20. his campaign staff

question: GNU is an operating system and an extensive collection of computer software. GNU is composed wholly of free software, most of which is licensed under the GNU Project's own GPL.

"GNU" is a recursive acronym for ""GNU's Not Unix!"", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. The GNU project includes an operating system kernel, GNU HURD, which was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). However, non-GNU kernels, most famously Linux, can also be used with GNU software; as the Hurd kernel is not yet production-ready, this is how the GNU system is usually used. The combination of GNU software and the Linux kernel is commonly known as Linux (or less frequently GNU/Linux; see GNU/Linux naming controversy).

Richard Stallman, the founder of the project, views GNU as a "technical means to a social end". Relatedly Lawrence Lessig states in his introduction to the second edition of Stallman's book "Free Software, Free Society" that in it Stallman has written about "the social aspects of software and how Free Software can create community and social justice."

Development of the GNU operating system was initiated by Richard Stallman while he worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It was called the GNU Project, and was publicly announced on September 27, 1983, on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft newsgroups by Richard Stallman. Software development began on January 5, 1984, when Stallman quit his job at the Lab so that they could not claim ownership or interfere with distributing GNU components as free software. Richard Stallman chose the name by using various plays on words, including the song "The Gnu".
1. What is GNU?
2. What does Linux have to do with it?
3. Who was the founder?
4. How did he view GNU?
5. Did he write any books?
6. What was it called?
7. Who developed GNU?
8. Where was he working at the time?
9. When was the project announced?
10. What happened on January 5?
11. Who quit their job?
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answer:
1. operating system
2. non-GNU kernels
3. Richard Stallman
4. "technical means to a social end"
5. Yes
6. "Free Software, Free Society"
7. Richard Stallman
8. MIT
9. September 27, 1983
10. Software development began
11. Stallman