It didn't matter — Falafel was already answering.
The team's analyses are already answering questions about various populations' genetic origins, but, the researchers note, these insights are only a milestone on a longer journey.
It was brought home to me how Americans are already answering that call when I spoke to a friend of mine, who's the head of a postal union.
At this time of upheaval, Tunisians in the streets are already answering skeptics who ask, "Where are the experienced leaders who can carry out democratic reforms?" One told an NPR reporter: "The answer is all around you.
Andy Roddick's grass-court season had just ended with a fine performance but no celebration, and Roddick was already answering questions about the hardcourt season as he walked quickly between the Wimbledon players lounge and the television compound.
I think there's a process going on here, in which wealth and power creates a bubble in which people are so eager to please the paymasters that they lose any sense of what it sounds like to those not already answering to the same paymasters.
