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Article: 'Dinosaurs' invade Chicago

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August 11, 2008
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By Hedy Weiss Sun-Times News Group The 15 life-size prehistoric creatures in the animatronic spectacle "Walking with Dinosaurs - The Live Experience" have arrived at Chicago's United Center in a convoy of trucks with their chaperones -

a far larger assemblage of homo sapiens. So you might very well excuse that "girl" known as Sue, who hangs out at the Field Museum, if she decided to gather up her big-boned frame, lope down the stairs of her permanent "home" and set off to indulge herself in a little cash therapy and rejuvenation. After all, no matter how formidable a suggestion of a Tyrannosaurus rex you might be (and Sue is pretty impressive), if you're a fossil you're essentially just a ...

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