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Sometime in the 22nd century (if we get there as a species), schoolchildren in a new dark age will read about all the sirens going off at the same time--"ice melting, species vanishing and cities choking the people who live in them"--and no one in power giving these life-or-death matters the full attention they deserved...
...been in my three years,” Shore said. “The more we play with each other, the better we’re going to be.” Sophomore Peter Singh’s fifty four-hole score of 2-over left him tied for 22nd. Singh opened with an even par 72 and shot 73 in both remaining rounds. Over 54 holes, he carded ten birdies.Sophomore Nick Moseley came in at 5-over in a tie for 31st, while sophomore Danny Mayer and junior John Christensen both tied for 43rd with a final score...
According to the Worldwide Governance Indicators report, which ranks countries by the amount of freedom citizens have to voice opinions and select a government, the U.S. tops out at 35th place--a drop from its rank of 22nd in 2005 because of a decreased trust in public officials and restrictions on the freedom of the press. "The U.S. is not a model," says Daniel Kaufmann, a lead author of the report, but it is far from the doghouse...
Sounds like a success story, and in some ways it is. But in the service of what? This is the 119th flight of a space shuttle, the 20th for Endeavour and the 22nd overall to the ISS, a still-growing orbiting outpost that is more or less the only reason any of the shuttles fly anymore. The Endeavour crew will be delivering a two-ton truss segment that will help hold solar arrays and will require three risky spacewalks to install. If the ISS were doing good science at an arguably reasonable price, those risks would be worth taking...
...teacher rises, clasping her hands together and smiling. For the past 10 minutes, the seventh grade has been struggling to answer a single question, and here in this red brick building on East 22nd Street, time is almost...