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...Brown were to win, Democrats would have to drop everything and fly to Maine to find out what Republican moderates Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe might want in exchange for their votes. Or, according to the Boston Herald, Massachusetts Democrats could drag their feet certifying Brown's victory to allow Congress to cram through health care. (Read "Why the GOP Shouldn't Get Too Confident...
...That meant toughening the car's suspension to deal with erratic road conditions. It also meant accommodating a slightly different driving style. "People like to drive away quick [from traffic lights]," says Slym. "They don't like anyone to get in front of them so your transmission has to allow you to move away from the lights quickly, but also has to allow you to drive in traffic in second gear." (See GM's great hopes...
...Hala Mustafa, editor of the state-funded Al-Ahram Quarterly Democracy Review, says Egypt's role in the blockade is based on its obligations under its peace agreement with Israel. "In this accord, Egypt has to watch its border and should not allow any third party to cross the border in order to attack Israel." As for blocked aid convoys, she says: "This aid has been used as ... a kind of propaganda to bring the attention of the other Arab communities and the international community against Egypt...
...problem - but Mac Low and his collaborators may have solved it. In a paper recently submitted to the Astrophysical Journal, they say that the old, Earth-destroying theory was generally accurate but lacked some key details - ones that both reshape theories about how planets form and, oh yes, allow the planet we know best to exist. (See an illustrated history of Earth...
...have a lot of weapons offensively that allow us to be a dangerous team and give us great balance,” Amaker said...