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...rush? The Apophis deflection, should it become necessary, must take place before the 2029 close approach. Earlier than that, just a simple nudge, accomplished, say, by firing a heavy object at the asteroid, could change its course enough to miss the crucial but small keyhole. Any time after that approach, should Apophis pass through the keyhole, we could be in trouble. NASA scientist David Morrison explains: "After 2029, the deflection would have to be vigorous enough to miss not just a tiny keyhole but the much larger target of the Earth itself. And such a deflection is far beyond present...
...consulted with a variety of constituencies and ultimately decided that this new approach would best balance the rights and needs of users and publishers,” Smith wrote. “[T]hose publishers who don’t want to take advantage of this service can now simply tell us which books they’d like us to exclude...
...Although the NPT gives Iran the right to enrich uranium for energy purposes, the Europeans and the U.S. believe Tehran forfeited that right by concealing part of its nuclear program from IAEA scrutiny for two decades. Although the U.S. was initially skeptical of Europe's diplomatic approach, it subsequently backed that effort. And now, Britain, France and Germany are clearly losing patience with Iran. Ahmadinejad has said he wants negotiations to continue ?without preconditions,? but if Iran insists on continuing its conversion work the talks will likely...
...know there will be another diet soon enough, whether it's The 3-Hour Diet regimen, which involves snacking, or the French Women Don't Get Fat approach, which involves eating a quick, light meal without your husband so he has time to see his mistress. Whichever diet it is, people will swear that it finally holds the solution. And they will believe it. It's part of the optimism Americans have about progress. It's the same attitude that allowed people to pour money into the Google IPO and watch Showtime TV shows. So I have to admit that...
...waiting for the law to change. More and more hospitals are following the lead of pioneers like the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Ky., and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Md., in establishing formal policies requiring medical staff to promptly admit and apologize for mistakes. Having adopted that approach, the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, which encompasses the university medical school, three hospitals and numerous other health facilities, has seen its annual number of malpractice claims and lawsuits drop almost 50%, from 260 in 2001 to 140 in 2004, and its average legal expense per case fall...