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...made only "in discrete instances." Stein conceded little else. He told Judge Jackson, who will determine the legality of the subpoena by mid-January, that the Senate's order violates Packwood's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and self-incrimination. Stein complained that the inquiry keeps expanding "like a balloon." Asked he: "Where is the end of it?" Not in sight. Already looking into charges of sexual misconduct, intimidation and influence peddling, the committee now will ascertain whether Packwood's tampering was an obstruction of Congress...
Hoffman graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1966, received his doctorate in astrophysics from Harvard in 1971 and obtained a masters degree in materials science from Rice University in 1988. His doctoral work at Harvard focused on the design, construction, testing and flight of a balloon-borne, low-energy, gamma ray telescope...
Microsoft has also added so-called shortcut menus, which are superficially similar to the balloon help in the Macintosh System...
...symmetrically begins as the balloon descends amongst dancing angels on a cloud covered stage (created with dry ice) and Clara and the Nutcracker enter the Palace of Sweets in the sky. Balanced on the brink between girlhood and young womanhood, Clara's fantasy of a Prince in Candyland bridges fairy-tale elements that reflect her changing age. The stage sets and costumes in the second act strengthen the power of her fantasy--the walls of the palace look edible and the costumes look like they were made out of sugar and cotton candy. The Nutcracker (Carlos Santos) distinguishes himself...
...fresh ingredients provisioned by the helpful corps of dining hall staff, we selected simple comestibles. Each recipe had a story. One had been found scrawled in the margins of a goodly great-aunt's tattered copy of The Radcliffe News. Another had been inspired by a childhood hot-air balloon tour of Tuscany. And certainly, some of these recipes we had devised ourselves, tired as we were of cafe lunches and bistro suppers and craving simpler, heartier fare. As a simple Provencale peasant would say, bon apetit...