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COLLINS: The gravitational constant, if it were off by one part in a hundred million million, then the expansion of the universe after the Big Bang would not have occurred in the fashion that was necessary for life to occur. When you look at that evidence, it is very difficult to adopt the view that this was just chance. But if you are willing to consider the possibility of a designer, this becomes a rather plausible explanation for what is otherwise an exceedingly improbable event--namely, our existence...
...went out with a bang,” said Ashwin Kumar, a junior who was Chu’s doubles partner as a freshman in the spring of 2005. “And that gave him confidence to pursue a pro career...
...your own flare with your hands,” said Louis K. Kang ’09. The next dance style on the music playlist was Raas, in which dancers hold striped sticks, clacking them together while moving in parallel lines or circles. The night ended with a bang, as a cheer rose from the crowd when a strobe light shut on and Bhangra music, a fusion of traditional Punjabi music with a pop background beat, pulsated through the dance floor. “When everyone is so tired, they all just go crazy,” said Abby Swenson...
...final Allegro was undoubtedly the favorite of the brass section, who nevertheless resisted the urge to overblow the exciting theme. The strings and winds played the technical sections leading up to the final crescendo with a clarity that bespoke good rehearsing habits. After the symphony ended with a bang, the audience got on their feet for enthusiastic and well-deserved applause...
...Delhi suburb. Neighbors on both sides were already well into detonation mode. A couple of kids stood in the next driveway lighting a series of little "bombs" and throwing them out into the road where they would sit for a second and then burst open with a cracking bang. No light, no pretty stream of sparks, just an explosion. The noises from across the city reminded me of my time in Baghdad. There were big resonating whumps that sounded like mortar fire, and the regular chatter of strings of tiny crackers that sounded like a bucking machine gun. A familiar...