Word: beame
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Einstein's conclusions became known as the special theory of relativity. No matter how fast one is moving toward or away from a source of light, the speed of that light beam will appear the same, a constant 186,000 miles per second. But space and time will appear relative. As a train accelerates to near the speed of light, time on the train will slow down from the perspective of a stationary observer, and the train will get shorter and heavier. O.K., it's not obvious, but that's why we're no Einstein...
...studying hard. In the movie, Tom's plotting has the calculation of a Bach fugue; Dickie's avocation is playing jazz saxophone instead of painting, and he loves the dangerous freedom of Chet Baker and Charlie Parker. As played by Law, Dickie oozes a reckless sensuality, turning the beam on and off at will, indulging Marge's love while he stealthily impregnates an Italian woman. In a movie that ups the sexual octane of the book, Tom's interest in Dickie is explicitly homoerotic, the yearning poignant and desperate. The killing in the boat is less murder than the fatal...
SOUTH AFRICA Robben Island Mandela will watch a laser-beam countdown on Table Mountain from his former jail --Invitation only --A few hundred
...past years, the Crimson backcourt relied on penetration by Hill, mostly from the top of the arc, to free up big shooters like Beam and Clemente on the wings. A gunner with the ability to drive like Merchant or junior-college transfer Bryan Parker could add a dimension Harvard hasn't seen since the days of Mike Scott...
...least initially, the Crimson's success will turn on integrating its five new faces into an offense that has lost its main cogs in Hill, Beam and Fisher...