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...third episode. Beyond that, the freewheeling way the starship broke the constraints of time and space was a testament to unlimited human possibilities. Hundreds of light- years could be traversed in minutes (just accelerate to "warp factor"); crew members could be transported from place to place in an instant ("Beam me up, Scotty"). Time travel was a particular Star Trek favorite; characters were often shuttling back and forth to the past, trying to rectify mistakes of history and avoid disasters of the future. Talk about power trips...
...when Captain Kirk says "Beam me up," the device Scotty uses to carry out his order is not only scientifically unfounded but hazardous, graduate students said...
Kennedy said he plans to "focus like a laser beam" on the issues in preparation for tomorrow night's debate against Romney...
...Harvard Provision Co., the clerk--a recent Harvard graduate who refused to reveal his name--says: "As for liquor, we sell a lot of Jim Beam, Cuervo Extra Gold Tequila, Smirnoff's, Gordon's, Bacardi... cheap, high-proof...
...story I learned in Sunday school about the way that grace comes: "Two men working in a field, one shall be taken the other will be left, two women drawing water form the earth, one shall be taken the other will be left." It was like a transporter beam let loose, devouring people at will and at random. Off to Hills for two hours: three people on my floor have gone. Off to work in morning two more have left. To the dining hall for dinner, the last half of my floor completely wiped out. All without a trace. Just...