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...addition to his examination of the early life of the universe, Loeb studies gravitational lensing, a technique that offers astronomers crisp pictures of distant structures using light bent around the sun and other cosmic bodies close to the earth...
...Republican talent to its administrative ranks. Last week's announcement of the appointment of Sheila Burke, Bob Dole's former chief of staff, to the position of executive dean is a notable example of such an ideological transformation. Dean Joseph S. Nye disputes that his hiring reflects a conservative bent. He explains, "The reason I hired Sheila Burke is that she is a first-rate manager with practical experience in government and a graduate of the school to boot." No one would deny that Burke is qualified for the job, but the selection of such a prominent (though moderate) conservative...
...escape and the heat surged through the staircases where rescue operations were taking place. At the height of the fire, flames leapt from windows on the top three or four floors and the whole building was engulfed in heavy smoke. Steel window frames on the top floor were bent by intense heat. Some people inside waved pieces of cloth through ventilation shafts, trying to alert rescuers. Two government helicopters were used to pluck people to safety...
Despite the global pretensions, Concert's first gig will be the $100 billion local phone network in the U.S. Hello, Baby Bells. Competition calling. The combination of MCI's hell-bent-for-market-share moxie and BT's muscle--Concert will have a cash flow of $12 billion--could wreak havoc in local markets, and that could be good news for anyone with a dial tone...
...occurs in someone who wants to be a hero so badly that he creates emergencies so he can rescue people. Jewell, a police wannabe, fit this profile and also had the characteristics of people who use pipe bombs--white single men in their 30s or 40s with a martial bent...