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...higher-dimensional bulk. She argues that the root “fabric” of the universe has five dimensions. This is hardly a pedestrian concept to the average reader, but Randall makes these abstractions accessible by inserting fictional passages and popular song lyrics at the head of each chapter. With this popularizing cover, Randall charts the history behind current theoretical physics, moving from Newton to Einstein to string theory to her own work. And she suggests that new discoveries await in the not-so-distant future. At the same time, she recollects her own experiences as a theoretical physicist...
...forcibly repatriate some of the immigrants currently in Melilla. Critics of the new accord say foisting the problem on Morocco is no solution. "They're driving them in buses to the Algerian desert with no water or food," claims Pepe Alonso, a Melilla lawyer who heads the local chapter of the Association for Human Rights. "This will cause many deaths." Médecins Sans Frontières said more than 500 immigrants had been abandoned by Moroccan authorities in the desert near the Algerian border. Neither the new measures nor a proposed third fence are likely to be a deterrent...
...parliament in central Berlin, with a wave at waiting reporters and a typically informal salutation: "Ciao, ragazzi." That exit marked the end not only of Fischer's ministerial career but of the government in which his party served as junior partners to the Social Democrats. "The red-green chapter which my generation wrote is irretrievably at an end," he commented later. Politicians raised in the social turmoil of the 1960s - they are known as "'68ers" after a dramatic year of mass protests - were moving on. "Young people must write the new chapter." For German voters of Fischer...
...until the 11th chapter does he fully reveal how profoundly the war has changed him. His self-portrait reads: “25 years old and nothing to live for.” He can no longer relate to his former life...
...movement began in 1990, when he was elected as Harvard’s shop steward for Local 254 of the International Service Employees Union. McCombe later withdrew his membership after a only a few years, arguing that the leadership did not adequately represent its members. He took the Harvard chapter with him and went on to found the independent HUSPMGU in 1996, when he received official certification from the National Labor Relations Board...