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...theories of stellar formation dominate astrophysics. One holds that as gravity pulls together a massive cloud of interstellar material, the cloud is spun down sufficiently by magnetic coupling with the surrounding gas to form a star...
...QUESTION that often accompanies the assassination of a world leader is 'where to from here, Tuesday's murder of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi places a cloud of uncertainty over the country's future and leaves a gaping hole on the international stage. It was during her 18 years as ruler that the India ushered into being by her father, Nehru, reached maturity and arrived at its status as a world power. During most of her reign Gandhi held together the ethnically divided country which continues to serve as a model for all multi-racial Third World states just...
When a massive star ends its normal life, it collapses by blowing off its outer layers, producing a very dense cloud of neutrons, leaving a very dense core...
Beneath the cloud cover of his visions, Helms has attacked Hunt on all fronts. He has sought to portray Hunt as the fickle puppet of interest groups he believes are unpopular in North Carolina--labor unions, Blacks, and gays. A publisher sympathetic to Helms recently ran an article in his conservative paper The Leader with the headline JIM HUNT IS SISSY, PRISSY, GIRLISH AND EFFEMINATE. Helms repudiated the article, which went on to claim that Hunt had a homosexual lover, but his aides still refer to opposition staffers as "queers". Further, Helms has used their television debates to bait Hunt...
...Another cloud on the horizon is the economy. Industrial output is stagnant. Unemployment hovers around 14% nationwide and runs as high as 40% in some places. Foreign debt has risen to $3.4 billion, and export revenues (primarily from bananas, shrimp and light manufacturing) are falling. Panama is not benefiting much from the country's famous waterway, which was transferred to joint U.S.Panamanian administration under the 1977 Panama Canal treaties. The Big Ditch, historically a not-for-profit concern, last year showed an operating loss of $4 million, reflecting a worldwide shipping slump. One of Ardito Barletta's first...