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...tiny cluster of fanatics, "Ghost World," has become the most anticipated movie of the summer. Sweat beads pop from their brows. They chew their lower lip and stare into space because fans of Dan Clowes, who created "Ghost World" as a series in his comicbook "Eightball," and who co-wrote the screenplay, are pessimists by definition. It really could be awful. Well folks, you can now unclench your nervous fists about any "Hollywood bastardization" and get ready to enjoy a nearly perfect cinematic adaptation of Clowes' cranky spirit...
...lumpiness has carried over into modern times. The five-year mission of the survey, to make a 3-D map of the cosmos, is far from complete, but scientists reported at the American Astronomical Society's spring meeting in Pasadena, Calif., that it is clearer than ever that galaxies cluster together into huge clumps that reflect conditions that existed soon after the Big Bang...
...three American captives). The spokesman then paused before delivering his taunting punchline: "But we have released him without his head." That morning, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was due to oversee Manila's Independence Day parade with its marching bands and martial displays, but first she checked with her "security cluster," a special team camped out in the ornate dining room of MalacaNang, the presidential palace, to monitor the three-week-old hostage crisis. Arroyo was told Sobero's body had not been found, but as the Philippine Chief of Staff General Diomedio Villanueva later admitted: "The possibility of (the killing...
...Medical Health Technologies cluster, all first-year students learn basic physiology, including how to take a patient's blood pressure. Teachers counsel kids on goals and career paths, and career coordinators help place them in internships with hospitals, medical practices and physical-therapy centers. In their second year, students are given lessons more customized to their career track. Those thinking about college pre-med are urged to take advanced biology, while those aspiring toward other medical careers, such as physical therapy or nursing, are offered more practical training...
After about five minutes, a cluster of six to eight students had gathered around...