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...known since 1929 that the universe is expanding," Kirshner says. "But we've also known there's gravity. And the question is, `How does gravity affect the cosmic expansion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Universe Will Continue Expanding | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

After one attendee raised a question about the nature of undergraduate diplomas--a point of serious debate this year among Undergraduate Council members--Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine laughed off the "cosmic" query, telling the crowd that "you can all have as many signatures as you want...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Presidents Dodge Radcliffe Question | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...cosmic false alarm: If aliens are benevolent, maybe they can save us from any asteroid crashes! DAVID BENSCH Mount Vernon, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...Times reprints his pompous sketch of diminished "cosmic distinction" Barro could expect at Columbia. Oops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wisdom | 4/10/1998 | See Source »

...describe the post-apocalyptic world: "The darkening sky is becoming a warm, dead Xerox and the winds blow forcefully as though aimed from a hair blower," and "Below them, the fire on the sloping neighborhoods burns like a million Bic lighters held up in the dark at some vast, cosmic Fleetwood Mac concert." Yet often his quirky comparisons go one step too far and cross over the line between the clever and the ridiculous. After Karen falls into a coma, Richard reminisces about how the remains of high school "flowed by like a wide, slow, pulsing river of cool chocolate...

Author: By Camberley M. W. crick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The First Voice of Generation X Speaks Again | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

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