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DIED. MARTIN D. KAMEN, 89, blacklisted physical biochemist who helped discover radioactive carbon 14, which was crucial to understanding basic chemical processes; in Santa Barbara, Calif. After being shunned by the scientific community amid rumors that he had leaked atom-bomb secrets to the Soviets, he won belated recognition in 1996, receiving the Enrico Fermi Award for lifetime achievement...
...Belfry in May. "The other guys on the team were surprised," Price says. "It was good, low-key - and we won all the money." Says Torrance: "He'll be awesome in the foursomes. He's a very straight hitter with a good short game." Such skills will be crucial, but the Ryder Cup is as much a trial of strategy and mental strength as a test of golfing prowess. If you lose a hole, can you turn things around on the next? If you win one, can you use your momentum to shake the other guy? "You have...
...very” experienced doesn’t mean that players like seniors Mike Armstrong, Jesse Brush and Pat Lavin have not enjoyed meaningful series in the past. Armstrong was a regular at defensive end last year, and saw big minutes in the fourth quarter in several crucial games, registering four tackles in the title-clinching bout against Penn. Brush made 11 tackles last year as part of the defensive tackle rotation, and Lavin saw action in seven games...
...lost their lives in New York died in an attempt to save others, but their ultimate ends were the work of a handful of religiously drunk men whose purpose was death itself. The attackers had no tactical or strategic goal other than death. The targets, although large, were not crucial to America’s ability to fight back. The dead of last September were murdered in an act of senseless, unprovoked violence for which there is no justification and no explanation...
Beyond rebuilding the areas that were directly hit by the terrorists, America is in the process of restructuring its intelligence and security agencies to better prevent future tragedy. At the same time, it is crucial that we do not misdirect our anger at racial or ethnic groups. A year ago, President Bush and others rightly and immediately emphasized that Arab-Americans must not be targeted in the aftermath of the attacks. Yet there were still isolated incidents of violence—and more pervasive but less visible, a widespread sense of distrust of anyone who looked like the stereotypical...