Word: dimly
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...which provides that the list of rights in the Constitution "shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" -- as a direct incorporation of natural law. The fact that these enthusiasts include would-be judicial activists of both the left and the right ought to dim the enthusiasm of both groups. The point is that the people do have rights not derived from the Constitution -- natural rights, if you will -- but judges have no special authority to enforce those rights...
...avoid drudgery and have more time to play. As a boy in South Carolina, he transformed parts from the family washing machine into an automatic door opener so that he could let the dog out each morning without leaving his bed. As an adult, he invented a system to dim lights simply by thinking erotic thoughts. Even PCR was an attempt to devise a less laborious way of copying DNA than the method used by living cells. "When I saw how nature does it, I thought, 'That's totally crazy.' " he says...
Lyne's work provides no answer to the most tantalizing question in astronomy: Is there life on other planets? In this case, life would be difficult on a planet whose sun is a relatively tiny, dim pulsar. Astronomer Black figures that in about 10 years, telescopic instruments may be sophisticated enough to focus on the planet itself, rather than just the pulsar. Even if no Klingons are immediately found, the knowledge gained from examining the distant planet will make it easier to explore the countless other worlds waiting to be discovered...
...part, the scouts are tending to business interests. In the majority of scout troops, for example, the religious component is negligible and almost any professed faith is welcome, from Methodism to Zen. But about 30% of scouts are sponsored by church groups, and those partners would probably take a dim view if scouting suddenly made belief in God optional. On the issue of female membership, many young boys might balk at enrollment if scouting lost its exclusionary mystique, and the Girl Scouts would surely not welcome the competition...
...arrested several times for his civil rights activities, and was once chained and shackled to a garbage truck to keep him from escaping. He glances up at the piece of tin that covers the hole in the ceiling where a bomb was thrown in 1964. All that is dim history now to most of the world...