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...Orleans, as it is across the country, is money. The Moton and Lockett experiment cost about $870,000 last year. More than $500,000 came from the Federal Government, while the school board anted up the remainder. But the future of the program after this year is dim because the board claims it can no longer afford to contribute its share. Thus far, there have been no appeals to the private sector for funding to continue the project. Financially hard-pressed state and local governments across the U.S. would find it extremely tough to assume the burden of such...
Though Noriega may disclose embarrassing details about his ties to Washington, his chances of beating federal case 88-79-CR look dim. The Justice Department and the DEA have launched a full-court press against him, with at least a dozen federal prosecutors and 25 DEA agents working on the case for the past year and a half. Although the State Department long viewed the Noriega indictment as a handy political stick with which to oust a greedy and unsavory ally, the Miami prosecution team sees it as a pure and simple drug case. "The alpha and omega of this...
...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...