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...What they did was find an old manor that was built around Freud’s time,” Nicholi says. “When we entered it, there was dust flying all over the place, and people carrying things and hammering. In a short time, the place was transformed into a beautiful room, which just seemed to appear out of nowhere...
...estimated the cost at $600 billion. That was distressing, to say the least. I live in Africa, a continent ravaged by aids and extreme poverty caused by drought and a lack of employment. To spend all that money to see whether Mars has water, check the content of its dust and perhaps provide the trip of a lifetime to some superrich person is nothing short of criminal! We have mismanaged this incredible planet God has given us, so why spend astronomical amounts on so-called scientific research to go to another planet that cannot benefit...
...early 2014, Rosetta should be approaching the comet, having received slingshotlike "gravity assists" from flybys of Earth and Mars and then "hibernating" in deep space for 21/2 years. In August 2014, it will be mapping and characterizing the comet, using an array of scientific instruments to analyze the dust and gas spewing from the snowball's 4-km-wide nucleus. The orbiter will also release its lander, Philae, which will anchor itself to the comet in November 2014 using a harpoon and "ice screws" - drills extending from each of its three legs that rotate into the nucleus. The lander...
...ultimate dust-up, a drama with more twists, turns, and subplots than the diary of a swooning 13-year-old. The North Country—the quirky community so close to the St. Lawrence River that most people on the radio parlent le français—buzzed with the kind of everyone-knows-everyone gossip only small towns can produce. Not surprisingly, college hockey was the subject...
...point in the singles competition, Harvard was actually winning four of its six matches but ultimately fell, losing by a margin of four matches to two. When the dust settled, only Wang and freshman Cindy Chu had picked up singles wins, just barely keeping the team breathing...