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...Then someone said they were getting changed before and after the movie; after all, Fresh Pond isn’t known to be the most tolerant place towards preppy kids like us. We certainly wouldn’t feel comfortable wearing khakis and pink polos, but what about the exact opposite? At one point I had to ask: were we being racist? At the end of the weekend I have to admit that I still don’t know. As with all issues concerning race or religion, the line that divides the acceptably humorous from the inappropriately taboo becomes...
...nerd in bland everyday clothing. Attending an Oasis/Jet concert, I thought I would make the ultimate ironic move with my “Gangsta” top. Smiling to myself on how clever I was as I walked through the crowd, I suddenly passed a girl wearing the exact same shirt. My brilliant social commentary was mere duplication.Herein lies the problem of the “Attitude” tee (which is how Abercrombie.com categorizes its selection of talkback apparel—need to make clear to the teenies that they are fighting the man with each new phrase...
...Koran: "God will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees." Arab astronomy, to name just one science, achieved a high degree of sophistication, inspired, in part, by religion: Muslims needed to determine accurate times for the five daily prayers, the exact location of Mecca, and the beginning and end of the holy month of Ramadan. On display are some of the oldest texts and instruments related to the study of the heavens. They were created to answer specific questions, but they also uncovered natural phenomena that helped explain celestial processes...
They were not the only mourners burying their dead in Amman last week. At almost the exact time on Wednesday, another suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. A third bomber detonated just outside the entrance to a Days Inn; had he made it inside, he probably would have killed dozens of official visitors who were part of a delegation from China. The attacks left at least 57 people dead, making them the most devastating terrorist strikes in Jordan's history, and set off reverberations throughout the Middle East. Responsibility for the attacks...
...Less dense areas appear relatively blue, and denser areas appear relatively red. Foster and Goodman’s images can thus be used to map a cloud’s interior structure. “By using the reflective light, we’ll be able to see the exact shape and density structure of the cloud,” explained Foster. “That shape is determined by the different physical processes that go on.” “The role of these different forces determines not only the shape of the cloud, but also...