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...moon?s small mass and low gravity that prevents it from keeping hold of even a tenuously thin atmosphere. But oxygen needn?t exist only in gaseous form above the ground. It can also be entrained safely in certain kinds of rocks. Gather the rubble and either treat it with chemicals or blast it with heat, and you can free up unlimited quantities of oxygen both for breathing and for rocket fuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Oxygen on the Moon? | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...Salient as an “advertisement” for the Fulla doll (the Middle East’s version of Barbie). After the Salient printed its ad, I was approached (as a Muslim woman) by many students with the same question: “Does this doll really exist?” So, for the record: yes, the doll exists; no, it does not speak, especially not those phrases mentioned in the ad. Maybe the staff at the Salient thought their spoof would be funny, but more than anything else, it has helped to sustain misunderstanding and has deeply...

Author: By Hebah M. Ismail, | Title: Building Stereotypes | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...high cost of health care and the inefficiency in the system has to do with the individualized, doctor-patient model of health care,” Olden said. He criticized the fragmented, investigator-driven state of health research in America. More emphasis should be placed on making existing advancements available to everyone than on making new discoveries, he said. “Millions of Americans do not have access to the state-of-the-art technologies that already exist,” he said. Olden argued that if Americans accept communal police, fire, education, and transportation services, they should...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Researcher Advocates Universal Health Care | 10/18/2005 | See Source »

...tragic part of the human condition but is sometimes necessary to combat such evils as slavery, fascism and, yes, terrorism. The Iraq war, however, will achieve no noble purpose. There were no weapons of mass destruction, and democracy will exist in Iraq for about as long as U.S. troops are there. Many more Saddams are waiting to rise to the top in Iraq. We were naive to think we could easily paste a veneer of Jeffersonian democracy on a land where tribal allegiances date back centuries. By almost any measure, this war is unnecessary and a tragic blunder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...Department is working with the many support services that exist at Penn...to lend support to Kyle’s friends and teammates, who are devastated by his untimely passing,” Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky said in a statement...

Author: By Dan R. Rasmussen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U. Penn Senior Commits Suicide | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

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