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...that tonight’s dinner had been cancelled due to the dust leak, and saying that “the dust must be tested as a precaution to rule out any hazardous substances.” He also asked proctors to go to Annenberg at 5 p.m. to explain the situation to students...
...energy not as particles but as minuscule, vibrating loops and snippets of stuff resembling string, which turn out to exist not just in our familiar four dimensions of space and time but in 10 or more dimensions. Bizarre as it seemed, this scheme appeared on first blush to explain why particles have the characteristics they do. As a side benefit, it also included a quantum version of gravity and thus of relativity. Just as important, nobody had a better idea. So lots of physicists, including Woit and Smolin, began working...
...That kind of social welfare helps explain much of the support that Hizballah still commands in Lebanon, where a war sparked by its capturing of two Israeli soldiers has left more than 1,000 dead and billions of dollars in damage to Lebanese homes and infrastructure. By most accounts, the schools run by Hizballah were clean and well-prepared. Volunteers made sure hot meals and blankets were available to all who came, and when it came time to leave, they provided the refugees with pocket money...
...eight maps identified as Harvard’s were proven to belong to the University at Monday’s meeting.The next step for Harvard, other institutions, and dealers affected by Smiley’s thefts is to prepare victim impact statements that will give them the opportunity to explain to the court what impact Smiley’s crime has had on them.Such statements are a way for victims to describe how they’ve been affected by a crime. The judge in a case can use that information to help in sentencing and determining restitution, according...
...World Trade Center” is moving, to be sure, but rarely in ways that don’t feel like cheap shots tugging at well-worn American heartstrings (and wallets), which may explain why Stone’s 9/11 film feels unnecessarily exhausting while Greengrass’ doesn?...