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Lawrence has been plowing this fallow field for more than a decade: with Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck in Forces of Nature, Bullock and Grant in Two Weeks Notice, Michael J. Fox and a sassy child felon in Life with Mikey. He also co-wrote the Bullock vehicle Miss Congeniality, which had actual entertainment value. So why didn't Lawrence reteam with his favorite actress? Perhaps because Bullock was off making The Proposal, which is virtually the same movie - including the compulsory re-education in American values and Steenburgen as the adoptive mother figure - and with Alaska standing...
...evidence, but after a self-proclaimed "abductee" reneged on his promise to take a polygraph test, the federal attendees left the gathering, skepticism intact. That didn't deter conference organizer Allen Hynek, founder of the Center for UFO Studies in Evanston, Ill., and a tireless campaigner to legitimize the field of "UFOlogy." "We need to stop arguing the existence of eggs and get down to cooking the omelet," he told TIME that year. (See the mankind's greatest explorations and adventures...
...Next month's missile test not only will be aimed at a threat deemed less than urgent but will also involve tougher technical challenges. Destroying a "North Korean" missile involves hitting it as it zooms from left to right across an interceptor's field of view, but the locations of the "Iranian" missile and the U.S. interceptors require more of a head-on collision. That means the closing speed between the two projectiles will be faster than in previous tests: close to 18,000 m.p.h., compared with 15,000 m.p.h. in prior exercises...
...difficult family situations can catch a few hours' sleep, and the doctor who flouts insurance regulations in order to prescribe medicine for an entire household. All see their behavior as necessary and moral acts of conscience. As one subject says, "Sometimes you just have to level the playing field a little...
Hanken said that Zofnass’ donation will help Harvard to improve the Museum of Natural History by integrating current events in the scientific field and showcasing the research of Harvard faculty...