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Scientists believe the LHC's results will help fill in gaps in the Standard Model, the far-reaching set of equations on the interaction of subatomic particles that is the closest that modern physics comes to a testable "theory of everything." For example, scientists believe the LHC will produce a particle, the Higgs Boson, that will end debate over how matter in the universe acquires mass. It could even provide evidence for more ambitious theories of the universe, such as string theory, which unites quantum mechanics and general relativity, the previously known laws of the small and large that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collider Triggers End-of-World Fears | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...Frederic and subsequent storms. SUCCESS FAILURE Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 WIDENING REACH Reagan reinterprets FEMA's role to fit the Cold War, granting it power to cope with a nuclear attack and even, reportedly, implement martial law--prompting clashes over jurisdiction with the Justice Department. Meanwhile, underqualified political appointees fill the agency's bureaucracy; in 1985 FEMA Director Louis Giuffrida steps down amid allegations of fraud. SUCCESS FAILURE George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 UNPREPARED FEMA's lackluster response to 1989's Hurricane Hugo prompts Senator Fritz Hollings to denounce it as the "sorriest bunch of bureaucratic jackasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: FEMA | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...While Harvard has continued to participate in the rankings and University officials have not been as vocal as critics like Casper, Harvard does not fill out the subjective reputation survey, as Casper urged...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Princeton, But Students Dismiss Rankings | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...trays. There are several food stations to choose from - including the "Spaghettaboutit" pizza-and-pasta station and the "After All" dessert bar - and each offers its own silverware, dishes and seating area. "Without the tray, it just doesn't give you that 'I need to go everywhere and fill up my tray and then sit down' option," says Denise Ammaccapane, resident district manager at George Mason. "[Instead you're] saying, 'I like this item on the menu today. That's what I'm going to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on College Cafeteria Trays | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...Obama gradually moved further away from grass-roots organizing and into business and politics, Michelle seemed to fill the vacuum. After 18 months, she left the mayor's office to head up the Chicago office of a new charity that was forming: Public Allies, which helps place young people at nonprofits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michelle Obama's Savvy Sacrifice | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

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