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...There is a funding gap at this point—researchers might discover what appears to be a really useful molecule, but it needs more work before getting to the point where a company would be ready to make an investment in it,” said Harvard science spokesman B. D. Colen. “What the accelerator fund is meant to do is to bridge that gap...
...both teams remained neck and neck, keeping within two points of each other for most of the set. With the game tied at 22, Harvard finally shot ahead, capitalizing on Stevens’s errors to secure the lead, 27-22. The Ducks managed to narrow the scoring gap to 28-26, but Weissbourd slammed down a kill to take the Crimson to game point, 29-26. “[Brady]’s our anchor,” Weintraub said. “He uses his height and his skill to his advantage. He’s pretty...
...interests" stomp around the emergency room and the unpleasant decisions are watching from the sidelines, waiting for their cue. It is easy to dismiss the unanimous Republican opposition to the House version of the stimulus bill as bitter, clueless obstructionism. But I can't help but wonder at the gap between the aggressively sensible things Obama is saying and the passive way that he is acting. And you get a sense that a lot of people in the audience, the experts and economists as well as the worried working classes, are starting to wonder as well...
...knew about the first, failed mission. But he couldn't see the cloud, which lingered in a gap between airport weather stations. Kirby decided it was safe to launch. He flew his bright yellow Bell 407 helicopter to the hospital, picked up the patient, and took off for Houston at 2:46 a.m. Two minutes later, Kirby was flying 600 ft. above dense forest at 122 m.p.h., near the spot where the first pilot aborted. Kirby lost radio contact with the hospital in Houston. His helicopter dropped suddenly, to 100 ft. Its rotor sliced into thick pine trees. The cabin...
...born solipsists; we begin life thinking that our perceptions define reality. Gradually we learn perspective: that there's a difference between how we see ourselves and how others perceive us. Since the invention of recording media, nearly every child has gone through a ritual unsettling demonstration of the gap between ideal self and actual self: hearing what your voice sounds like on tape. Play a kid's voice back to him for the first time and his reaction will probably be, "That's not me. I know what I sound like...