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...could solve the Palestinian issue by creating a Marshall Plan for Palestine. It would tell the hatemongers of the Muslim world that the U.S. doesn't exclusively support Israel. If the Palestinians in refugee camps knew that they had a future as something other than suicide bombers, they would grab the chance. It surely wouldn't be difficult to get the European Union, OPEC and the U.N. to help pay the tab. Ronald W. Birmingham Suffield, Connecticut...
...George Smoot of U.C.-Berkeley and John Mather of NASA have long feuded over discoveries they made while both were at NASA trying to prove the Big Bang theory. Mather was infuriated when Smoot, in 1992, announced some results of their collaborative research in what Mather alleged was a grab for solo glory. But after they won the prize last week, the pair seemed buddy-buddy again. Nothing brings people together like shiny gold medals and a check for $1.4 million...
...fliers showed no nudity. They were not pornographic or sexual,” Allen said. “Basically the point was to grab people’s attention...We wanted people to notice...
...east Texas, the sky is a pristine blue above two big smokestacks. That's illusory, since the plant pumps out a steady stream of can't-see-'em pollutants like nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury. Inside, giant HEPA filters (which look just like a nest of vacuum bags) grab most of the solids from the coal fire. You wouldn't want to eat off the floor, but the place is clean. Even the open-pit-mining operation nearby--which has scoured 15,000 acres of Texas for lignite coal over the decades--is a reclamation model, boasting ponds with...
...team suffered a pair of injuries. Senior defensive tackle Michael Berg suffered a mild concussion in the third quarter, while sophomore cornerback Andrew Berry had a mild ankle sprain in the fourth....Freshman wide receiver Matt Luft caught his first career touchdown pass on Saturday, a 42-yard grab in the second quarter.—Staff writer Brad Hinshelwood can be reached at bhinshel@fas.harvard.edu...