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...agreed to be the interim dean,” Venky said, adding that Spaepen, who has been on the faculty for over 30 years, is one of the school’s most respected professors. “I think for a transition he will really make sure things grow strongly. He spans applied physics, material sciences, and other disciplines—he has a broad view of the world...
...Breaking Dawn, you've introduced these characters to marriage and pregnancy, both milestones that are many years distant for your young readers. Why did you decide to take the story in this direction? -Kathryn Blackley, Jamesville, N.Y.To me, the story was realistic. Things do change, you do grow up, and the world changes. Maybe an influence was the Anne of Green Gables series, which is one of my favorites because it didn't end at the wedding. It wasn't a kiss and then everything was happily ever after. [The main characters] were married for years and they had kids...
...France moves closer to the inner circle of NATO, and especially after the new American administration is in place next year, impatience and urgency will quickly grow to develop a clear political and strategic plan for Afghanistan," Heisbourg says. "Sarkozy knows the risk in France isn't of people deciding this was a bad war after all. Instead it's people getting fed up with not winning the damned thing, and giving...
...Stalin than Westerners. "The people in Gori they like Stalin a lot, " he explained. (The town is also home to the world's biggest Stalin statue, standing an impressive 30 feet tall.) "To me, he was a rare phenomenon. How else could someone born in such a tiny place grow up to become the leader of a great nation? He was a great strategist and a tactician, as we saw with the defeat of Hitler. And he was an astute psychologist: he always knew what people were going to say before they said it. I respect him as a phenomenon...
McCain's position has the great virtue of simplicity: a unique set of chromosomes, having been assembled, has the potential to grow into a unique human being, assuming circumstances permit. As many as half of fertilized eggs naturally miscarry, usually before the prospective mother even knows she was pregnant. But there is a roiling debate over what factors might also affect implantation, with implications for everything from fertility treatment and contraception to criminal law and human rights. I wonder if McCain knows how deeply into troubled waters he has waded...