Word: hunts
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...That was the spirit driving the lawmakers, who have now found themselves in the national spotlight for going where, so far, few other states have been willing to go. I talked to Representative Roger Hunt, the main sponsor of HB 1215, about why the bill was written as it was. Why, for instance, did they reject the standard exception to protect the health of the mother? Because, he says, that phrase is far too stretchy. ?If we were talking of pure, serious health concerns,? that would be one thing, Hunt said. But ?health? can mean economic health, mental health...
...Among the projects on the block to pay for the $3 billion cut is the NuSTAR satellite, which would have used x-ray detection to find black holes, galactic nuclei and supernovae; the Terrestrial Planet Finder, which, as its name suggests, would hunt for Earth-like planets around other stars; and a welter of small craft known as the Explorers-discount ships designed mostly by university groups and launched in cooperation with NASA. Narrowly focused and cheap to fly, they have in the past paid big scientific dividends on very little investment...
...That competitive spirit was put to the test during last fall’s 30-day filming of “The Amazing Race.” The show pits 11 teams of two against one other in a series of scavenger hunt-like challenges that take the contestants to locations all over the world. At the end of the last episode, whichever team arrives to the final location first will...
...protestors during the Vietnam War to Lawrence H. Summers’ ill-advised comments about women in science, it seems talk of their faux pas outlives memory of their contributions. While more recent presidents have exited gracefully, several of the past century left under controversial circumstances. THE SEARCH BEGINSThe hunt for Harvard’s next fearless leader begins when the Harvard Corporation—the University’s governing body—appoints a seven-member search committee, which traditionally includes neither faculty nor students. “The search is the responsibility of five Corporation members along...
...happened, the meetings went off without a hitch. Bush met with President Karzai to go over everything from the hunt against Al Qaeda to Afghanistan?s still heavy drug trade. Meanwhile, the First Lady met with female officials from the Karzai government to discuss health and education. Bush helped dedicate the American embassy in Kabul, joking with the new ambassador, Ron Neumann, whose father had also been ambassador to Afghanistan. ?There?s nothing wrong in a son following a father?s footsteps,? said Bush to laughter. Later he thanked U.S. troops at Bagram air base and praised Afghanistan?s transition...