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...basic concept of human rights has undergone an enormous change in the last 50 years from being dismissed as a utopian ideal, to a universal acknowledgement that those rights should be fact," said Graham T. Allison '62, Dillon professor of government at the Kennedy School of Government...
Adaptive-optics systems do have limitations. To start with, they work well only with infrared radiation. That's not a huge problem, given that infrared is ideal for spotting new planets and for studying the early universe, the core of the Milky Way and the formation of stars. A bigger drawback is that adaptive optics can currently correct only for a small patch of atmosphere at the center of the telescope's field of view. But pockets of atmospheric turbulence are small enough that a slight change in viewing angle means a whole different pattern of distortions, which in turn...
...will never be a good substitute for an Aston Martin, it is crucial to remember that man's (and I do mean man's) adulation of cars began with the not-so-humble hot rod. With souped-up engines and radically modified exteriors, hot rods have been the definitive ideal for generations of young Americans...
Experts predict that, win or lose, the close vote ensures that Gore will remain the political spotlight for some time--not necessarily ideal for a university president...
...wouldn't be my ideal of what a school like Harvard should be looking for. ...It's just in the air because of the inevitable question, 'What does...