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Even so, the detection was indirect: what the physicists actually saw was flashes of light caused by fallout from rare but occasional collisions between neutrinos and water molecules. There were fewer flashes than expected from so-called muon neutrinos, suggesting that some of them had changed into another type, called tau neutrinos. Arcane theory dictates that neutrinos can't change form unless they have mass--though scientists can't say precisely what that mass...
...think for a long time the evidence is going to have to be indirect," Hartmann said. "One possibility is that the planets might cause ripples in the disk because of their gravity...
...says, Congress will have strong circumstantial evidence that suggests Clinton oversaw Lewinsky's job search and tried to coach the testimony of a potential witness, his secretary, Betty Currie. But it is difficult to imagine Congress moving to impeach a wildly popular President with nothing more than tantalizing but indirect facts. Which is why Starr has set his sights on two eyewitnesses whose testimony could seal the case. One of them, a key source tells TIME, is a Secret Service agent who has told colleagues he saw Clinton and Lewinsky in a compromising situation. The existence of this agent...
...regime in the Western Hemisphere. In fact, picking up the pieces of the Cold War has been an overriding theme in recent U.S. diplomacy. Looking at the stories in Reversing Relations, one can consider all six of the formerly hostile states discussed in the book as either direct or indirect results of the Cold War. Even the U.S.'s troubles with Iraq stem from Iran's Soviet backing during the Iran-Iraq...
...says Princeton's greater attractiveness toparents could have indirect but powerful influenceon their children's choices...