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During the fall semester of his junior year, David B. Rothenberg ’84 traveled to Nepal to learn to play the gyaling, a Tibetan reeded instrument...
...scoop, edged with pronglike "ripper tines," is designed to crunch into the tough polar permafrost. NASA's plan is to dig trenches about 19 in. (.5 m) into the surface, a depth where scientists believe ice meets soil, and haul a sample onto the spacecraft. There, an instrument will heat the soil in tiny ovens, checking the resulting vapors for water and carbon compounds. An on-board chemistry lab with dual microscopes will add water to the sample and analyze the spectral and electrochemical results to check acidity, salt levels, and ion concentrations...
...them). And when recent surveys show that even a majority of Miami Cubans, of all people, favor relaxing the restrictions - in an FIU poll 55% backed unlimited travel to Cuba - it's probably time for U.S. politicians to drop the one-string embargo banjo and pick up a new instrument for effecting change across the Florida Straits...
...more editorial features and increasing the frequency of publication.” Representatives from 02138 magazine would not comment on the recent deal. Manhattan Media, which owns a number of local New York newspapers like the New York Press, also plans to revamp its newly acquired publication as an instrument for social networking and event sponsorship. “We intend to build a social networking Web site for alumni to stay connected,” Allon said. “We hope it will offer a variety of services different from those of Facebook.” The magazine...
...have plenty to celebrate. Situated on a patch of stony land, democratic Israel has endured the ravages of war and terrorism and an assortment of enemies sworn to destroy it. Israelis have managed to revive Hebrew, a 4,000-year-old language, and turn it into a vibrant instrument of elegant novelists and growling rappers. In cities like Tel Aviv and Haifa, the high-tech industry has produced years of robust growth and fostered a culture of creativity and inventiveness that is the envy of the Middle East...