Word: lambda
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...Another Universe?", in this issue). Cosmologists take inflation seriously because it resolves problems that bedeviled older versions of the Big Bang, but inflation also has implications for the study of cosmic destiny. Among them is that the force that drove the inflationary spasm, sometimes tagged with the Greek letter lambda after its designation in Einstein's general-relativity equations, might not have subsided altogether back when the inflationary hiccup ended. Instead, it might still be there, lurking in empty space and urging expansion along, like an usher politely shooing playgoers back into the theater at intermission's end. Some observations...
...much of a legal chain-reaction Vermont has set in motion. Thirty states have passed Defense of Marriage Acts expressly refusing to recognize same-sex unions approved elsewhere. But gay-rights advocates believe other states will eventually follow Vermont's lead. "People will see," says Peg Byron of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, "that the sky has not fallen in Vermont when families are respected this...
...only accepts men, but they do have a national sister lesbian sorority, Lambda Delta Lambda...
While the closest Lambda Delta Lambda colony is at Penn State, Mercurio said a number of women have approached him about helping them form a chapter...
After getting through the initial growing pains of its first semester, Delta Lambda Phi's next few months promise big plans, including a trip to the march on Washington, community service activities and social events...