Word: momentous
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...relate to." So the men trekked back to Mike's house and began Googling in earnest. "Doug found the one with the family on the tree. That was it," Mike wrote in an e-mail from his Los Angeles abode. "It was so beautifully awkward ... That was the moment we realized there might be something here." Thus, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com was born...
...underside of the ship send back live streaming videos throughout the launch phase, allowing controllers to monitor any foam or other material that is shed en route. Analysis of Atlantis' tapes show a relatively small debris hit at the 106-sec. mark in the ascent - at precisely the moment skin sensors also detected a strike in the area in which the dings have been spotted. That area, at about the spot where the wing meets the ship, isn't the best possible place to suffer damage, since the heat buildup there can be considerable during re-entry...
...meet with members of the JV teams in the coming weeks to assist with the transition to club status, the players said. Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise and other administrators in the athletic department did not return repeated requests for comment over the past two days. At this moment, players say they are uncertain about what the future holds. Club sports, unlike JV teams, are not funded or managed by the athletic department, and students hold full operational and financial responsibility. Turning a JV team into a club team requires several players to take on administrative duties, including fundraising...
...Tuesday, with the release of the annual report of the Medicare trust fund. The trustees projected that the Medicare Part A (or hospital) trust fund will become insolvent by 2017, which is two years earlier than previously estimated. (Read "The Fire This Time: Is This Health Care's Moment...
...Still, the Iranian back-channel message came at an important moment in U.S.-Iranian relations. Washington is pursuing a new policy of engagement with Iran and has tried to reassure the mullahs that its diplomatic overtures are sincere. It is trying to strengthen the hand of Iranian moderates who want to pursue diplomacy and undermine hard-liners who want to maintain hostile relations with the West. The Saberi case offered an opportunity to do both. (Read "Talking to Iran - or Talking...