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...like polluters and toxic-waste dumpers, are no doubt represented by a powerful, well-funded lobby--the proposed Amendment says, "The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." But Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, objected that desecration has religious overtones. Someone may think Congress was trying to sneak by the First amendment and establish a religion-a religion centered on the worship of flags or, depending on how the definition works out, bikinis and underwear. Accordingly, the quick-thinking Reed proposed substituting for desecration the words...
Astronomers have finally found what appears to be a brown dwarf, a long-sought heavenly object that until now has existed only in theory. Brown dwarfs are not quite big and hot enough to ignite the nuclear-fusion reaction that would make them shine as full-fledged stars. They probably account for some of the universe's "missing" matter...
According to Parsons, the renovation of the Union "makes the past better serve the present." He said ultraconservative preservationists may object to any change in the historic building, but the restoration will allow students and faculty to make full use of the facility...
...links that bind users to Microsoft software run deep-down to the level of "plumbing" invisible to the user but of critical importance to the programmer. For example, Microsoft has for several years been using a tool called ole (for object linking and embedding) that makes it easier for users to move information from one Windows application to another-to shuttle an expense report from a spreadsheet to a word-processing document, for example. Apple is developing a competing system, called OpenDoc, that is supposed to run equally well on Windows, Mac and IBM's OS/2. But if a programmer...
...suspects, Both of these tasks could be carried out faster and more economically if Americans had identity cards, as residents do in some European countries. Some of these advanced "smart cards" with magnetic strips carry information about blood groups and instructions in emergencies. Only people with criminal intentions could object to these cards, which would bear a photo and be handed out to legal residents (a handy way to identify illegal immigratns). Such a measure could be tried at the state level and, if successful, implemented on a nationwide basis. ANTOON, PENNINGS Javea, Spain...