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...example, Stone says an “ideal page” about new RU-486 research would show readers where they could obtain the “morning-after” pill and show where to go for more information about research. Since RU-486 is a controversial topic, Stone’s ideal web story would also link to pro and con sites, as well as showing users how to get in touch with their representatives and senators...
...Laden reportedly tried to obtain uranium from the breakaway Soviet states, but his sources bilked him, offering instead low-grade reactor fuel and radioactive garbage. Even if he had been successful, says von Hippel, it would take at least 150 lbs. of uranium plus hundreds of pounds of casing and machinery to make a weapon. "Nobody's going to be carrying a bomb around in a suitcase," he says...
...Laden reportedly tried to obtain uranium from the breakaway Soviet states, but his sources bilked him, offering instead low-grade reactor fuel and radioactive garbage. Even if he had been successful, says von Hippel, it would take at least 150 lbs. of uranium plus hundreds of pounds of casing and machinery to make a weapon. "Nobody's going to be carrying a bomb around in a suitcase," he says...
...thousands have disappeared, recalls an attack supported by the United States against Chile, in which thousands also disappeared. This latter attack is hardly as infamous, at least for most Americans, as the attack on Pearl Harbor, the point of comparison for most media polls. Other attacks, other comparisons, nonetheless obtain. A retired firefighter, I believe, and whose name unfortunately I cannot remember, reminded viewers on one of the networks that groups of Americans danced in the streets upon hearing of the bombing of Hiroshima. The attacks, and comparisons, can proliferate, depending on ones perspective, memory, and knowledge. It is just...
...audience attends for various reasons. Fans of the author often welcome an opportunity to ask questions, shake hands with the author and obtain signed copies of the book. Readers may particularly enjoy a scholarly topic or a genre of writing. Sometimes readers are attracted by celebrity, as was the case when Anne Heche came to WordsWorth Books this September. Other people come simply because they are avid readers who want exposure to a wide range of topics. In the case of poetry, the audience often comes to hear the poem read with the voice of the poet, with the effects...