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Vorenberg, who was Pound professor of law, started teaching at HLS in 1962 and served as the law school's ninth dean from...
...best approach is the old-fashioned one--take in less than you burn off. If, for example, you've gained only 2 lbs., you can start by cutting out 250 calories a day--or three cookies. Since losing a pound requires eating 3,500 fewer calories, in about a month your extra 2 lbs. should be gone. Keep them off with a sensible diet, rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grain. And don't forget to exercise. As for me, I'll be working on an extra 6 lbs.--and that's a lot of cookies to resist...
...times as far away as Pluto. A trip to the stars within a human lifetime requires a spacecraft that cruises at more than 10,000 miles a second and accelerates to this speed within 10 years. The engine would have to deliver about a megawatt of power for every pound of weight of the ship. There is no way an engine that small and that powerful could keep itself cool. Even if the fuel is something exotic like antimatter, carrying far more energy than sunlight or uranium, the problem of cooling the engine remains insuperable. Travel to the stars within...
...about unmanned space probes going to the stars? Unmanned probes can be much smaller and lighter than manned spaceships. That means the total power required for a probe to reach the stars is much less. But the unmanned probe still needs an engine delivering one megawatt per pound. The problem of cooling the engine remains the same, whether the ship is manned or unmanned, and the conclusion is the same. Unmanned probes are not going to reach the stars within this century...
...North Korea, which has periodically raised the temperature through bouts of military brinkmanship when it feels it's being short-changed. The historic summit in June, if it takes place, will certainly shift the North-South relationship onto a new plane. But the hungry North will likely expect its pound of flesh. Still, judging by the 5 percent bounce on the South Korean stock exchange provoked by news of the summit, that's a price Seoul's willing to pay for a little peace...