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...exactly right. The photos don't show the stars themselves, which are shrouded behind dense clouds of cosmic dust. But they do show enormous jets of gas blasting out of the young suns at speeds of up to 300 miles per sec. and with enough force to propel them trillions of miles into deep space. One of the pictures is a surprisingly clear portrait of a fast-spinning, disk-shaped cloud of cosmic debris that may serve as the raw material for a solar system in eons to come. Says astronomer Chris Burrows at the Space Telescope Science Institute...
Regardless of the political opportunism that may propel the rising attack on the entertainment industry, the attention is more than a good thing because our mass popular culture is the most influential in the world. But when questions are raised about that industry's irresponsible promotion of certain material, the industry's executives tell us it has no influence. Everyone has to know that is a steaming pile of shuck. At its best, popular art has been part of our ongoing redefinition of American life, moving us to question our prejudices and our political policies, our social fears...
Emily Stauffer began the hit parade, picking up the trophy for the top rookie for women's soccer. Stauffer lead the Crimson in scoring and helped propel the squad to its first NCAA Tournament berth since...
...season was, Harvard still finished in third place in the ECAC, good enough to play RPI at home in a first-to-three points series. A tie Friday night produced a winner-take-all Saturday night affair, where RPI goalie Mike Tamburro stood on his head to propel the Engineers onward (and eventually to the ECAC tournament crown). But for the Crimson it market the end of a certainly atypical year, marked by big wins in big rinks but lacking the consistency seen in past champions...
...being an engaging teacher. "She's very humorous in class and tries to make us feel comfortable," says Forrest N. Anderson '98. For example, to demonstrate Newton's third law, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, Franklin rode a cart fitted with a fire extinguisher to propel herself across the room...