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...news article "Finalclub.org Passes Punch" gave an incorrect name for the Web site Finalsclub.org in its headline. It is not Finalclub.org. Due to an editing error, the article also did not give the name and title of Professor of Chemistry Stuart L. Schreiber, who was quoted in the piece...
Nixon enjoyed the word czar to describe his point people, but over time, Presidents became wary of it. There was no going back, however. Commentators and headline writers loved the term packed so much punch for such a little word...
Obama, Barack • Biden is becoming a punch line for • Camp David is very much appreciated by • 50 million people watch first prime time press conference of • own head is bumped...
Carriers replaced battleships at the center of U.S. naval power in World War II, but they've been losing ground, offensively and defensively, for years. Until the 1980s, the offensive punch of smaller warships was limited to short-range guns. But now these ships pack Tomahawk cruise missiles, giving every destroyer, cruiser and attack submarine the ability to destroy targets well beyond the reach of carrier-based planes--without risking pilots. Distributing that firepower across 120 warships instead of concentrating it on America's 11 carriers makes sense. Then there's the huge built-in cost of carriers. Much...
...titled “Darwin 200: Re-thinking the Revolution” at 6 p.m., extends a similar welcome. “Do make a detour to Cabot to see their work,” she said. “The exhibition explores why Darwin still packs such a punch today and how he has become a modern icon.” —Staff writer Victor W. Yang can be reached at vyang@fas.harvard.edu...