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...field, home field advantage exists mainly because of fan participation. They make noise to either inspire the home team or distract the visitors. And they can do both without telling a professional athlete he sucks. Again, why do we tolerate in sports what we don't outside that realm? I wish I knew...
...idea is to develop the concepts physicists use that explain all aspects of music and sound, from how instruments work to differences in tone intervals to the physics of human hearing," Huth says. "When you know the hard physics behind it, it really expands your realm of appreciation of music...
...corners"), chocolate frosties and baked potatoes. The genial Thomas was its pitchman in more than 800 television spots. DIED. ALEXANDER PROKHOROV, 85, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in inventing laser technology; in Moscow. Prokhorov's contribution created a whole new realm of science: optical technology. DIED. WANG RUOSHUI, 75, Chinese intellectual banned from publishing in the mainland; in Boston. Wang acted as the senior editor of the People's Daily until he was fired in 1987 for advocating democracy. He and his wife Feng Ai moved to Cambridge last year to take positions...
Mathews, now the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, says one example is Summers' work with the Global AIDS Vaccine Initiative--an issue that falls more in the realm of science than Treasury...
...when something goes awry in that realm, we reflexively look to mothers and wives for an explanation - even if their careers take them as far from the household sphere as their husbands'. The message to women, although subtle, is clear: You want a career? Fine. Just don't forget where your primary responsibility lies...