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Evidence leading to the hypothesis of a double supernova, however, was collected by Kirshner and his co-workers while examining the remnant of an ancient explosion, which took place more than 4000 years ago. Astronomical observers uncover about 20 of such stellar fossils, which are less useful than phenomena occuring more recently and closer to the Earth...
Working at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile last February, Kirshner says his team was taking pictures of the light emitted from supernova Puppis A, a remnant discovered in the 1950s, which has been studied "off and on" ever since. Astronomers usually study the light spectra from all sorts of astronomical bodies to learn about their physical and chemical characteristics, Kirshner says...
Sugar Ray Leonard is a remnant of the old school, a showman and a gentleman. Leonard is smart and savvy. And people care about the outcome of his fights. Leonard versus Marvelous Marvin Hagler two years ago was a showdown worthy of the legacy left by the 'Thrilla fights of Ali and Joe Frazier...
...remarks there, he said, "You might almost say that the Democratic Party today suffers from a split personality with a rank and file made up of some of the best of America, the silent majority....But the leadership, much of it, is a remnant of the '60s, the new left, those campus radicals grown old, the peace marchers and the nuclear freeze activists...
...least 20 states, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. There were 4,500 housing-discrimination complaints last year in the U.S., up from 3,000 in 1980. Racism is most likely to erupt when white homeowners feel threatened. Neighborhood segregation in northern cities is the most stubborn remnant of racial division in America. Often the bias is subtle. But on the front line are families such as the Sleds and the Scotts, whose experiences are shard-sharp examples of how overt and brutal racism in the U.S. can still...