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...whose speech, dress and demeanor reflect the in-your-face bravado of black urban adolescents and the rebellious fantasies of those in the suburbs. Taking direct cues from his audience, Simmons told Run-DMC to wear their dark glasses and black leather suits onstage and LL Cool J to retain his slouchy, bucket- shaped Kangol hat. He also encouraged Public Enemy to be politically controversial and BWP (Bytches with Problems) to be sexually explicit...
...central conundrum confronting designers was this: how to make a telescope mirror that could hold its shape against gravitational sag and gusting winds yet retain the capacity to make rapid adjustments to fluctuating temperatures. As mirror size increases, these two requirements begin to dictate different, and quickly contradictory, solutions. Very thick mirrors resist physical deformation extremely well, but because they retain so much heat, they tend to generate shimmering currents in the cold night air that play havoc with astronomers' observations. Very thin mirrors, on the other hand, have ideal thermal properties but a daunting physical handicap: as the telescope...
Lodge: I took what's called early retirement in England in 1987, though I still retain the little of Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham...
This was an important victory for Brown, which needed to bounce back from two consecutive close losses to retain their top-15 national ranking...
...Germany's military power cannot be ignored. Its armed force of 454,000 is Europe's largest. And it is assuming increasing responsibility for its security as the U.S. draws down its forces in Europe. Some German military demands are inevitable. If France and Britain retain their nuclear deterrent forces, for example, Germany probably will want to have a say in how they are used to protect a future united Europe. If not, says Valance, "Germany may one day decide to acquire nuclear arms to deal with the threat of the ones in Ukraine...