Word: scientists
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...moral standards for the world? In part because Americans have always felt themselves uniquely the standard-bearers of democracy and Western ideals and in part because they like the role of sole remaining superpower. "We have historically thought of American values as being universal," says Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, "and ones we have the responsibility and obligation to induce other societies to accept." Or as Kantor puts it, "The U.S., as the most powerful economic and military entity on earth, needs to provide leadership. I would hope and expect our partners to review their policies and go along...
Bainbridge was also the first scientist to discover that the decay time of radioactive materials may depend on chemical composition...
...would be built in nearby Palmdale, looks like no other spacecraft, and when Gore reached for a model airship shaped like a giant piece of pie, the group burst into applause. Undaunted, the Vice President plunged on with his scripted gag, "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand the importance of this moment...
Meanwhile, a mind-body duo of scientist (Jeff Goldblum) and fighter pilot (Will Smith) are placed on their respective traintracks of plot-line-toward-hero-ism. Rounding out the cast are stirring love interests ranging from noble stripper (Vivica Fox) to First Lady (Mary McDonnell) and a motley crew of often comic characters, including Star Trek's Bret Spiner ("Data") as a scientist in a secret...
...comic potential of fighter-pilot bravado when confronted by a threat so ludicrously daunting as a space invasion. And, exercising the techno-babble he learned in "Jurassic Park," Jeff Goldblum staves off the humorous bickering of his worrying father (Judd Hirsch) to save the world with the scientist's explain-it-all manner...