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...will be cold comfort to the displaced citizens of Times Beach. "Houk announced his decision with all the power and authority of science behind him," says Marcel LaFollette, a professor of science policy at George Washington University. "Now he's saying 'Never mind.' A reasonable person would ask the scientist, 'Why can't you make up your mind...
...fork, a key and a watch are placed on a metal table by a white-smocked scientist. A sepulchral figure grimaces with concentration as, by the power of mind alone, he bends into mangled lumps of metal the fork and the key, then the legs of the table and finally even the chair he is sitting on. Yet the watch barely shudders. "Timex," intones an announcer. "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." At last, television viewers understand that they have been watching a sly parody of both the famous Timex slogan and the sort of magic act often...
...HEAD (20th Century Fox) A bizarre comedy about a wisecracking, bodyless scientist and his eccentric brother and how they foil a plot to steal their secret hair-growth formula...
...steady whine of everything from chain saws and power lawn mowers to vacuum cleaners and dishwashers. And the din of leisure activities can be just as dangerous as the roar from the factory floor. "We have laws to protect the hearing of workers in noisy workplaces," says senior scientist William Clark of the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. "But there are no laws covering recreational noises." The most hazardous pastimes by far are hunting and target shooting -- enjoyed by nearly 13% of the population. A single crack of gunfire can hit 130 decibels or more, easily exceeding...
...election boundaries that will ensure winnable districts without aggravating Hispanics' tense relationships with blacks. In Houston, for example, blacks and browns have clashed over school-board realignments and a proposed city council expansion. "The big question is, Where do you draw the lines?" says Franklin Jones, a political scientist at Texas Southern University. "As Hispanics strengthen their push toward inclusion, we'll see more conflicts...