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...Hussein's regime in April. The suicide car bombing at Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad last week, which took the lives of 12 victims, was particularly distressing to aid workers worldwide, who have come under assault in myriad conflict zones in recent years. "This is one hell of a shock," says Marc Joolen, project coordinator for Doctors Without Borders in Brussels...
...spacecraft that has traveled farther than any other man-made object. Scientists differ on Voyager 1's precise location, but radio transmissions from the probe indicate that it has entered or is about to enter a turbulent border zone more than 13 billion kilometers from Earth called "termination shock," where matter from interstellar space slams into radiation emitted by the Sun. Data sent by Voyager 1 showed a marked drop in the speed of solar winds and a hundredfold increase in charged particles, some of which probably originated in deep space. "Voyager is beginning to explore the final frontier...
Much of the trouble surrounding the facemash could have been eliminated if only the site had limited itself to students who voluntarily uploaded their own photos. Instead of the shock of seeing your awful first-year image broadcast to the world at large for open competition, such a site would have brought joy to attention-seekers and voyeurs alike. A site that allows us to succumb to the guilty pleasure of judging our friends and enemies in an e-Darwinist free-for-all would be acceptable—and hilarious—so long as its targets all choose...
...It’s been just like shock and awe.... I think it will take many years to undo the damage. It’s a horrendous and serious blow to the university and one that undermines a lot of the genuine accomplishments of John Silber. That’s the irony,” the faculty member said...
...death comes as a shock, for he was a model of strength and commitment—both to scholarship, and commitment to his family,” said Stephen Maizlish, associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington...