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...that doubt. "Suppose I have a pile of dirt in my backyard and I want to move it," he says. "I could spend months building the components, but I already have a lawn tractor, so what I need to do is add a front loader. Why not take the shortest path...
...true that our forebears could never agree when the cycle should begin. The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year as the Nile rose at the end of August. The Incans picked the year's shortest day (June 21 in the southern hemisphere), while Chinese New Year usually falls on the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice. It was Pope Gregory in 1582 who finally settled on Jan. 1 for Europeans. But wherever it lands, it serves its purpose: the past falling away, its demons chased out by bells and whistles and drums, a new year born...
David P. Maher is, in different senses, both one of the longest and one of the shortest serving city councillors. He was first elected to the council in 1999 and has since served four terms—but his most recent stint on the council is only two months old. (Though he placed 11th in the 2005 election, Maher regained his seat this September after Councillor Michael A. Sullivan resigned...
...Hartlepool's industrial heyday is long passed, but residents may be haunted by its consequences. A local health institute recently sponsored a conference to study the "invisible killers" in Hartlepool - toxins from long-gone plants that have helped make cancer the most prevalent killer in the city with the shortest life expectancy in England...
Taiwan views America's vocal opposition as more evidence of the influence that China wields. "Beijing now realizes the shortest route to Taipei is through Washington," says Loh I-cheng, a retired Taiwanese diplomat. "They are telling the U.S., 'It was you who spoiled this child. You should spank...