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...Thomas Jefferson. Perhaps we could use bits of dna that linger in their remains. We could raise the clones in structured isolation and see what they would do. If dna survives the decomposition of the human body, then we should examine the ultimate cloning possibility. Let's scrape the Shroud of Turin for whatever tiny bits of human matter may still cling to that cloth, clone the dna and find out if the Man of the Shroud was just some 14th century monk, as carbon dating apparently reveals, or if he really was the Son of God. Then perhaps...
This cloud, which can grow to thousands of miles across, is the comet's head, the light-reflecting shroud that turns an otherwise insignificant iceberg into a brilliant object. Just how brilliant depends on many factors. The solid comet's size is one, and Hale-Bopp, an estimated 20 miles across, is bigger than most. (Halley's was less than half as large.) Its history is another. Out in deep space, a comet can get encrusted with a layer of gummy dust. This layer can seal in most of the ice and prevent it from vaporizing. Some gas may spurt...
...photo, a man in a white suit standing on an aluminum ladder next to an ancient tree looks into the distance, a shroud of mists in the background. The view must be better from up there...
Despite the shroud of secrecy surrounding the council, when I learned about a meeting that was going to be held well after midnight at the Hasty Pudding Club, I knew I had to be there. Smelling my Pulitzer Prize in the balance, I begged anyone who would listen to let me sit in. I was promptly refused--absolutely no journalists allowed. I wasn't going to take no for an answer, however, and I resolved to stakeout the Pudding, to cover the meeting surreptitiously. But then I decided to write some e-mail and go to sleep...
...Amendment rights of states and local governments by forcing federal courts to impose a more exacting standard than the Supreme Court said was necessary in its 1990 ruling. Sixteen states joined Boerne's appeal in an amicus brief saying the law has allowed "gangs and like-minded groups to shroud illicit activity under the cover of religious belief." Terence Nelan