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...silent for a moment. Then Sprague breaks into a smile...
...second day at Harvard, we woke up to what most of us had only known as an abstract concept. In the morning hours of Sept. 11, terrorism became real. As we graduate this week, we are faced with a similarly silent threat. If unchecked, our destruction of our climate will deeply and intimately affect all of our lives. Yet many of us think of this menace in the same detached way we used to think of terrorism...
Furry appeared before the HUAC in February and April and stated that he was not currently a member of the Communist Party. But, when questioned about his activities before 1951, he pled the Fifth Amendment—remaining silent rather than disclosing his affiliation with the Party while he worked as an MIT research associate during World...
...declined to comment. John Barry, the magazine's national-security correspondent, took the unusual step of providing a draft of the item to a "senior Defense official." According to Newsweek's account, the official challenged one part of the article, which did not involve the Koran allegation, but "was silent about the rest." After revising the portion the official had challenged, Newsweek published the item...
...more than 200 miles of test driving. In comparison, a Lexus RX 330, which is identical to the 400h but runs on a standard gas engine, got only 14 m.p.g. on our tests. At start-up and in slow city traffic, the 400h runs solely on its silent electric motors, making for a peaceful commute. The 400h handled well, accelerated quickly and quietly engaged its gas engine. Because the 400h has a power output similar to that of a 4-liter V8 engine, you never feel as if you are compromising performance for fuel economy, as with some early hybrids...