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...Universe in the Classroom Contains basic information about the spacecraft's journey to Saturn, its history and objectives. Also includes tools for educators who would like to teach their students about the exploration. From NASA's presentations and slide sets to the gingerbread Cassini model, there is something available for every grade...
That kind of prejudice is hard to undo, but it's a shame Beatty's slide show did not mention that in the U.S., it's almost always Sikhs who wear turbans, not Muslims. Last year a Sikh truck driver who was wearing a turban was shot twice while standing near his tractor trailer in Phoenix, Ariz. He survived the attack, which police are investigating as a hate crime...
...with itself over the issue of slavery. Haiti, burdened by its postindependence isolation and the 100 million francs in payment it was forced to give France for official recognition--an amount estimated to be worth nearly $22 billion today, which some Haitians insist should be repaid--began its perilous slide toward turmoil and dependency, resulting in a 19-year U.S. occupation and two subsequent interventions in the past 100 years. In Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson presented dire warnings about what might happen to the U.S. political system in a worst-case scenario, but his words turned...
...Dillon, a partner at Foley Hoag, the Boston-based law firm that sponsored the event. Prosecutors and regulators are circling, the executives were told. Would-be whistle-blowers are collecting promotional materials, saving e-mails, taping phone calls--in the hope of sharing in a jackpot settlement. A PowerPoint slide at the conference showed a kitten (representing the drug industry) in front of a row of German shepherds (the federal regulators), unleashed and ready to pounce...
...that China's purchases of American securities are slowing. Japan's appetite for U.S. bonds might also begin to ease, if its own economy continues to recover, making domestic investments more attractive than buying American debt. If China and Japan lose their hunger for American assets, the dollar will slide. The question is: how far and how fast? A gradual drop would boost U.S. exports, cut its trade deficit, and help silence protectionist American politicians who demand that trade barriers be raised against Asian countries. But a free fall in the dollar would trigger panic throughout the world's financial...