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...kite with a wire poking out of it high over Philadelphia. As the skies darkened, the kite's hemp string bristled with electricity, like a cat's fur after being stroked. Franklin brought his knuckles close to a brass key dangling from the end of the string. A spark leaped through the air, giving him a powerful jolt--and immeasurable pleasure. No longer could anyone doubt that the small electrical charges created in popular 18th century parlor games and the Jovian bolts thundering from the heavens were one and the same...
Yesterday’s favorable decision in Lawrence v. Texas is certain to spark a firestorm in the political world. This year has seen gay marriage legalized in Belgium and the province of Ontario, and legalization on its way in the rest of Canada. Democratic presidential candidates are furiously courting gay audiences, while conservative groups are grumbling forebodingly that they might look elsewhere in 2004 if President Bush seems too friendly to gays. Already, these groups have been successful in their efforts to force U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to call off the Justice Department?...
...nightly affair, and pro-clergy vigilantes had retaliated by storming a dormitory and injuring 50 students. "Our society now is like a room full of gas," proclaimed Hadi Kahhal Zadeh, a member of the Office to Foster Unity, Iran's largest student organization, "ready to ignite with a small spark...
...number of colleges are assigning homework before their freshmen even set foot on campus--mandatory summer reading. The schools typically choose one book that will spark debate, remind freshmen that there is life outside the undergraduate ivory tower--and not be too heavy to make it from the bookshelf to the beach. Here's a look at some books on incoming freshmen's reading lists for this summer. --By Molly Worthen...
...capital, Harare. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained for a day and then rearrested later in the week on fresh treason charges. Zimbabwe's Lawyers for Human Rights said it had received reports of arbitrary detentions, assault and torture. While calls for the biggest demonstrations "since independence" failed to spark - soldiers wearing no to mass action T shirts took up positions on Harare's street corners just to make sure - business ground to a halt. Faced with its worst economic meltdown since independence, the government printed "emergency" money. The clampdown seemed to be working; opposition leaders said further protests would...