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Scientists have long known that some kind of dark matter exists. One clue is that many galaxies spin so fast that they should fly apart; the gravity from some unseen extra matter must be holding them together. Studies indicate this material surrounds the Milky Way galaxy in a roughly spherical halo. In regions of the universe where galaxies are clustered, dark matter seems to pervade the space within the clusters. Calculations suggest there is about 10 times as much dark as visible matter. That means that the gravitational pull of dark matter is 10 times as strong. Thus, it must...
Postcards from the Edge Hollywood has so much fun hating itself that the venom can taste like fine wine. Carrie Fisher puts plenty of savory laughs into her, well, perhaps slightly autobiographical script, and under Mike Nichols' direction, Meryl Streep parades her dazzling comedic gifts; she adds spin and sizzle to every...
Most Overleveraged Spin-Off Donald Trump's securities were revealed to be guilt-edged when he went public with an illicit dividend, model Marla Maples. Ivana's projections for a divorce settlement plummeted when the Donald's teetering real estate empire had to give credit where credit was due. Principle was lacking all round. Interest dwindled...
...past three months, Koosh Kins have ranked among the top 10 non-TV- promoted toys, according to The Toy Book, a trade publication. Says associate publisher Jim Silver: "If ((OddzOn)) created some sort of animation, they could do even better." That may be next. OddzOn hopes to spin off a TV program (Koosh Kin Kartoons?) and may soon have Koosh Kins klinging to sleeping bags and lunch boxes...
...what used to be the Iron Curtain smack into downtown Berlin. Following an argument with his girlfriend, a 20-year-old Soviet soldier from a base in Elstal, west of Berlin, had decided to cool off by taking his ACRV M-1974 artillery-command and reconnaissance vehicle for a spin. About 16 miles down the road, he rumbled into what was formerly West Berlin and headed down the fashionable Kurfurstendamm, hitting several cars -- though no people. As the soldier was attempting to return to his garrison, a Soviet sergeant stopped him with a distinctly low-tech ploy: he hopped onto...