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Result: the second beam was compressed more than 100 millionfold in length and "stored" in the form of altered energy states and spin patterns in the atoms. When the triggering beam was turned back on, the light was reconstituted and sped...
...defeating the nomination. They just want more time to broadcast their opposition, which they hope will compromise the reputation of Ashcroft's supporters. "Ashcroft's opponents [mostly liberal Democrats] are delighted by the delay," says Waller, "which has given grassroots activists more time to work," and spread the negative spin on the nominee...
Despite the shameless Republican spin since election night about vote counting, and the hypocrisy of wanting ballots counted when it suited the G.O.P. and not wanting them tallied when it didn't, the simple truth is that the Bush team prevented a proper recount on the presumption that it had lost Florida and therefore the presidency. Aided by a partisan Supreme Court decision, Bush is now President-elect. He may have the largely ceremonial public endorsement of his former opponents, but this does not make him a legitimate President. Politically speaking, the Republicans got away with murder. JOE MANRESA Schiedam...
...message from the Vatican has always been that the Pope has no plans to retire, and that may not be spin. In his talk yesterday, the pope said there were other men worthy of being made cardinal, and that he hoped to elevate them in the future. To hear the pope say this himself means he plans to be around for at least another three years. And he's even planning new trips. He'll go to the Ukraine in June. So there's little to suggest he has any immediate plans of retirement...
...even still have weapons of mass destruction. And Iraq is not a democracy. (Nor is Kuwait, for that matter, almost a decade after it was liberated by a U.S.-led alliance.) You may be forgiven for thinking that way, but you'd also be wrong. Because despite the official spin at the time, the Gulf War was not about Saddam Hussein or democracy or even weapons of mass destruction...