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...theories of stellar formation dominate astrophysics. One holds that as gravity pulls together a massive cloud of interstellar material, the cloud is spun down sufficiently by magnetic coupling with the surrounding gas to form a star...
Shklar, recent recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, could well have spun dross from a theoretical tower or availed herself of that luxury--abstraction--which so often makes political theory no difficult. Instead, and without making it sound like a how to for political pet owners, the book is "for and about us." "I don't pretend," Shklar writes, "that I am writing a letter from some distant ethical galaxy or addressing strangers...
...watched the ball sail into the left field seats, Bevacqua jumped in the air and spun around at first base. He pumped the number-one sign with a finger as he rounded second, and as he trotted around third. Bevacqua pressed both hands against his lips and blew a kiss, he said was meant for his wife in the crowd of 57,911 at Jack Murphy Stadium...
...step by selling its energy businesses to Phillips Petroleum for $1.7 billion. The units sold include Aminoil, an oil and gas exploration concern, and Geysers Geothermal, which produces steam for power generation in California. It was the second major divestiture of the year for Reynolds. In June the company spun off its containerized shipping subsidiary Sea-Land to shareholders...
...earliest and most colorful. It gave birth to the video-game industry and churned out amusements like Pong, Asteroids and the home version of Pac-Man. It saw its sales explode from $30 million in 1976 to a peak of $2 billion in 1982. It spun off famous employee alumni, like Steven Jobs, co-founder and chairman of Apple Computer. Physically, it spread to 49 buildings around Sunnyvale, Calif. But its fall came even faster, as a fickle public cooled to its video games. Losses hit $539 million last year. Not even TV commercials featuring M*A*S*H Superstar...