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...space, the LCROSS will separate from the LRO and embark on its own trajectory toward the moon. The LCROSS will lag behind, spending four months in a sweeping orbit that will carry it around both Earth and the moon; throughout its flight, it will remain attached to its upper stage rocket, separating from it only during its final approach to the moon. The rocket stage will then speed ahead, aiming for a deliberate crash in one of several craters in the south lunar pole in which the LRO's sensors will have detected signs of water ice. The collision will...
...fast-forward a bit - you've now played some 10,200 concerts under nine philharmonic conductors. Is walking onto that stage before a performance now very different from when you started playing? There are a lot of similarities. It's the same rush, the same concentration. You try to make it a first-time experience. It's a challenge every time...
...Iran's Arab neighbors, all of whom worry that Tehran will get nukes if Obama makes too nice. "Right now we're trying to make this work," a senior Administration official said, paraphrasing Ross's talking points. But, he continued, "by drawing everyone in, we're also setting a stage that creates a justification if this doesn't work, to do [pause] dramatically different things...
...some 5 million Palestinian refugees to return to what is now Israel. "Justice and logic dictates that the problem of the Palestinian refugees must be solved outside the borders of the state of Israel. There is broad national agreement on this," he said to thunderous applause from a stage at Bar Ilan University. He also reiterated Israel's intention to keep a grip on Jerusalem, which Palestinians also want as their capital. The Palestinian reaction was unsurprising. Said Palestinian chief negotiator Saib Arekat: "In a thousand years, no Palestinian leader will accept this...
...beginning of the second stage of our revolution. It was after this that we rediscovered our true Islamic identity." -Defending the 1979 seizure of U.S. hostages at the American embassy in Tehran. (New York Times...