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What the rovers will see both inside the samples and elsewhere promises to be considerable. In addition to the four cameras perched at the top of the mast, two in front will help the vehicles go where they need to, and two in back will help them steer. Most impressive, a microscopic imager on the robot arm will do close-up work, squinting deep into rocks to study their texture. "This thing's got eyeballs all over the place," says Squyres...
...good shoe salesman is a bartender and shoes are the rich woman's whiskey. "You become their psychologist. You get to know who is getting a divorce and who is having an affair," he says. Since many of them go to the same charity functions, he has to steer them away from the same shoes, especially when relationships become entangled. And like a bartender, he's glad to push his wares on those in need. "When they say, 'I just bought these to pick myself up,' that feels good. That's how it should be," he says...
...from Washington did the King offer the sisters his hospitality and protection. The terms of exile may not be in writing--one source described it as a "gentleman's agreement"--but they are nonetheless precise. The sisters are to maintain the lowest possible profile and steer clear of any activity that may be construed as political, according to a Jordanian politician. That includes talking to the media--they were permitted only two interviews, one each with an Arab outlet and a Western...
...suggestions about what secret information to put in the dossier. Two weeks ago, after Kelly first came forward, the Ministry of Defense issued a release that described Kelly's rebuttal of Gilligan without naming him. But reporters soon identified him; indeed, they were led to Kelly after a quiet steer from government officials. Thrust into the limelight, and finally called to explain himself before the Foreign Affairs Committee, Kelly faced a terrible bind. If in chatting to Gilligan, he had suggested that Campbell "sexed up" the dossier, he may have overstated what he actually knew. Before the Committee, he either...
...especially the young, so the issue has become less about taste than national pride. "We don't want to be told what to do," says Takanori Nagatomo, chief of the Whaling Section of the Fisheries Agency. Until the whole country decides to go whaleless, Shamu would be wise to steer clear of Japan...