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Education is a tricky battleground. "There's an emotion to it that makes it different from day laborers hanging out in front of the Home Depot," says Krikorian. In North Carolina an in-state-tuition bill died in committee in May after talk radio helped stir a furor "one hundred times bigger than Terri Schiavo," in the words of Kevin Miller, a host at WPTF in Raleigh. Many listeners were worried that expanded in-state rates would not only suck up taxpayer dollars but would also make it harder for their kids to get into top state schools like...
...Washingtonians, there are just two games in town: the contest for power and, of course, football. The editors of the sleek-chic Dossier magazine managed to stir the two together, with an added sexy splash for good measure. To go with the magazine's annual "Mighty 500" roundup of the most powerful people, they tacked on a skimpy cover story featuring Shari Theismann, former wife of the Redskins' injured quarterback, Joe Theismann, who left her last year for Actress Cathy Lee Crosby. The obviously fit mother of three is posed in a variety of revealing swimsuits, accompanied by copy that...
...proposed in 1971 by Schwarz and France's Andre Neveu to explain the workings of the strong force. Schwarz later refined the theory with another Frenchman, Joël Scherk, recognizing that it was potentially the ultimate Theory of Everything. But the enhanced theory initially failed to cause a stir. "No one ever accused us being crackpots," says Schwarz, "but our work was ignored." In 1979 Schwarz began working with Michael Green, and by 1984 the two were able to demonstrate on paper that their string theory was free of anomalies besetting other unified theories that included gravity. That proof finally...
...roping seemed quite complete without Taillon's booming, animated commentary. He became something more than legendary to those who followed the sport. Said one admirer: "I don't know what God looks like, but I know what He sounds like." In 1977 his daughter, Cyra McFadden, created a literary stir with her first novel. The Serial, a wry look at some laid-back suburban lives in California's Marin County. There was not much in this book, frankly, to attract die-hard rodeo fans. On the other hand, it seems fair to assume that most of those who bought...
...argue that the U.S. strike was not strong enough to attain its military objectives. It neither destroyed nor destabilized the Gaddafi regime. It may, instead, have compelled moderate Arab governments to rally behind Gaddafi. Mitterrand and Chirac complained to U.S. Envoy Vernon Walters that a limited bombing raid could stir up a new wave of Islamic extremism. "With a victory like that, who needs a defeat?" said Dominique Moïsi, a French strategic expert...