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...John Edwards last Wednesday night and, less felicitously, by Al Gore in the 2000 campaign. The idea of an expansive, inclusive United States of America--a vision presented elegantly on Tuesday night by Barack Obama, the Kenyan-Kansan Senate hopeful from Illinois--has always been the straightest path to the country's heart, as Bill Clinton proved in 1992. These days, the choice has little to do with policy. Edwards and Obama, Clinton and Gore differ on few issues. But there is no more basic strategic or spiritual decision a politician can make: One America or two? A unifying campaign...
...People always look for the straightest, clearest path, so that's what we map to the robot," she says. The early result is SmartNav, a rover the size of a lawn mower that is controlled by a neural network capable of distinguishing sand, concrete and gravel. On Mars, such networks could keep rovers exploring rather than waiting for instructions...
Carlos J. Rojas ’04, who called Fonseca “just pure energy,” also mentioned Fonseca’s smile. “He walked in the door and took over instantaneously,” Rojas said. “He had the straightest, whitest teeth of any person I’ve ever met. Whenever he flashed them, we knew it was going to be a long night...
...whole new universe of hygiene and hip-huggers. Alas, contrary to what the superhero squad of gay transformers on TV might have you believe, not every gay man is endowed with flawless fashion sense. William L. Aronson ’04, a music concentrator in Winthrop House, is the straightest gay man you’ll ever meet. He may have come out of the closet, but he never embraced a stereotypically gay sense of fashion and personal maintenance. He shuns excessive grooming. His closet is full of plaid. He doesn’t even own moisturizer. Watch as FM?...
...often do you catch yourself trying to shave seconds off your daily routine? Perhaps you jab the "door close" button in elevators or take the straightest route across the grass instead of following the tortuous sidewalk. At this moment, you may be saving time by reading (or skimming) this review while eating with one hand, finishing an assignment with the other and simultaneously listening to music or television in the background. As James Gleick, author of the National Book Award nominated Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, attempts to show in Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything...