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...days after Barack Obama's remarks about the bitter religion clingers of Middle America were made known, a near mob of conservative intellectuals sought to place his "élitism" in proper historical context. George Will located Obama securely in Adlai Stevenson's wine cellar, representing the effete strand of liberalism that corrupted F.D.R.'s party of the working people. William Kristol went straight for the main chance, positing Obama as a direct descendant of - yes - Karl Marx, who famously proclaimed religion to be the "opiate" of the masses. As the Marx meme fluttered across Fox News, you could almost hear...
...going to take anything for granted, that's why you're seeing the investment of resources and time in this state," Kathleen Strand, Clinton's spokeswoman in Pennsylvania, told me, sitting at a folding table in Clinton's Philadelphia offices as volunteers unpacked boxes of phones, chairs and tables. "We know that Senator Obama is going to run heavy ads and is spending a lot of money in the state after, I think, initially trying to downplay the role of Pennsylvania in the process. Certainly he and his campaign are now showing that they're taking this state very seriously...
...Hair also makes a good forensics tool because it tends to stick around, decomposing at a much slower rate than other parts of the body. A criminal may unknowingly leave behind a strand of hair, a clue for detectives now to follow up on. "A single hair can determine a person's location during the past weeks or even years," says Cerling...
...which generate a charge when compressed. That's the principle behind one of the most innovative forms of energy-scavenging: rain-harvesting. Researchers led by Jean-Jacques Chaillout at France's Atomic Energy Commission found that a 25-micrometer-thick strip of piezoelectric material (the diameter of a thin strand of human hair) could produce about 1 microwatt per raindrop. That's barely noticeable, but it could be enough to power environmental sensors, especially in areas where condensation is constant--like the inside of a nuclear power plant's cooling towers. "When you add up all the materials and costs...
...access cards and keep doors locked at all times. To increase security outside of the Yard, the College’s 12 upperclass Houses hired 24-hour security guards at the beginning of the semester after an undergraduate was caught producing counterfeit Harvard IDs. Thayer resident Oliver D. Strand ’11 said that the robbery did not make him feel unsafe in the dorm. “Everyone who I’ve encountered in the house is very nice, and I don’t think this happens often,” said Strand...