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...Born in the U.S.A." "I ain't gonna play Sun City." Lyric fragments that, once heard, become a whole political statement in miniature, a rhythmic testament of pride and conscience. There is another that belongs in their company. It is a simple declarative dedication, really, spoken quietly by Peter Gabriel: "This is for Steven Biko." And Biko begins, its incantatory drum sounds and eldritch rhythms working some deep magic before Gabriel even gets to the first verse...
...research, Charbonneau has worked to develop innovative techniques to discover and characterize planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. His work also considers the possibility of life on other planets...
Charbonneau said yesterday that he is currently focused on the MEarth Project, which involves building an array of ground-based telescopes to detect potentially habitable planets. These telescopes will focus on rocky planets orbiting nearby low-mass stars that are cooler and dimmer than the Sun. The first few telescopes have already been built in Southern Arizona...
...with a laugh, declining to mention the companies involved. Or consider the experience of Maha Sherif, president and CEO of Ageless Beauty, a beauty company based in Valencia, Calif., that markets Marvel-Minis, three separate light-based devices that are claimed to tackle acne (blue light), wrinkles (red) and sun spots (green). The brush-shaped tools ($225 each), which have not yet gotten the FDA's nod, went on sale at Nordstrom in April. "We ran out of stock in the first 30 days," boasts Sherif. "And I got phone calls from [potential partners and buyers] after just 20 days...
Almost as soon as Ann and Don Bender marked the 4th of July by planting a field of more than 3,500 flags - one for each of the American troops killed in Iraq- the elements began to take a toll. The baking sun and sudden storms of a Great Plains summer left the little flagsticks warped and broken and the fabric bleached and torn...