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...rate of speed. As a result, the curvature of his mirror kept changing. Also he was unable to avoid vibrations, which set up ripples in the metallic pool. Wood was aware of another shortcoming of his telescope: because it always had to face straight up, it could not be swung around to point at interesting stars and galaxies or to take time-exposure photographs by following the celestial objects across the sky as the earth rotated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Taking a Mercurial Approach | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...playing brother Randy. Of his early encounter with the dense, hypnotic riffs of Coltrane, who inspired him to become a professional musician, he said, "There seemed to be too many notes lying around. I kept listening to it, though, until one day something clicked for me, and the doors swung wide open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 29, 2007 | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...They took advantage of the fact that now there weren’t that many people around,” Paik said. “The taller one swung an umbrella really hard at the top of my head...

Author: By Reed B. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspects Nabbed After Second Assault | 1/17/2007 | See Source »

...They took advantage of the fact that now there weren't that many people around," Paik said. "The taller one swung an umbrella really hard at the top of my head...

Author: By Reed B. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspects Nabbed After Second Daytime Campus Assault | 1/15/2007 | See Source »

...assisting the rich and powerful. When the 3-year-old son of a wealthy resident of Noida was kidnapped in November, police launched a massive manhunt and recovered the boy within days. Indian media were quick to compare the two cases. "In a suburb in which the police swung into action so expeditiously upon the kidnapping of a prominent CEO's son, how was it that dozens of children were being reported missing, but no action was taken?" editorialized the Indian Express...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Justice For All? | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

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