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...around. Hoffman, a principal scientist at the technology research firm Atmospheric & Environmental Research, in Lexington, Mass., forecasts a sunny future in which, say, stampeding typhoons could be safely corralled and driven back out to sea. The key to weather control, says Hoffman, is understanding that even the fiercest tempest is a delicate creature. And by exploiting the sensitivity of weather to tiny changes in the environment, Hoffman has successfully tamed two hurricanes, thus saving dozens of lives and billions of dollars in property--at least on a computer...
...Jetta G. Martin ’05, Annelisa H. Pedersen ’06, Jeremy J. Olson, Marin J.D. Orlosky ’07, Meredith E. Sandberg ’07, Karin C.L. Shieh ’05, Tina Y. Tanhehco ’05, Kit Tempest, Sonia K. Todorova ’07, and Timothy H. Wong ’05. Bring the kids; it’ll be fun for all ages. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office $5. 8 p.m.. Also Saturday at 8 p.m. Rieman Center for the Performing Arts...
...another time, Bush and Bartlett might have challenged the authenticity of the documents. But stiff-arming the press had failed during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and after the tempest over WMD claims in the State of the Union address, so the last thing Bush wanted was a credibility fight. "We couldn't challenge their veracity because then people would challenge ours," says Bartlett. A softer defense was hatched: Bartlett would hint that the alleged new evidence was being pushed by the President's political enemies but would stick to the talking points: Bush had been honorably discharged...
...dropping denouement to the MTV-produced halftime show, Justin Timberlake sang, "I gotta have you naked by the end of this song," reached across Janet Jackson's black leather bustier and exposed--well, yes. But he exposed more than that. What the Super Bowl incident (Nipplegate? Boobytrap? The Tempest in a C Cup?) also revealed was the hypocrisies of the entertainment and sports industries, the commercial culture and even the viewing public...
This is a tempest in a teapot. Wilson is a rabid leftist who is out to destroy the President. It's as simple as that. LARRY PARRISH Ballwin...