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...into a red giant. And that, the Ruhr researchers speculate, is probably what Sirius B was when the Babylonians--and then the Greeks, Romans and Franks--gazed skyward. To the unaided eyes of the ancients, the two closely spaced stars looked like a single pinpoint, with a decided reddish tint imparted by the dominating giant. The combined light of the binary pair would certainly have been brighter than it is today, and indeed Babylonian cuneiforms tell of Sirius' being visible in the daytime...
...huge bay windows and impressive brass-wheel chandeliers decorated with stylized tulips. The walls are paneled with mirrors and dark wood, and green stripes adorn all the upholstery. On an overcast day, the interior can verge on the austere, but the sun infuses it with a soft greenish-gold tint that puts patrons instantly at ease. Food is fresh but basic: salads, sandwiches and sweet and savory crepes. Coffee is served in style, arriving in handsome cups printed with a Cubist motif. For Brinek, the café, which may well be the only complete Cubist interior in the world...
...huge bay windows and impressive brass-wheel chandeliers decorated with stylized tulips. The walls are paneled with mirrors and dark wood, and green stripes adorn all the upholstery. On an overcast day, the interior can verge on the austere, but the sun infuses it with a soft greenish-gold tint that puts patrons instantly at ease. Food is fresh but basic: salads, sandwiches and sweet and savory crepes. Coffee is served in style, arriving in handsome cups printed with a Cubist motif. For Brinek, the caf?, which may well be the only complete Cubist interior in the world, has been...
EADS is not alone. In recent years foreign companies have streamed into American burgs to tint themselves red, white and blue enough to tempt the world's biggest shopper: the U.S. Department of Defense. The 25 countries of the European Union spend only about half what the U.S. does on defense, even though the Continent has a larger GDP than the U.S. has. Since Sept. 11, the Pentagon's budget has increased 41%--to $419 billion a year. Ralph Crosby, the West Point graduate and defense-industry veteran who runs EADS's North American operations, says the company, which sells...
Mansfield offered another hypothesis for the bluish tint to the ivory tower...