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...comfort, but, finding no solace, his mouth crumples, his body stiffens, and he lets rip an almighty shriek of distress. Mom picks him up, reassures him, and two minutes later, a chortling and alert Daniel returns to the darkened booth behind the screen and submits himself to Babylab, a unit set up in 2005 at the University of Manchester in northwest England to investigate how babies think...
...even before the meeting ended, U.S. reporters were already pressing Gates to talk about U.S. intentions towards Iran-especially in light of the U.S. sending a Patriot missile unit to the Gulf and a U.S. aircraft carrier to the region as a show of force. In his mild voice, Gates said Iran was playing a "very negative" role in Iraq and thinks the U.S. is "tied down" by its mission in Iraq. Then, with none of the bluster of Rumsfeld but all the punch, Gates delivered an unmistakable message-the U.S. was, by shuffling military assets on Iran's doorstep...
...Then Gates's party climbed on a slate-gray C17 flown by an Air Force reserve unit from McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. C17s are the low-slung, fat-bellied high-performance cargo aircraft that move everything the U.S. government needs moved, from presidential limos to Humvees. Today, their load was the Secretary of Defense and his straphangers. The plane has a massive interior space, with small canvas seats along the sidewalls for crew and most travelers. But parked square in the middle of the plane's floor on this trip was the Pentagon's "Silver Bullet," actually...
...Though the institute had a library, a research center, and a 40-year-old fellowship program, Radcliffe alumnae were confused by the merger agreement that had made their alma mater into just another unit of Harvard...
...charged with keeping the fourth-ranked Dartmouth offense, which enters the weekend averaging 4.11 goals per appearance, off the scoreboard. Senior forward Gillian Apps leads the country in that category with 1.19 goals per game. And the Big Green is no slouch on the defensive end, either. That unit also ranks fourth, allowing just 1.50 goals per contest. Harvard, however, is second in both fields, tallying 4.50 goals per game and permitting just 1.28. And sophomore Jenny Brine can match Apps in scoring acumen. Brine leads the nation with 20 goals, 15 power-play strikes, and six game-winners.What has traditionally...