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Randall believes the answer to what physicists call the hierarchy problem may lie outside our visible world. Gravity may be weak compared to forces such as electromagnetism, because it is concentrated in another dimension...
...While working with Sundrum, Randall stumbled on a possible answer to why gravity is so weak compared to other forces. Gravity may not appear weak to the casual observer. But, as Randall explained to the crowd at a Science Center Research Lecture last month, a small magnet holding a paper clip resists the gravitational pull of the entire Earth...
...speech as he declared that the no-longer-secret surveillance program makes it "more likely that killers like these 9/11 hijackers will be identified and located in time." G.O.P. strategists argue that Democrats have little leeway to attack on the issue because it could make them look weak on national security and because some of their leaders were briefed about the the National Security Agency (NSA) no-warrant surveillance before it became public knowledge. Some key Democrats even defend it. Says California's Jane Harman, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee: "I believe the program is essential...
...competition between these two countries will serve only to enrich the profiteers and impoverish the rest of us. China pays low wages and has weak environmental standards. Its practices keep the poor poor. That isn't progress; it's modern-day slavery. Gerd Sch?nthaler Remscheid, Germany...
...China," depicting Michelangelo's David and a Chinese terracotta soldier arm wrestling, was extraordinary. My congratulations to the artist. Montano Riva Barbaran Longare, Italy The competition between these two countries will serve only to enrich the profiteers and impoverish the rest of us. China pays low wages and has weak environmental standards. Its practices keep the poor poor. That isn't progress; it's modern-day slavery. Gerd Schönthaler Remscheid, Germany Car Trouble Your article "How GM Can Fix Itself" did a fine job of enumerating the problems created by General Motors' management [Dec. 5]. But it didn...