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...tests; so far, the system is 1 for 2. The first test, over the Pacific last October, blasted a fake warhead to smithereens. But the second, in January, missed by about 150 yards when a "few molecules" of water froze inside a cooling pipe 0.0035 in. in diameter--the width of a human hair--and shut down the interceptor's heat-seeking sensors. A third test is set for late June. Officials say a 1-for-3 record will justify construction of the missiles. Previously the Pentagon had said it was aiming...
...distance between Cuba and the mainland is less than 150 miles, a thumb's width on most maps. During the dusky gulf afternoons, it's possible to look out from Cuba's beaches and "see" the U.S. rippling on the waters. It's an optical illusion, but for young Cubans the mirage--and all its glitter of hope, promise and opportunity--is too real to resist. Most balseros expect a speedy journey, and some find...
Nature rarely bestows gifts on scientists, however, without exacting a price, and the price, in this case, takes the form of additional complications. Among other things, string theory requires the existence of up to seven dimensions in addition to the by now familiar four (height, width, length and time). It also requires the existence of an entirely new class of subatomic particles, known as supersymmetric particles, or "sparticles." Moreover, there isn't just one string theory but five. Although scientists could rule out none of them, it seemed impossible that all of them could be right...
CHESTNUT HILL--The line that divides a good team from a great team is often very small. For the Harvard men's hockey team on Friday, that line was about the width of a goal post...
...Admiral's song is passed from the stage to the conductor, we easily suspend disbelief. Such small touches also draw attention from the show's more uneven edges--which are few and far between. For instance, the stage is just a little too cluttered. In terms of width, the Agassiz Theater is a small space to begin with, but coupled with the fact that almost half of the performing space is reduced with the ship's quarter deck, the outcome is a cluttered stage. In crossing the ship, the sailors must take great pains to avoid the females' hoopskirts (their...