Word: yes
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...Outliers "If you really want to push the envelope, then how about Damascus or Tehran?" asks Hooper. "Now that would make an impression." Yes, but it would be seen as rewarding states that support terrorist groups, and there's no indication the White House is considering either city. Baghdad? Still too dangerous. Riyadh? Obama would be seen as being in the pocket of the Saudi royal family. Oman, Bahrain ... the list could...
TIME: You write about why we get dizzy - the liquid in our inner ears sloshes around. Is that similar to when people get motion sickness? ??Bentley: Yes, it is. We're all hardwired to correlate a jolt in our balance with a jolt in our vision systems; that helps us maneuver through the world. If one happens without the other, it's a bit weird and we don't like it so much. Basically, if you're in a vehicle, your vision is stationary. You aren't seeing the bumps in the road, but you are feeling them...
...claim that if you scratch the top part of a CD, where the label is, it's actually worse than if you scratch the bottom. Yes, it's surprising, isn't it? The laser looks through the clear bit, so we assume that's the delicate side. But actually, because of the way they're made - you start off with this lump of clear plastic and then you stick the foil on it, and then you stick a label on top of that - it's much thinner on the label side than it is on the other side...
...news reporter and editor for more than 50 years, I feel that newspapers can save themselves. How about concentrating on purely local news instead of trying to reflect what readers saw on cable TV the day before? Publish local school lunch menus, city-hall doings and, yes, local police and court reports. As for coverage from Baghdad and Kabul, editors can rely on the Associated Press and other news organizations with respected reporters. Gang reporting wastes time and money. Frank Real, Palmer, Mass...
...answer, of course, was less important than what Burmese living under one of the world's most Orwellian regimes thought. And what they said surprised me. Yes, some deemed the elections "useless." Others conceded that the obstacles to even a semblance of electoral freedom are formidable. Before a single vote is cast, Burma's elections will be rigged. The newly minted constitution ensures that top leadership posts are reserved for the military, which, above all, appears to be motivated by self-preservation. Many members of the political opposition - including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who still languishes...