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...Unfortunately, to even the most ambitious of NASA's future telescopes, a distant exoplanet would be visible only as a tiny speck of light. We could never hope to see an alien landscape in detail - but perhaps we could see the speck brighten and dim as it rotated, the light of its sun reflecting off water and land...
...brighten up the place, I offer a housewarming present: a framed picture of me. Tester admires it a little too long and says he'll put it right above his desk--in a way that, if I did not know better, would make me think irony had reached Big Sandy, Mont. I cheerily point out that he's across the hall from Daniel Inouye, who is from Hawaii. "I get to say 'Aloha' every morning. Maybe he'll invite me to Hawaii," Tester says...
...Whereas once his indignation was trained on factory bosses, now it's Mellencamp's own broken-down self that's got him pissed. Producer T Bone Burnett creates delicate acoustics and puts the singer's disappointment ("Well I used to have some values") center stage. It will not brighten your day, but it's his best in a decade...
...three roommates enjoy what few other undergraduates can claim: singles, a spacious common room, and a skylight to brighten the days in Cambridge’s dreary winters...
...travel fantasy from the age of empire, but rugs are among the most practical pieces of furniture for the modern nomad looking to create a portable home. Originally designed to fit on pack animals, modest-sized rugs easily fold into airplane carry-on luggage; their irregular, hand-made patterns brighten up cookie-cutter hotel rooms; and as exotic gifts, they appease far-flung friends piqued by your absence from their wedding or the baptism of their child...