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...French terrorism analyst, the graduates of the camps "won't be plotting attacks in the heart of America, but they now feel they can attack America in their own backyards." Most terrorist acts in 2002--the bombings of a mosque in Tunisia, of a bus full of French contract workers and of the U.S. consulate in Karachi, together with the plans that al-Faruq has revealed--fit into this pattern of attacks by local groups on international targets...
...facial expressions. "I like to be on the wave of the next insanely great thing," he says. His motors work because the alloy nitinol can assume different shapes as its temperature fluctuates. An electrical current causes a nitinol wire in the device to shorten, allowing the linear motor to contract like a human muscle but at 1,000 times the strength. That's a simple task but an important one, and one MacGregor believes can reach markets worth $3.8 billion. The NanoMuscle, which costs less than $1 to make, qualifies as nanotech, the company says, because of the size...
Harrison said that because of the standing problem, students have also proposed suing Harvard for breach of contract, arguing that the Law School has an obligation to provide a non-discriminatory environment...
...than phone in votes for one of two finalists on Fox TV's American Idol, an overwhelming majority opted for substance over style, anointing former waitress KELLY CLARKSON over onetime door-to-door salesman Justin Guarini. The show followed 10 would-be stars as they vied for a recording contract by singing hoary pop standards, with the TV audience eliminating one contestant a week. Down to the last two, it looked as though the electorate might be swayed by Justin's topiary hair and solicitous smile. But in the show's laboriously drawn-out two-hour finale, Clarkson's vocal...
...April 19, 2001 Sigma Chi filed suit claiming that were entitled to ownership interest in the house since they had fulfilled their part of the contract. Pi Eta immediately filed countersuit...