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...ocean. “There’s some modeling to indicate that objects of a few hundred meters across would [cause damage] comparable to what we saw in the tsunami in the Indian Ocean a few years ago,” said Brian G. Marsden, the director emeritus of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in a phone interview. And they’ll come eventually: kilometer-wide NEOs strike the earth every few hundred thousand years, with Tunguska-size NEOs striking about once per century...
...could be taking the stand. Whatever happens, this is bound to be a case that sets many precedents. "One of the unusual aspects of this case is the incredible length of time that's passed since the deaths, with everyone waiting for something to happen," says Michael Zander, professor emeritus of law at the London School of Economics. "And the number of witnesses involved is much larger than normal. But, then, there is no 'normal' when you're talking about Princess Diana...
...mail. “All of us wish that she will conduct her presidency so as to make Steve Balch’s misgivings inapplicable.” Winthrop Professor of History Stephan Thernstrom, who sits on the NAS board, declined to comment. Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus Edward O. Wilson, another NAS board member, did not respond to a request for comment. None of the three professors viewed the statement before it was released, according to Balch. Balch’s organization has itself come under attack by the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way, which has said...
Student delegates from six Asian universities expressed optimism regarding North Korea’s nuclear disarmament program, while also arguing for patience and caution in a panel discussion held at the Institute of Politics last night. The moderator, Ford Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus Ezra F. Vogel, began by asking the student panelists about their reactions to the recent multinational agreement in which North Korea agreed to take steps toward dismantling its nuclear program in exchange for fuel aid. Vogel noted that in light of the recent agreement, yesterday’s discussion was “much more...
...enigmas.”Honest Abe figures only slightly in one of the book’s essays, and even then it is not so much Abraham Lincoln as the photographs of him that interest the author. This fascination is typical for Trachtenberg, who is a professor emeritus of English and American Studies at Yale University. “Lincoln’s Smile” largely ignores the giant figures of America’s past in order to give an insightful analysis of the minute details of culture that are more frequently overlooked.This weighty but rewarding collection...