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Which underscores another point about Middelhoff. "I've learned to be flexible and wait for the right opportunity," he says. "But I have also been very lucky." Lucky enough to have a war chest at a time when Internet assets are dirt cheap...
...since it floats above Earth's constantly roiling atmosphere, the Hubble has been unrivaled in the sharpness of its images. No more. Using an ingenious technological trick to eliminate atmospheric blur, most of the new telescopes will soon achieve Hubble-quality focus--and even beat it under the right conditions...
...right. The Hubble's forte is taking brilliantly sharp pictures. But the real meat of astronomical discovery comes not so much in pretty photos of celestial objects but in the detailed analysis of their light. By smearing that light into a spectrum--the rainbow of its component colors--scientists can identify the chemical makeup of a star or galaxy, how far away it is and how fast it's rotating, among other data. If the image of a star is going to be smeared anyway, sharp pictures don't matter much, so ground-based telescopes are at no disadvantage...
...Venus, who sits next to her in their Fundamentals of Pattern Making class, is able to offer no support, panicked herself about a tiny tear she has made, despite, or perhaps because of, her extreme caution in removing staples from her brown-paper skirt pattern. "I want to quit right now," Venus says, stamping her foot. Just then instructor Mariella Adrian, standing at the front of the small class, yells, "If you're sloppy in the beginning, it will be sloppy in the end, and all the blame will be with you." Venus freezes. Serena puts down the scissors...
...program in Fort Lauderdale. Venus insists that within a few weeks she will land a real part-time job in fashion. And within three years, the sisters plan on designing their own lines, with Venus making pret-a-porter and Serena doing evening wear--and neither doing sportswear. "Right now we're sort of famous, and while you have a name, you might want to use it," says Venus. "We're going to school now, and we're seen out there looking fashionable...