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...region's traditional separatism. For the first time in the history of Ukraine, says Ihor Derzhko, deputy chair of the regional legislature in Lviv, "the orange revolution has fused us with the rest of the country." Derzhko believes the east's succession threats are a political ploy to wrench concessions from the new government. Those threats are a powerful weapon for the Kremlin, though for now Russian President Vladimir Putin is talking sweet. On Friday, he told visiting Spanish PM Jos? Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero that he "could only be pleased" if Ukraine were to be welcomed into the E.U. "Ukraine...
...White House has yet to take a stand on the legislation?and little wonder, given that one of the bill's provisions could lob a monkey wrench into the six-nation talks. President George W. Bush's Administration has recently shown more willingness to parley with North Korea, making carefully hedged offers of oil and other aid in exchange for nuclear disarmament. The bill, however, specifies that the human rights of North Koreans should be "a key element in future negotiations." Diplomats participating in the six-nation talks?which include South Korea and China, a Pyongyang ally?have...
...Hawking threw a theoretical monkey wrench into the works. It was known that empty space is bubbling with "virtual particles"--pairs of particles and antiparticles that spontaneously appear out of nowhere, then annihilate each other and vanish. That happens so fast the particles can hardly be said to exist. But if it happens right at the edge of a black hole, Hawking realized, one particle might fall in before the annihilation, leaving its twin to escape in the form of radiation. Because the books of the cosmos must balance, the particle that escaped would have to be subtracted from...
...first, TaylorMade's r7 Quad driver looks, well, screwy. The season's most buzzed about golf club has four holes in its head and four weighted cartridges that are screwed into them with a special wrench--the first mass-market club with such features. It allows golfers to set tee-shot trajectory and direction to their liking at the start of a round, without breaking the rules. TaylorMade is betting that the Quad's $600 price won't scare off serious swingers, who seem to have an insatiable appetite for whizbang clubs like the Big Bertha, the last...
...carry furniture was unheard of, as was the idea that all Ikea products--from furniture to the now famous mobile kitchens--could be packed in flat, stackable boxes that could be mailed or transported and reassembled at home. Furniture shopping has never been the same since Kamprad threw his wrench into the system. --By James Scully