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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Education - Aug 21, 2008
D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announced plans yesterday to boost dismal achievement at half the city's middle schools by offering students an unusual incentive: cash.
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New robotic arm promises to mind Newton's third lawengadget.com » Engadget - Aug 8, 2008 Filed under: Robots Don't you hate it how simply moving a robotic arm in a microgravity environment can produce enough negative reaction forces to alter a spacecraft's orientation? Well, a group of researchers from … Also tagged: space, cornell, cornelluniversity, robot arm, robotarm, vomit comet, robotic arm, roboticarm, vomitcomet |
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New robotic arm promises to mind Newton's third lawengadget.com » Engadget - Aug 7, 2008 Filed under: Robots Don't you hate it how simply moving a robotic arm in a microgravity environment can produce enough negative reaction forces to alter a spacecraft's orientation? Well, a group of researchers from … Also tagged: space, cornell, cornelluniversity, robot arm, robotarm, vomit comet, robotic arm, roboticarm, vomitcomet |
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph World News - Aug 1, 2008
The modern culture of long working hours is setting back Women's Lib by years and pushing women back into the role of home-maker, according to scientists.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Jul 22, 2008
Consider the driver's license. That unimpeachable document you show to enter government buildings, get on a plane or go anywhere sensitive in this post-9/11 world. It's the cornerstone of our security these days, used …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Jul 21, 2008
Consider the driver's license. That unimpeachable document you show to enter government buildings, get on a plane or go anywhere sensitive in this post-9/11 world. It's the cornerstone of our security these days, used …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Jul 6, 2008
Washington area motorists kill more than 3,000 deer annually. What, then, to do with all that roadkill?
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zdnet.com » Software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Jun 17, 2008
ONe major rice grower in California is looking to sell green rice. "Green" as in solar-powered. Of course, like all crops, rice needs sun to grow and ripen. Now Far West Rice, Inc. of Cypress, California, is going to …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Print Edition - Jun 4, 2008
Prices have been soaring long enough and fast enough, economists say, that the nation is at risk of a self-reinforcing cycle of inflation like that experienced in the 1970s.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - May 28, 2008
Three years ago, Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern fomented an uprising against the AFL-CIO. Decrying the decline of membership and lack of focus on organizing, Stern marched a dissident …
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