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U.S. President George Bush hosted a White House dinner breaking the fast of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush speaks during Iftaar Dinner at White House, 17 Sep 08 This was the ...
2008-09-17 06:43:00
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Scholars often speak of musical architecture, but it is very rare for an architect to become a composer. Iannis Xenakis, born in Romania to Greek parents, rose to become chief assistant to Le Corbusier before abandoning his craft to devote his ...
2008-09-17 05:25:00
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The Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) has expressed its commitment to taking the nation’s science education to the highest level. Bouyed by its success in spearheading major science curricula development in the country as well as its ...
2008-09-17 03:59:00
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Throughout this week, ESPN.com golf writer Jason Sobel will be live blogging from the 37th Ryder Cup, bringing you inside information and analysis from Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. Refresh this page often to keep track of all entries. Have a ...
2008-09-17 05:03:00
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COLUMBUS — Michele G. Wheatly, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Wright State University, will be inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame today, Sept. 18, Gov. Ted Strickland has announced. Springfield native Caro Bayley Bosca ...
2008-09-17 04:56:00
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BAGHDAD -- The U.S. focus in Iraq is fast shifting from fighting a war to preparing for its aftermath. The cornerstone of the transition is an effort to rehabilitate and release thousands of Iraqi detainees, including many former insurgents ...
2008-09-17 08:31:00
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A "spinometer" that can measure how far a politician is stretching the truth has been developed by software scientists. The programme analyses word use to distinguish between straight and devious talkers and give them a "spin value". Higher scores ...
2008-09-17 04:27:00
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Gier Elementary School’s math and science enrichment program is officially best in the state. The after-school courses titled “Astronomy and Mathematics—A Marriage Made in Heaven,” and “An Amazing Mathematical Tour,” won the Michigan Association of School Board’s Michigan’s Best Award for Improving Student Achievement in Math and Science in 2008.
2008-09-17 06:41:17
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For his outstanding contribution to Mathematics, Professor Manindra Agarwal of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) has been chosen as the first recipient of the Infosys Mathematics Prize.
2008-09-17 01:47:10
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By comparing early dinosaurs to their closest competitors, the curuotarsans, Steve Brusatte of the American Museum of Natural History and colleagues have found that dinosaurs had no special ability to dominate the landscape for 160 million years. Curuotarsans looked better during the Triassic, having twice the disparity (or variation in body plans) and evolving at similar rates until rapid global warming spurred extinction of most groups (except crocodiles) while nearly all dinosaur groups survived.
1969-12-31 04:00:00
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A new approach to determining which candidate will win the most electoral votes in the U.S. Presidential race factors in lessons learned from the 2004 election and uses sophisticated math modeling. The research will be presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
1969-12-31 04:00:00
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(AP) -- Before camera manufacturers one-upped each other with the number of megapixels, they one-upped each other with the zoom range of their lenses. And before that, in the 1960s, the "speed" of the lens, its ability to gather light, was the big selling point.
1969-12-31 04:00:00
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320 pp., hardbound, 2008. Series: Spectrum. ISBN: 978-0-88385-567-6 Sixteen original essays provide a sampler of current topics in the philosophy of mathematics, from the nature of mathematical objects (How can one tell when one mathematical object ...
2008-09-10 01:37:00
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John Glenn Center for Science Education Announced During Capitol Hill Event Recognizing Three Champions of Science Education ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the largest ...
2008-09-17 11:55:00
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Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda took your questions and comments concerning literature, books and the joys of reading. Each week Michael Dirda's name appears -- in attractively large type -- in The Post's Book World section, where he writes about ...
2008-09-17 02:18:00
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