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    Expanding Universe

    Feb 27, 1998 05:00 AM EST

    ... the universe is rushing away from us. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And so you're looking through the Hubble and other telescopes, right? ADAM RIESS: Right. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: These stars that are exploding billions of light years away. ADAM RIESS: That's right. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And then what do you do? ADAM ...

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    Birthday Letters

    Feb 18, 1998 05:00 AM EST

    ... on this subject. It's an industry of scholarship, and now we come to this voice, impossible not to justify yourself at some level. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: So you're hearing him justifying himself. BOB HASS: Oh, yes.ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Are you? DIANE MIDDLEBROOK: Not exactly. There's a story that ...

  • Canadian province sets gas, travel restrictions after floods

    Canadian province sets gas, travel restrictions after floods

    Nov 20, 2021 01:29 AM EST

    ... province and is restricting non-essential travel as highways begin to reopen following torrential rains that caused floods and mudslides. Provincial Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said non-essential vehicles will be limited to about 8 gallons (30 liters) per trip to the gas station. The order is expected to ...

  • Resisting labels, Edward Brooke broke barriers and embraced bipartisanship - Part 2

    Resisting labels, Edward Brooke broke barriers and embraced bipartisanship - Part 2

    Jan 06, 2015 02:14 AM EST

    ... much a man who was willing to buck his own party. Richard Nixon is a classic example. Senator Brooke opposed both Nixon Supreme Court nominees Haynsworth and Carswell successfully. And yet, by all odds -- and, as you said, he was the first leading Republican to call for Nixon's resignation ...

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    Highlights of Past Supreme Court Nominees

    May 26, 2009 02:10 PM EST

    ... and Fortas asks Johnson to withdraw his nomination. Early the next year, he resigns from the court. 1969 | President Richard Nixon nominates appellate justice Clement Haynsworth Jr. to fill the Fortas vacancy on the high court. Haynsworth quickly runs into trouble with conflict-of-interest charges similar to Fortas'. He ...