Indeed, the hyperactive star, which is part of a two-star system called RS Ophiuchi, may be teetering on the brink of going supernova and could
obliterate itself in just a few hundred thousand years, suggest Jennifer Sokoloski of the HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics and her colleagues.
Recurrent eruption: explosive stellar saga
In this respect, too, Watkin has strengthened the book by adding accounts on urbanism and context to each chapter, and his observations demonstrate why the tabula rasa is desired by those who ignore, corrupt, and
obliterate the genius loci.
Best in the west
IRISH President Mary McAleese yesterday said Britain tried to "
obliterate" Irish culture during its time as colonial master.
Brits 'tried to wipe out our culture'
The Taliban, which interprets Islam to forbid idolatry of any kind, used anti-aircraft weapons, tanks and rocket launchers to
obliterate the ancient statues.
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Granatstein writes that history is no panacea for our national ailments, but a nation cannot afford to forget and
obliterate its past: "Too often in the last half-century, Canadians seem to have done just that, and it is time to restore the past to its proper place in our national consciousness...." We might add that, as Raymond de Souza has recently reminded us in Catholic Insight, Christianity is a historical religion and a sense of history is necessary to religious consciousness.
Who Killed Canadian History?
Mary Elizabeth Perry draws back the veil of silence and seclusion to show how morisca women survived and resisted Christian efforts to
obliterate their culture, and Alain Saint-Saens examines the gender-based suspicions confronted by women hermits who pursued a solitary path of piety outside convent walls.
Spanish Women in the Golden Age: Images and Realities
The networks also
obliterate power and privilege when they cover their favorite topic: themselves.
Masks and ratings
He argues that even turning to Christianity did not
obliterate the slaves' African-influenced tradition of either aggressive action or trickster-like behavior.
From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom
inferred from this that "Congress is thus under the impression that expenditures for market studies and feasibility studies, as at issue here, are fully deductible if incurred by an existing business undergoing expansion." To hold otherwise, the court stated, would "render [sections]195 meaningless for it would
obliterate the reference point in the statute" of expansion of an existing trade or business.
Possible impact of INDOPCO decision on business start-up expenditures
While mulling over whether I would submit to an interview, I jotted down thoughts I had about Judaism's ancient history and how I believed that the intention of the Third Reich was to not only kill Jews, but to
obliterate the history of the Jews.
Stanley Tigerman
As long as we continue to let the Christian right hijack our Constitution and
obliterate the separation between church and state, who is to say that four years from now ray own marriage, which is between Catholic and Jew, won't be deemed unlawful?
Human issues
Unionists said they were working with vaporised explosives to create a searing napalm-like fireball that would
obliterate buildings and kill anyone in the vicinity.
IRA suspects' superbomb
Divorce, feminism, unisex, and mass media that specialize in sex and violence have all conspired to
obliterate any clear and compelling notion of what it means to be a mature and responsible man.
Is there life apart from sex? (the transition into manhood should not be sex, but the combination of sex with love in marriage)
The Khmer Rouge attempted to
obliterate it, and failed.
Twilight of the Khmer Rouge?
This film, featuring the well-advertised promo line "The coast is toast," is about a sudden volcanic eruption in Los Angeles that threatens to
obliterate Southern California.
From the west coast to the Big Apple: the AU road show