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"And to put things into perspective, I've whipped up this handy infographic, comparing how $2.5 million compares to so many other things that we absolutely must have, and will not hesitate to pay for:"
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We haven't seen dark matter yet. We haven't, right? Sitting in a plenary talk at the APS April meeting today I started to have my doubts.
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Steve Coll "annotate[s] some of the initial headlines," providing a lot of background o Pakistan, Al Qaeda, and other topics.
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