Scientists to Flesh Out George Washington's Appearance
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MOUNT VERNON, Virginia  - Americans know George  Washington as the dour founding father with white hair and  ponytail depicted on U.S. currency, but most people have little  idea what the nation's first president really looked like  beyond this stock image.
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A scientist spotlighted in our recent report on revolutionaries is publishing new advances.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004  Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet and more in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be ...
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Tourists visiting the U.S. capital  who hope to get a glimpse of the White House can now get a much  closer view after the government on Tuesday reopened the main  avenue in front of the building to pedestrians.
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President George W. Bush and his rival for the White House, John Kerry, are put under the microscope this week for their record on science, health and the environment.
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An experiment to reconstruct the deadly 1918 influenza virus has given a new insight into how the infection took hold of its victims.
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The US and French governments are working on plans for French President Jacques Chirac to visit Washington and meet with his US counterpart George W. Bush, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said at a news ...
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U.S. government scientists say they are developing ways to use computerized tomography imaging to analyze various types of wood.  The U.S.
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BOSTON Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston were looking for a better understanding of melanoma. What they&#39;ve come up with so far is a new explanation of why hair goes gray.
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The U.S. Mint said it launched a $1 coin on Thursday featuring George Washington, the first in a series honoring former U.S. presidents aimed at collectors and intended for use in vending machines and parking meters.
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Scientists have analyzed the genetic makeup of chickens, and it is providing valuable information about how human genes work. Washington University Genome Sequencing Center led a group of international researchers
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EXETER, England  - Scientists will step into a  feud between Washington and its allies over global warming at a  British-sponsored meeting this week.
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The area's technology executives have again embraced the idea that Washington is a government town. Over the years when government work was not considered fashionable, some tried to develop a separate identity for the region built on ventures in software, telecom, the Internet -- the whole gamut.
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It's a mystery even for researchers at the Smithsonian Institution:
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There's change in store for Thomas Jefferson &#151; on the nickel that is. He's getting his first makeover since being put on the coin in 1938.
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For a few minutes, George Washington looked again like the dynamic team that beat Maryland and Michigan State last month. Fast breaks were converted at a dizzying pace, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu was dunking away. But the Colonials couldn't hold an eight-point, first-half lead, and a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Xavier meant a 66-65 loss Tuesday night, erasing once and for all any notion that George Washington still belongs in the Top 25.
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President Bush's hair has become grayer and his face more creased during his time in the White House. But aides, friends and family see more dramatic changes. The ordeals of the past four years have made him more deliberate and focused than he was when he came to Washington, they say.