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  • n  Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
  • n  an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
  • n  the state of the environment in which a situation exists
  • n  a magnifier of images of distant objects
  • n  electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

  • Joe Klein scopes out an Iowa poll showing the former vice presidential candidate with a surprising lead among Democratic Presidential hopefuls.
  • Like Google Earth for the heavens, WWT aggregates terabytes of astronomical data from the world's biggest telescopes to create a single virtual scope that anyone can look through.
News & Articles

  • Zooma Zooma Binocula
    This adapter connects an iPhone to spotting scopes or binoculars, turning your smartphone camera into a mega-zoom.                
    June 13, 2013 - Wired News
  • Chattanoogan.com - Chattanooga's source for breaking local news
    The 25th annual Scopes Festival again will include an activity featuring oral history shared through the generations. “Family’s stories are a wonderful way to keep alive first hand accounts of the trial,” according to Rebecca Tucker, coordinator of the event.
    June 12, 2013 - The Chattanoogan
  • Three-in-20 scopes used to examine GI tracts and colons dirty
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 8 (UPI) -- Three-in-20 flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes used to examine GI tracts and colons are improperly cleaned and may cause infection, U.S. researchers say.
    June 8, 2013 - UPI
Quotes

  • George Miller in Inside Bay Area
    If a person really scopes out what kind of assistance is available to them, there is substantial assistance available,said Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, which is scheduled to discuss...
  • Mike Holmgren in Seattle Times
    I can't tell you how long it's going to be. The cartilage and scopes typically can be two weeks, guys come back in two weeks, sometimes it's longer,Holmgren said. "We just have to see how it is."
  • Bruce Chapman in USA Today
    This is the Scopes Trial turned on its head,said Bruce Chapman, the Discovery Institute's president.

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