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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Deborah G.
Douglas</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Curator, Science &
Technology Collections , MIT Museum</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>"First Flight, First
Fabric-Aviation's Most Precious Relic</b></font>"</div>
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<div align="center">Deborah Douglas uses a small piece of fabric from
the Wright Brothers flyer as the starting point for a fascinating
lecture on the history of flight, and reflects on the meaning of
flight today. This talk is part of the Museum's monthly gallery
talk series,<b> Object Lessons</b>, and was held on</div>
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Wright Brothers first flight. </div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">The Center for International
Studies</font></div>
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presents</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>"Iraq: WHAT
NOW?</b>"</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">A panel discussion moderated
by MIT's Stephen Van Evera</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Panelists include Juan Cole
from the University of Michigan and Ivo Daalder from the Brookings
Institute.</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">While the country is
involved in a heated and long debate about the U.S. role in Iraq, the
Center for International Studies hosted this lively talk that is long
on insight and not short on opinions.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"> "The Militarization of Science
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