Obama also has encountered resistance from Democrats who are reluctant to support his economic stimulus package because they object to his hard line against earmarks and his proposed tax breaks for businesses.
If an object floating through space passes near the line of sight between the earth and a distant star, its gravity should, according to the theory of relativity, bend and focus the light from that star.
That's the amazing thing about photography, says Ronen Goldman: If the light falls on the object just the right way, if the shadows line up naturally, our brains allow us to believe the unbelievable.
This exploits one of the predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity: that the path of a beam of light (which is a straight line in empty space) is bent inwards by the gravity of a massive object.
She was thinking about the effect on her of a line from the play-within-the-play, where Thomas kneels before Dunayev, the object of his perverse desire.