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...Like many cockies, Burton is a mix of strong opinions and grit. Yet there's a sense that he has softened, perhaps even been humbled. Farmers are often derided by environmentalists and animal-rights activ-ists for not respecting the land and ill-treating their stock. "We were bastards before. Now we've changed," says Burton, pointing out several improved farming practices. "Let's work together and look after the land. But give us a break. I say, Sort out the cities first. You people could become another Indonesia." There's a Big Australia ethos behind his thinking. Burton believes...
...while Prince Charles ponders doomsday scenarios, millions of people already use the products of nanotech research every day without even knowing it. Consumers of Sunsorb brand sunscreen have nanotech to thank for that product's invisible protection against ultraviolet rays. And it's nanotech that makes Pilkington's Activ windows shed dirt in the rain. If these mundane marvels are not impressive enough, researchers will soon bring us toothpaste that coats, protects and repairs damaged enamel, as well as self-cleaning shoes that never need polishing. Nanotech may also lead to dramatic advances in energy production, defense technology and health...
...that were clearly conceived and engineered on the drawing board are far less appealing and not characteristically Scandinavian. The floor and table lamps (1979) of Denmark's Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup are dated high-tech novelty items. Norwegians Svein Gusrud and Hans Christian Mengshoel's Balans Activ chair contraption (1979), made in Norway, is equally uncharming. It consists of a kneepad connected by steel tubes to a padded seat, all of which is supposed to relieve pressure on the spine. It is, instead, a pain in the eyes...
Conspicuously few former antiwar activ ists, for instance, have taken up the cause of the victims of Hanoi's postwar repression. There has also been widespread concern over accepting refugees in such substantial numbers in a time of recession...
...became a cadet at Leningrad's military academy, where he lasted two years before being expelled for "antiStalinist" activ ities. Condemned, he spent the next seven years in Stalin's forced-labor camps. There he met the Russian girl whom he married...