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...strength than the power of one idea. The flat tax may have put Forbes' name on the table, but it accounts for only a decreasing portion of his support: the supply siders, the IRS haters, the fiscal conservatives. Forbes himself cannily used the proposal to forge a much stronger alloy out of the angry, disaffected core of Republicans and independents, of voters who hate politics, hate politicians, hate the media and hate political media most of all. In essence he has taken up the banner of the Perot rebellion, but with a more upscale, libertarian theme. "The flat...
...Middle East 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Girls Against Boys on Friday, April 8. Slowdive on Saturday, April 9. Angelique Kidjo on Sunday, April 10. Upstairs: Small 23 on Thursday, April 7. U/D Alloy on Friday, April 8. Velvet Crush on Saturday, April 9. Lung Fish on Tuesday, April...
Today's world is measured in light-years and Mach speed, and sheathed in silicon and alloy. In the world of 999, on the eve of the first millennium, time moved at the speed of an oxcart or, more often, of a sturdy pair of legs, and the West was built largely on wood. Europe was a collection of untamed forests, countless mile upon mile of trees and brush and brier, dark and inhospitable. Medieval chroniclers used the word desert to describe their arboreal world, a place on the cusp of civilization where werewolves and bogeymen still lunged...
...must be built of materials that are both lightweight and capable of withstanding extraordinary temperature changes, from several hundred degrees below zero to several thousand degrees above. To reduce the risk of fatal meltdowns, the uranium fuel must be packed in tiny particles coated with several layers of carbon alloy and carefully machined to very close tolerances. And because the fuel gives off "hot" -- meaning radioactive -- by-products, it is inevitable that the escaping gas will pick up some radioactivity...
Today's manual mowers typically weigh about 20 lbs., less than half their clunky progenitors, thanks to lightweight alloy blades and polymer wheels. But for lawn connoisseurs, the manual mower's greatest advantage is its quality performance, claims Jim Hewitt, American Lawn Mower's vice president for marketing and sales. "A power mower can fragment the end of the grass like the split end of a hair," he explains. "A manual shears the lawn real smooth, like a crew...