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Dynamics of progress: the Pacific that John Keats' stout Cortez (actually, it was fat Balboa) beheld has become the Pacific Rim, and out over the horizon the Sandwich Islands have turned into an American state, Hawaii, where men may marry each other now. American fast food will gobble up China. The planet contracts to the size of a grape...
When I first beheld this hipster concoction, I got all tingly. After all, it seemed like my ticket for adventure on the wheels-that is, clickwheels-of steel. But it didn't take long before I realized that a) I am not a DJ, and b) it'd be almost impossible to build a fully functioning iPod turntable rig. In fact, it could only be done with Apple's direct assistance, and that probably isn't a priority at the moment. I don't fault Numark; this product comes from the makers of some of the finest DJ equipment...
...they beheld the devastationwrought by Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans, residents of San Francisco had a sense of foreboding about their own proud and beautiful city. Ever since 1906, when a massive earthquake along the San Andreas Fault killed thousands and left an estimated 225,000 people homeless, San Franciscans have lived with the knowledge that one day another cataclysmic temblor will rock the ground beneath their feet, toppling houses and apartment buildings, severing water and power lines and rendering roads and highways impassable...
...These biases are not only in the eye of the beholder, but in the eye of the beheld,” she said...
...serenity of Blue Mountain mist. These are images and sensations from a particular place, a certain spot in the Caribbean that has been called "the Land of Wood and Water" by some and "The Land of Look Behind" by others. Columbus deemed it "the fairest island that eyes have beheld" and listed it as Yamaye in a log entry in 1493. The Indians who were the first inhabitants called it Xaymaica and other variations; Spanish invaders called the place "Santiago" but after the British took over the island in 1655, one name took hold: Jamaica...