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Instead, Damon Albarn and the boys continue to experiment (as on 1995’s Blur and 1997’s 13) with moody alt-dance and indie rock compositions on Think Tank...
...Conflicts such as the one in Iraq blur the distinction between the frontline and the rear, she added. "Front-line combat takes on a different meaning when you have Scuds going over all the soldiers and landing on the rear troops." Women who serve as intelligence or chemical officers may find themselves in combat situations, yet are barred by regulations from serving on the "attack staff." Cornum even found herself guarding five Iraqi soldiers at one point. "It's ironic that women can ride in a Humvee but they can't ride in a tank. Seems...
...Never mind that he has already lost much of his mobility. (Drivers in central London spend a third of their journeys at a standstill.) Rebellion has already taken hold in some corners. Newspapers and websites have shared suggestions for dodging the charge: from high-tech devices that blur the number plate at the flick of a switch to cruder tactics like rubbing mud all over the tag. Motorists Against Detection, which claims to have destroyed hundreds of speed cameras throughout the U.K., plans to torch, spray-paint and run over the congestion-fee cameras, too. "We've clearly paid...
...Time passes in a blur of intense yoga classes and skipped meals. My energy level never goes too low, and I feel acutely alert. I start to notice that I am standing taller, breathing deeper and stretching farther. On the fourth day I finally break the fast: papaya drizzled with lime and a mug of ginger tea. Not exactly paad thai and an ice-cold Singha beer, but to my expectant lips and empty stomach it's manna...
...Pillinger's visions helped get his project funded. He trawled around the U.K., begging businesses, government authorities and research facilities for resources to develop the project, eventually landing some $60 million in cash and in-kind help. British pop band Blur and artist Damien Hirst gave works that Beagle will carry to Mars. Eventually the Department of Trade and Industry kicked in an $8 million grant. "Just building a lightweight, university-driven probe, and showing that much less demanding technology is needed, is in itself a triumph," says respected biomedical engineer Heinz Wolff. How will the probe know if there...