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...drawing back the tent flaps," she writes, "snowdrifts gleaming on the towering black peaks and, a long way beneath them, a wobbly line of light from the pilgrims' lanterns descending the far hills and inching across the plain." The ice cave at Amaranth lay ahead, offering Siva's boon, "a release from the fear of death, not from death itself...
...such explosions have become spectator events. In theory, this rush of instantaneous sightings should be a boon to human understanding; the more we notice, the wiser we become. In practice, such cascades of images can prove deracinating. The mind is cut adrift by what the eyes provide...
Four major players in the world of information and computing are launching a new effort to develop an ultrathin, power-packed chip able to process data efficiently. Any such progress in speed is a boon for those trying to get video, pictures and the other ingredients of multimedia up and running on the info highway. The consortium of IBM, AT&T, Motorola and Loral intends to produce a chip about half the width of those used currently...
Campaign officials say the influence andconnections of the Business School alumni havebeen a boon for these smaller schools. The Schoolof Public Health, for example, has already raised$50 million of its $125 million goal, according toFineberg...
...students not interested in professional careers, the relatively low level of arts instruction at Harvard can be a boon...