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...most metrics, the plan has worked brilliantly. Dubai's economy is the healthiest in the Middle East, growing at a 16% annual clip and diversifying well beyond oil (which accounts for just about 6% of GDP). Dubai's ports and free-trade zones bustle. The government has built high-tech centers, including Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City, attracting companies from Microsoft to IBM. A research park called DuBiotech is luring drug companies. The Dubai International Financial Center, a "financial free zone," aims to lead the region's securities exchanges, although there will be plenty of competition for that...
...museum’s Hayden Planetarium hosts “Laser Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon.” In this planetarium, stars are heard instead of seen. Laser Floyd gets off to a slow start, when images of cash registers—probably borrowed from clip art circa 1994—spin around the planetarium dome to the strains of “Money.” Just as FM and friends are about to pack up our saltwater taffy and leave, neon lights and spirals fill the dome and attack. The mesmerizing, synchronized patterns pain...
...should all be prepared.” At the same time, videos were made by various military agencies showing the structural impact of nuclear bomb blasts; these movies suggest that ducking and covering would not, in fact, have been a very effective technique.What lessons we might draw from clips like these is a question beyond the scope of this column, but it’s interesting to consider that, thanks to the collaborative efforts of a few large companies and nonprofit organizations, these clips and similar historical records are increasingly available on the Internet in digital form.Almost every creative...
...best hitting, the Crimson offense was solid in games one and four as well. Posting 17 kills in both frames, Harvard held off Chargers rallies to escape with 30-27 and 30-26 wins.Harvard’s attack did falter in game two, hitting at a meager .133 clip, but the offense recovered in time to deal New Haven its first league loss of the year.“We had our resiliency,” Freese said. “A few times, we were tied or down, but we always knew we would come back...
...sirocco, the wind that carries fine sand from the Sahara; smell the musty parchment of Cambiati's secret library; and taste the bitter elixirs peddled by the traveling troupe in the town's piazza. The action is broken into short chapters, making the plot trot along at a jaunty clip. Through Cambiati's alchemy and Archenti's reason, Frutkin examines the science of magic and the magic of science. He also keeps a few tricks for the elaborate finale, where the devil's advocate learns-- for better or worse--that there's much more to Cambiati than saintliness...