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...will be disappointed. The book offers no new opinions or perspectives on the current Iraq War or, more generally, on the tense situation in the Middle East, and it fails to provide a modicum of enjoyment. The work’s basic premise is very intriguing: the CIA will construct an identity for a corpse, a dead man who never actually existed, and pretend that he was in contact with the leader of Al-Qaeda, whom they hope to force out of hiding. However, most of the book languishes on the wholly uninteresting, poorly drawn relationship between the jaded protagonist...
...Pearl River Tower, under construction in Guangzhou, China, is aiming for a net energy footprint of zero by relying on such features as on-site wind turbines and recovery and recycling of condensed water. In Paris, a new tower will rely on wind turbines to provide its heating and cooling for the equivalent of five months of the year. And if you're a corporation planning a skyscraper, don't assume you can't afford to go green. The new buildings typically cost about 5% more to construct than conventional ones but quickly exceed that outlay in energy savings...
...film's plot, but makes a few modifications to give it a Bourne identity. For one thing, Edward begins as a real boy who's killed in a freak accident. (Helpful hint, kids: Don't play with scissors during an electrical storm.) And the inventor doesn't construct a new boy; rather he strives to revive the dead one. In another tweak, the local teenagers, led by Kim's dastard beau, are responsible for the Inventor's death (though Bourne doesn't pursue this line to its logical confrontation). There's also a severe reduction in the importance...
Gates is a major donor to the University. In 1996, he and Ballmer contributed $25 million to construct the computer-science building Maxwell Dworkin, which bears their mothers’ maiden names...
Gates is a major donor to the University. In 1996, he and Ballmer contributed $25 million to construct the computer-science building Maxwell Dworkin, which bears their mothers’ maiden names...