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...rocks. Of the twenty one videos shown, “Like a Rolling Stone” least resembled “commercial flash.” In other cases, though, it was clear that a fancy video had more to do with a band’s efforts to construct a particular image of itself. Michael Spiccia’s video for the Jet single “Rip It Up” combined video and animation to little effect. Cut-and-paste style text danced across the screen, pencil sketches of buxom women frantically erased themselves: the whole thing...
...decision to grant the University approval to construct the 589,000 square-foot complex comes after over nine months of community meetings that have resulted in an increase of proposed benefits from $21 million to $23.9 million. Harvard officials have also established a $500,000 fund to be used for education and health projects for the neighborhood...
According to Harley, complex zoning laws have in part caused middle and lower-class Egyptians to construct many “illegal” residences squeezed next to each other on arable land. The problems associated with sprawl affect all Cairenes, since these “suburbs” occupy land that could be used to feed Egypt’s swelling population. Cairo is Africa’s largest city...
Since last June, Jessica K. Shang ’08 has been working with Robert J. Wood, a professor of engineering and applied sciences, to construct a four-winged microrobotic dragonfly like the two-winged model Wood previously made...
Artisanal manufacturer Bohême in Lubin, France www.boheme.fr - until now something of a connoisseur's secret - is taking its handsome, handcrafted skis global. Each pair (around $2,000) requires an average of 37 hours to construct: space-age materials are sandwiched to a beech and poplar core, then finished with a thin layer of one of 11 different wooden claddings, including walnut, ebony and rosewood. Thick edges help these beauties carve a precise track down any mountainside...