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...would, under a computer's control, act as one. And in Europe, design teams came up with yet another idea, the exact opposite of Angel's: instead of making the mirror hollow to save weight, let it be thin--about 8 in. thick for an 8-m mirror, in contrast to the 5-m Hale's 26 in.--and counteract the resulting floppiness with computer-controlled supports that continually readjust its shape...
...know it's the new House that votes. But is it the new Senate? A: Yes, and in contrast to the House, its members vote as individuals, not by state...
Wealth, in contrast, is most certainly not--even though Harvard students' diversity of experience and opinion is due to our broad range of financial privilege at least as much as to racial or religious diversity. No one talks about our economic diversity, however, because discussing it makes us terribly ill at ease. Why does it make us so uncomfortable to talk about our differences in wealth and class status? Could it be that the rich at Harvard finally feel guilty about their advantages and privileges in ways that they have never before been forced to consider? Or that the penniless...
Cambridge also supported Question 5, which would have pushed the state to adopt a universal health care system, in contrast with the final state tallies. 61.20 percent of the Cambridge electorate voted for the initiative...
...usual static nature of written text. Prince uses mail-order car hoods to create spare sculptures. They are painted with smooth, pastel shades of lime green and orange, giving the pieces a quiet sense of prettiness that subdues their actual use as parts of flaming hot rods. The contrast is striking and evocative. Finally, Fleury's pieces are attempts at destroying the car as a male icon. Her piece "Skin Crime #5" is a pink chromed Camaro cut right through the middle, violently sawed through most of it, but neatly cut in the front. The visceral image of a beautiful...