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...just. People who reject the death penalty, who teach their children not to use the word hate, who believe in balancing justice with mercy, who prize due process--people, in other words, unaccustomed to bloodlust--now watch the daisy cutters shave the White Mountains bald and see the smoke curl and await the news that the monster in the cave has claimed his last human sacrifice...
...features a gallery of notable avant-garde art and is home to Red, perhaps the most louche-looking restaurant in town. The plump, red couches have even the most starched of customers slouching like lounge lizards. The wine list would make Dionysus' toes curl, and the nouvelle Greek cuisine is affordable and appetizing. Best of all, it won't taste like the rubber Parthenon you picked up earlier...
...living cell bustles with molecular activity. Lilliputian protein motors ferry goods and services. Enzymes curl and unfurl. Even on its calmest days, the DNA double-helix twists, unwinds and wiggles like a loopy spring...
...albino hawk has come to the valley. I like to watch him presiding over these complexities. I see him riding the air currents that curl up from the ridges on either side as the wind flows through the north-south valley. He was born a red-tailed hawk, but colored all white, a relatively rare occurrence but seen sufficiently often to earn the albino a short item in the bird books...
...popular labs were asked to test hair samples, all from the same head, for 30 minerals and metals, including selenium, aluminum and lead. Result? Reported concentrations for the same hair differed wildly from lab to lab, often varying 10-fold. If that's not enough to make your hair curl, most of the labs also sell supplements to remedy the ills they purportedly find...