Word: curtain
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However, despite our every instinct to the contrary, there is one thing that consciousness is not: some entity deep inside the brain that corresponds to the "self," some kernel of awareness that runs the show, as the "man behind the curtain" manipulated the illusion of a powerful magician in The Wizard of Oz. After more than a century of looking for it, brain researchers have long since concluded that there is no conceivable place for such a self to be located in the physical brain, and that it simply doesn't exist...
...HIStory any good? In a way, the Iron Curtain motif of Jackson's ad campaign is on target. HIStory is a lot like communism-out of vogue but still capable of getting large masses of people excited. HIStory's first CD contains digitally remastered versions of some of Jackson's greatest hits, including such classics as Rock with You and Beat It. The second CD has 15 new songs, featuring plenty of guest performers (basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has a rap cameo on the song 2Bad, and sister Janet duets with Michael on Scream) and guest producers (including...
...this high? Pulling back the curtain on the Pentagon's battle plan discloses a patchwork of arbitrary decisions and inflated threats. In 1993 the Administration concluded that the U.S. military needed enough forces to win two "major regional contingencies," each akin to the Persian Gulf War, at the same time. But there is growing sentiment in defense circles that the nation's two-war strategy is wrong, at least in light of expected funding levels. "The two-war strategy is just a marketing device to justify a high budget," says Pentagon cost analyst Franklin Spinney. A study by the Center...
...Sunday morning Tadesse stabbed Ho 45 times with a hunting knife, wounding Ho's visiting friend who tried to intervene, and then hung herself from the shower curtain pole in the bathroom she and Ho shared...
From the voting box on the program for the Young Elvis Pez or the Old Elvis Pez, until long after the spectacle of a curtain call, Elvis makes you smile. The production is witty, creative, and even informative. There's nothing at Harvard quite like the Onion Weavers--no one else could make Elvis live...