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...caught myself wondering, Where were you when I lived here? As recently as three years ago, it was still somewhat risque to turn music up really loud or wear Capri pants in certain parts of town. Now music like 127's, which offers an artful expression of a dark, complex reality, helps make living in Iran more bearable. Even the murals around Tehran of scowling ayatullahs have been repainted to give them toothy smiles...
...been a dark time for the U.S. airline business--or at least most of it, with profits scarce and bankruptcies plentiful. But one corner of the market is booming: obscure airlines like World Airways, Atlas Air, Omni Air and Evergreen that provide private transport service to the U.S. military. The Pentagon--which has been a steady customer since Sept. 11, as it moves troops and equipment from bases all around the world and back again--will spend $2 billion this year on such air transport, up from $772 million in 2000. In addition, such international agencies...
Eons ago, Walt Disney cornered this market with cartoon features that comforted parents and scared kids with the same implied admonition: Get home before dark. Pinocchio, Bambi and Dumbo, for all their craft and wonder, were essentially horror films that exploited the separation anxiety that children felt on their first day of school. The noise you heard back then from kids in the theater was a primal scream...
...been told my tan is too dark, my hair is too light ... I wonder if people tell Lassie he's panting too much...
...maniacs' rackets reflect their dark intent to find an excuse to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against our republic." KOREAN CENTRAL TELEVISION, North Korea's national TV network, responding to U.S. warnings that the country may be preparing to conduct its first nuclear test...