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...cruelty they inflict on others, to come to terms with their failed illusions, to be happy. A woman's spoofy fantasies of a perfect domestic life turn into the chilling symptoms of her descent into madness in Woman in Mind. A charming, well-intentioned "golden couple" manage inadvertently to destroy the lives of nearly everyone they come in contact with in Joking Apart. A holiday boat excursion for two landlubberly married couples turns into a fascist parable in Way Upstream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alan Ayckbourn's Curtain Call | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...part of a village. By the time British photographer Stuart Franklin visited and took the picture in 2007, work crews had leveled the other buildings and scraped out the earth to extract lignite (brown coal), used to fuel a nearby power station. The crews were too superstitious to destroy a holy place, a guide told Franklin. Far above the new ground level, the edifice is now inaccessible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Changing Places | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...When Ike first reached downtown Houston, we took our positions in front of the television, where we'd spent a good portion of Friday night watching Ike destroy Galveston. The blue tarps we hung over the windows appeared to be breathing, moving back and forth. We'd pull back the tarps and curtains and peek out at the storm. The streetlights were still on and we could see the trees blowing crazily. We felt relatively safe, until we heard the breaking glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out Ike: What it Really Felt Like | 9/13/2008 | See Source »

Beyond that, the LHC could discover a whole new class of particles predicted by a theory called supersymmetry. It could even uncover the existence of extra dimensions of space beyond the three we're familiar with. What it won't do--let's be clear--is destroy the planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

Since the announcement, residents have mobilized to protest the plan, arguing that the new luxury residence would destroy the historical legacy of their neighborhood, constructed during the Garden City Movement. Last November, the Cambridge Historical Commission initiated a new study to determine the historical worth of the site and issued an ordinance restricting development on the property...

Author: By Hee kwon Seo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City May Donate to Shady Hill Effort | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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