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...Coop long ago lost whatever “student bookstore” charm it once had. As might be gleaned from the alleged “Bestsellers” on display at the front, the store is being managed by Barnes & Noble...
...control to a random process. Though it is based on 300 images that were painted, etched or otherwise touched by the hand of Eno, it's the logarithms in the computer software that are running the show. On its fastest setting, it will take about 9,000 years to display every possible combination of images; at its slowest ... well, the final reviews won't be in for a few million years. "Part of what I wanted is that it should produce results that I don't know about, that surprise me," Eno says, craning behind him to sneak another look...
...four or five" militant friends, says a juwae's first task is to scatter leaflets, crude photocopies bearing death threats or diatribes against "Siamese infidels." He quickly graduates to vandalism?for example, burning the Thai flags that villagers are ordered by the authorities to display outside their homes?and then to actual militant attacks, acting as a lookout or helping to block roads with felled trees or burning tires. Later, he might plant a bomb in a teashop or other public place, which others will remotely detonate. Later still, he might remotely detonate it himself...
...spiritual stick as the leader of the world's 70 million strong Anglican Church. But his rule is neither monarchical nor absolute, since he is appointed by the Queen (or King) of England, and considered "first among equals" of Anglican primates. This fundamental difference in authority was on full display this week in Rome, where an embattled Williams came to meet Benedict and mark 40 years of Anglican-Catholic dialogue...
...stability that comes in having one man with the authority to resolve any internal dispute. Democracy-in-Catholicism advocates, however, argue, that the Pope's absolute authority does not allow for truly honest and open debate of evolving issues facing the Church. Another downside - as was on display in Regensburg, Germany with Benedict's provocative speech about Islam and violence - is that the singular pull and stature of just one man can sometimes weigh too heavily on the entire Church...