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...socking a bad guy. But familiarity with the genre's motifs is not required to enjoy the book. With each new issue of "Eightball" Clowes gets more and more skilled at manipulating the formal elements of comix while keeping the narrative clear. Divided into short vignettes, many with a distinct coloring scheme or dramatic approach, the storytelling stays constantly fresh. Readers may not even notice some of the more radical elements like word balloons that get cut off by the panel borders. They'll be enjoying the playfulness of it too much...
...addition to the threat of nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union falling into the wrong hands, the United States must also contend with the distinct possibility of nuclear neophyte Pakistan falling to Islamic fundamentalists. In Pakistan, according to Allison, four in five prefer the foreign policy strategy employed by Osama bin Laden to that of President Bush...
...1930s. "What we're saying," says Archer, "is, 'O.K., we failed that one. Let's learn from the thylacine. Don't take (the platypus) for granted, because if you push it, it's likely to vanish.'" But the threat is much broader than that. In Australia, 44% of distinct mammalian groups have disappeared during the last 23 million years. Only a tiny fraction of that is man's fault: cosmic and natural forces (meteorites, volcanic eruptions, climatic changes) are adept at causing extinctions on their own. Nonetheless, Archer argues, the planet is on the cusp of another great extinction event...
...rooms, and LG smells opportunity. Consumers are tossing aside boxy TVs and clunky vcrs in favor of wide, flat screens, dvd players and, eventually, computer-like systems with digitized video and music recorders and Internet services. LG is surprisingly well positioned for this new digital world. LG has a distinct advantage: its ultrawired South Korean home base. The demanding Korean market, where an amazing 84% of households using the Internet have high-speed access, propels LG to develop more advanced products and provides a testing ground for new technologies. LG has outpaced Nokia and Motorola in cramming the hottest...
...grew up watching soccer in an era when it was still possible to discern distinct national idioms in the way the game was played: The English game was all kick-and-rush, the ball played high into the penalty area as quickly and as often as possible where a tough-as-nails "target man" striker would power his way above the defenders to direct it with his head, either goalwards or else into the path of a supporting forward who could shoot past the keeper. It was an approach that rewarded hard work, physicality, finishing ability (creating a goal...