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...much as some scientists were. Before their equations were converted into computer images, astrophysicists had predicted that only a tenth as many stars in such a system would be eaten by a black hole. This was no isolated case. Across the nation, in disciplines ranging from geophysics to medicine to entomology, scientists are discovering that computer images can sometimes lead to a better understanding of nature. Borrowing a leaf from Hollywood's special-effects book (and in some cases hiring Hollywood technicians), they are converting their data into video form. Because the human brain is exquisitely adept at picking...
...Steagall has not proved to be much of a barrier for investment firms that wish to engage in banking activity, even if it has worked well the other way around. Over the past two decades, firms like Merrill Lynch (assets: $53 billion) and American Express (assets: $99 billion) have eaten deeply into traditional commercial-banking turf, first through near banking activities like interest-bearing money-market accounts, then through home-equity loans...
...That is Chinese for "Have you eaten yet?" and it is a standard greeting in a country where food is considered a subject worthy of the attention of poets and philosophers. For Americans traveling in China, the counterpart seems to be "How is the food?" It is virtually the first question tourists ask when they meet and one that evokes responses ranging from "wonderful" to "terrible." Based on meals and street snacks sampled on a gastronomic long march through China, this visitor can report that all the answers are true. There is indeed wonderful food, as well as some that...
...Christie's brought out a savory cake in the form of Sunflowers, the frame made of flaky pastry, the colors rendered impasto furioso in various hues of saffron-tinted cream cheese, the green bits done in spinach, and detail added with studdings of seeds. It was cut up and eaten by the worshipers. No doubt when and if a major Van Gogh self-portrait comes on the block, there will be a distribution of marzipan ears...
...struggle in this country is over who should dominate whom -- that is, who controls the very powerful central government. Our solution entails not having such a central government. We want to make it possible to let the tiger -- the black majority -- out of the cage without whites being eaten...