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...open to challenge, but its disaffection is real and deep. The third largest county in America, Nye is an immense wedge covering more than 18,000 sq. mi., about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined, but is occupied by only 20,000 people. Plenty of elbow room--except for the fact that the Federal Government owns 93% of the land. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) controls most of the valleys, the U.S. Forest Service most of the uplands. The Defense Department too claims huge chunks of the county, including the Nevada Test Site, where it detonated hundreds...
Five minutes later, an obviously frustrated Bowes grabbed White's shirt and received an elbow to the face in retaliation...
...trading floor is a large room with desks tightly packed all through it and has males sitting elbow to elbow, each with a computer and telephone. It was not only the complete absence of women that by default created a male-dominated culture, but also the atmosphere that said "women stay out." The lack of women was disturbing by itself, but the behavior the men exhibited was worse than I could have imagined...
Surveys indicate that the number one fear of high school students is eating alone in a crowded cafeteria. Before coming to Harvard, I shared that fear. However, a careful inspection of the overhead photo of students eating elbow to elbow in the Union in the admissions packet quickly allayed my pre-frosh worries. After hearing during FOP about the famous composer who supposedly never ate alone during his undergraduate career, I decided to have a companion at every meal...
Lighting: While out of place, the elbow lamps do supply good working light. Long, Fluorescent tubes running about a food above their surfaces light the tables...