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...Yorker, where he is a staff writer, in a syndicated newspaper column and in the Nation, to which he contributes a weekly poem (a genre he took up during the Bush Administration when the phrase "If you knew what John Sununu" came to him in an inspired flash). His 19th book, Messages from My Father, is to be published this spring...
...forgive the graceless and oppressive flourescent lighting and the inexplicable psychedelic pixel boards--which flash subliminal and blatant fascist over-tones, convincing us of what a good time we're having--the renovated Memorial Hall basement is first-rate. The well-designed pine-stained study nooks ensure students a high degree of privacy, while the open areas--the Jetsonesque Coffee House and restaurants--are great places to mix and mingle with fellow students, hold informal meetings and grab a quick bite to eat. Loker Commons seems to be the type of ideal place that might serve as a social center...
...necessarily I just want to know the future. No one knows "What's going on with this team--whether it's a flash in the pan or the start of a major power. I'm so used to knowing what will happen when the Crimson takes the court...
...SCARIEST EYES IN movies. They can radiate pain or anger with the immediacy of a lightning flash and the intensity of a witch's curse. Angela Bassett should be cast as Medusa or Medea, but because she is a movie star, she plays righteous cops and sanctified wives. She ought to be in terrific films; instead she appears in mediocre ones, where she stands out like Callas singing Feelings and shines like her own amazing, reproachful eyes...
...Food and Drug Administration has ordered Las Vegas casinos to shut down their nightly laser light shows over the city. The FDA, which regulates lasers because of their use as medical devices, made the order in response to complaints from pilots who have been momentarily blinded as light beams flash through their cockpits. The problem has accelerated in the past two years as a number of casinos began showing nightly laser light shows. FDA compliance official Lillian J. Gill said the ban affects only Las Vegas, but could be extended to other areas where outdoor laser light shows impair airplane...