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...control is cost-effective? Which jet fighter technologies should we share with Japan? To such questions, Sununu brings voracious curiosity, a keen analytical gift and near total recall. Budget Director Richard Darman, Sununu's only intellectual peer in the Bush inner circle, points out that "Sununu is trained in fluid dynamics and has a good sense of the dynamics of a problem," unlike lesser minds, who "see the world in static terms...
...prospects for improving society by forcing people to associate. Obviously, not every army batallion featured a Hawkeye Pierce and a Charles Emerson Winchester '40 learning to respect each other's humanity while tossing off wisecracks. But the forced fusion of diverse elements of the population made American society more fluid and less class-conscious. (It also ensured that decision-making elites had to bear their share of the costs of war; leaders are likely to be more prudent about using military force when their sons are in the trenches than when they are safely esconced at Harvard...
Borrowing the concept from automobiles, the Mathauser Hydraulic Bellowphragm replaces regular brake cables with sealed, flexible tubes that contain hydraulic fluid. When the rider lightly squeezes the handles, a plunger pushes a silicone fluid through the tubes, causing the traditional caliper arms to close. "I designed these mostly for women and children," says Mathauser, 68. "Girls don't have the grip these macho guys have...
There is nothing diminutive about Heather Dyan Hughes' acting, despite the poignant jokes about her stature that the characters make. As Hermia, she is fluid throughout the play, and gives an especially effective performance as she prepares to elope but is then rejected by her lover Lysander...
...production, if by nothing other than presence. The trumpeter Charla Griffy deserves special note for her outrageous costume, John Malone for his yuppily dressed (alas) Horatio and Gretchen Anderson for a glitzy Queen Gertrude. But Nestor Davidson's portrayal is weak. His Claudius, with the exception of some fluid moments in characterization, is disappointing...