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...piece over which guitarist Steve Drozd erratically improvises, to an effect at turns intense and enervating. But the most thrilling moment of “Embryonic” is towards its end—the signature-switching “Silver Trembling Hands,” whose punk-tempo framework balances gorgeously with a slow-motion release and refrain. At an hour and ten minutes, “Embryonic” has enough high points that potential favorites abound...
...visit to China this week conjured up memories of the Sino-Soviet alliance during the early years of the Cold War. But despite the bonhomie and talk of common interests, the neighbors are now most aligned by the bottom line. After signing $3.5 billion in deals and approving a framework for the export of a huge quantity of Russian natural gas to China during an Oct. 12-14 summit, the two countries have shown that what links them closest is the almighty deal...
...time, but the problem has always been over agreeing on the price," says Julian Lee, a senior energy analyst for the Center for Global Energy Studies in London. "There is no indication that they have done this this time." While the high-profile announcement this week of a new framework indicates support for a deal from both governments, the price question has yet to be resolved. If settled, Russia could begin supplying China by as early as 2014 and eventually provide China with as much as 70 billion cubic meters a year - nearly 90% of the 80 billion cubic meters...
Aghion said that Harvard’s Oliver S. Hart “went much further than Williamson by constructing a rigorous framework that made the theory of the firm become truly operational and testable...
When activated, the LHC will be used to examine a hole in what is known as the Standard Model of particle physics—a theoretical framework that is used to draw links between the four “fundamental forces” of the universe and the 12 elementary particles on which those forces...