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Yeltsin, Boris • 1995 efforts of to hail a taxi in front of the White House - while drunk and clothed only in underwear - to go get a pizza
...based on a graphic novel. The movie imagines that, in day-to-day activity, lifelike robots have mostly replaced humans, who sit at home speaking for the droids and controlling their actions. It's a piquant premise for those of us who see Americans retreating to near-stasis in front of their computers, enjoying (or condemned to) a life no more than virtual. But the main story, in which humans and robots do battle for the future of the collective soul, is familiar from many a Philip K. Dick story, like Minority Report, not to mention The Matrix...
...aimed to simulate “professional aspects of the field,” including the process of consulting a client. As far as swing housing—one unresolved issue of House renewal—is concerned, the panel fielded proposals ranging from constructing temporary residential facilities in front of Lowell House, to constructing these facilities in the Church Street parking lot, to even building swing housing on top of the Quincy House dining hall. Fan conceded that several of his peers’ proposals were “radical,” in part because they...
...cases). In Israel, democracy is very real, but the elections resulted in a right-wing coalition that has refused to freeze illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. This intransigence has led to a diplomatic stall across the region. The Palestinians seem as inept as ever, unable to present a united front for negotiations. The Syrians, who always seem almost-ready to make peace, seem less almost-ready than they did a few months ago. The other Arab states in the region, especially Saudi Arabia, have refused to provide diplomatic incentives to nudge the Israelis toward peace, even though a Sunni-Israeli...
...rises, the frayed spirits of Las Vegas have risen too, at least a little. "You see it on the freeway - its stature is just ridiculous," says Marc Beltran, 24, who just got hired as a front-service bellman. "It's one of the nicest hotels, not only in Las Vegas but in the country, if not the world. Regardless of the rough economy, I think we'll still be successful...