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...cells that has the potential to reduce the cost of photovoltaic electricity 80% -- to levels competitive with conventional power production. Paul Basore, who oversees research on . photovoltaics at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, predicts that within 20 years, homeowners and small businesses everywhere but in the gloomiest climates will find it most economical to generate their own solar power...
...will prevail? The gloomiest scenario is also the most controversial. The 1991 assessment designed by retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert Gaskin predicts the all-important U.S. air campaign would never get off the ground. Instead, he forecasts that when squadrons of American and South Korean F-16s scramble at a dozen air bases, Scud missiles armed with nerve-gas warheads would slam into the tarmac, effectively shutting down operations. At bases like Osan, the huge U.S. air base 25 miles south of Seoul, North Korean commandos would suddenly appear and shoot up the base's preflight briefing room, killing...
...luxury of the court; hardcore culture clash ensues. Against this background, Shakespeare relates three romances, at the level of nobility, attendants, and peasants, to indicate the essential kinship of all men. But Stratford's little boy doesn't paint a universally pleasant picture: some of Shakespeare's gloomiest assessments of humanity and its condition appear in As You Like It. This play gave us "All the world's a stage..." and "Blow, blow, thou winter wind,/ Thou art not so unkind/ As man's ingratitude." As it turns out, the court's corrupt and indolent; the countryside tiresome and uncouth...
...ensembles have collapsed in cities as disparate as Oakland, California; New Orleans; Denver and Birmingham, Alabama. Endowments have been tapped and seasons shortened; crowd-pleasing pops concerts have been added and community-outreach programs established. And yet the slide continues. Gathering last month in New York City for their gloomiest convention in years, the members of the American Symphony Orchestra League heard a stark message: Change...
...week of discouraging economic reports. The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades. One possible reason: the index of consumer confidence sank to its gloomiest reading in eight months. Firms remained wary of hiring: only 13,000 net new jobs were added to payrolls in June, as the unemployment rate nosed...