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...since Newton had anyone devised a more precise explanation of gravity?the universal "glue" that pervades everything, from minuscule atoms to massive stars. Yet for all the significance to modern physics of Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity, his complex equations have still not been proved beyond a shadow of a scientific doubt...
...glue in the works is that control of most pension funds resides with the bankers and bromkers, the corporate management fiduciaries--the same individuals who opt for expanding investments in the Sunbelt, in Taiwan, in South Africa, and the desertion of the northeastern and central states. These managers claim their pattern of investment is necessary to produce the highest return, so that future retirees are guaranteed pensions. In boththe shourt and long-term, however, this profit motive works to the disadvantage of the beneficiaries of the funds...
...Hollywood Mime," for instance, has a character dancing from door to door in Hollywood, banging on each and smiling hopefully until the smile literally falls off his face and has to be pasted back on. Robin Williams should have no such tribulations: his is stuck tight with Krazy Glue...
...handcrafted mechanism takes over a year to complete. The keys are ivory, a nearly extinct luxury; the bushings - the tiny linings of the piano's moving parts- are still made of felt. (Steinway, by contrast, has switched to Teflon bushings, which require much less time to insert and glue, but can squeak...
Even though there are differences between Momo and Madame Rosa they are as superficial as Madame Nadine's love for the boy. What they boil down to is a glue that binds. Both the woman and the boy are members of persecuted minorities, alone, haunted by their pasts and trapped as much by wanting to stay in their surroundings as by their material inability to escape. It is irrelevant, as far as their relationship goes, that, for instance, one is Jewish and the other Arab. Because it is, director Moshe Mizrahi makes the point that appearances really are no more...