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Factories that once resounded to the harsh tympany of steam hammers and hydroturbines now emit only a somnolent midmorning snore. As the gears of a spent nation grind to a halt, the determination and grit once blazing from the face of industrial workers have given way to the tired stare of apathy and depression...
...best way to keep down future costs is to avoid creating so many problems in the first place. Pollution can be reduced by such technological advances as new non-toxic solvents for washing aircraft engines, and plastic granules to replace grit for blasting paint off aircraft fuselage parts. Baking soda is being tested as a nonlethal paint remover, and scientists are also investigating the potential for lasers to do the job. Noting that bacteria can strip paint from buried tin cans, scientists are examining the feasibility of getting microorganisms to do the same job for aircraft fuselages...
According to the committee report, the University should not stop accepting ROTC's discriminatory funds, but should break financial ties with the ROTC program at MIT, where Harvard's cadets are enrolled. What grit! What moral rectitude...
...delight. Suppose a candidate plans to oppose kumquat subsidies. Saying so outright to a group of farmers would reap no votes -- just permanent enmity. Instead, the aspirant might try to finesse it like this: "No one in the Senate is more keenly aware of the courage and the grit of kumquat growers than myself, but we should never lose sight of how the federal deficit is robbing our children." It is an example of that classic two-step -- a sonorous lie followed by a fleeting glimpse of unpleasant reality. For if Diogenes were parsing a political speech in his quest...
...foundation of James' style, which, as amply represented here, shows plenty of range. Only the intensity never varies. Talk to Me Baby has a rock overlay; Bobby's Rock spins along with blues underpinnings driving a twangy, near countrified, Duane Eddy-style beat; I Believe makes you hear the grit under the guitar strings, the true Delta way; Anna Lee and Strange Angel feature James with a band, big-city style but still cutting close to the soul and staying close to his roots...