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...would basically have to unplug from society as a whole. So they know this is not going to happen. They know you're not going to do it because that means rejecting the entire system, not just a given artist. There's also this idea that parents need to watch their kids more. Well, O.K., I agree, some parents are not very good at watching their kids. But a lot of parents are deeply struggling to figure out how to watch their kids and hold down three part-time jobs with no benefits. And they don't really need artists...
...Dems also agreed to scale back the sweeping powers once envisioned for the so-called car czar created by the bill to help oversee the companies' restructurings. But while some conservative House Republicans decried the very idea of such a bureaucratic watchdog, certain Senate Republicans want to further empower the official to force tougher viability plans from the automakers. Given that such clashing views are coming from within the Republican Party ranks, it's no wonder that Detroit is bracing for what could be a very gloomy New Year...
...compelling vision: China as a high-tech powerhouse. But making it come true will take years, and there are major obstacles. Idea theft is the biggest. Though the country has made progress in strengthening intellectual-property rights over the past several years, rampant piracy of software, music and other IP remains a huge issue. "People with the ideas have to be protected," says Rosen, the New York City economic consultant. "They've moved on this because they know without it a high-tech China remains a dream...
...however, that, didactic or not, socialist art represented a "significant cultural movement in China" - one that produced some "truly great art," especially paintings, and that such works "continue to influence Chinese visual culture." The contemporary installation artist Xu Bing, whose Cultural Revolution - era drawings are on display, supports the idea that the production of propaganda led to legitimate artistic achievement. "If you want to probe deeply into the underpinnings of contemporary Chinese art," he says in the catalog, "you have to consider the influence of the Cultural Revolution on my generation because it was an entirely unique experience...
...focused on internal processes, especially on the critical task of how to lower emissions during manufacturing. But in their labs, scientists have also been playing with the materials themselves, swapping around molecules and gazing at atomic structures through electron microscopes in the hunt for new, "greener" variations. The idea is to improve the entire life cycle of the product--not just how it's made but also how it's used...