Word: lighting
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...installation ends with a return to black, densely scribbled drawings in which pulsing fields of darkness engage in feathery interactions with white walls. Conceived by LeWitt toward the end of his life, they have the look of misty thresholds. "I thought he was heading into the light," says Reynolds. "There's something very moving about those last drawings...
...wall of a house. OLEDs will help people cut their power consumption and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Even those who buy gadgets for their own enjoyment are helping to fund optics research and encourage technical experimentation. Improving our mastery of optics will improve our ability to communicate and light the path to the future we’ve all been waiting...
...steaming cup of milk—straight from the cow. I’m sitting at the dinner table with my home-stay family in the Tanzanian village of Bangata. We’re all huddled around three cell phones as our source of light since the electricity went out again and I’m staring at a cup of thick, whitish liquid. There are seven of us in total, but no one is really talking. We maxed out my Swahili abilities long ago, and I’ve come to experience a whole new world called sitting...
...defense because of Iran and North Korea and the potential for them to obtain or to launch nuclear weapons." While expressing concern that such a program might not work, he also has said that it makes sense to "explore the possibility of deploying missile defense systems in Europe," in light of Tehran's efforts, his aides have recently suggested he won't move ahead with the European deployment if the system's not "workable." (On Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Washington against deploying the shield in Europe. "Deployment of a missile defense system would bring nothing to security...
...Mitt Romney, Huckabee's principal rival in Iowa, receives the roughest treatment. Huckabee writes that the former Massachusetts governor's record was "anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president." He notes that Romney declined to make a congratulatory phone call after Huckabee beat the odds to win the Iowa caucuses, "which we took as a sign of total disrespect." He mocks Romney for suggesting, during one debate, more investment in high-yield stocks as a solution to economic woes. "Let them eat stocks!" Huckabee jokes...