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...course what really separates "King" from other biographies is that Anderson literally drew it out. For the most part the book has been rendered in very high-contrast black and white - a fascinating choice given the subject. When not cast in nearly complete shadow, characters look as though brightly lit from one direction, horror-movie style. Features get flattened, and more importantly, skin tone vanishes. For better or worse this makes it difficult to distinguish between characters, black or white. Arguably this lack of shading also counters the book's themes of moral shading. But then, just discussing the graphics...
...neuroimaging study, Pierce observed, the fusiform gyrus in autistic people did not react when they were presented with photographs of strangers, but when photographs of parents were substituted, the area lit up like an explosion of Roman candles. Furthermore, this burst of activity was not confined to the fusiform gyrus but, as in normal subjects, extended into areas of the brain that respond to emotionally loaded events. To Pierce, this suggests that as babies, autistic people are able to form strong emotional attachments, so their social aloofness later on appears to be the consequence of a brain disorganization that worsens...
...first trick with Centro is finding the entrance to the restaurant, which is located inside the Good Life. This feature is both a plus and a minus: By the time we made it past the Good Life’s amber-lit cocktail lounge, we certainly lost all sense of having a quiet evening out. But the energetic vibe of the bar—buzzing with a well-dressed yet laid-back crowd—is a great locale for pre-dinner cocktails or post-dinner shot-taking. Apparently, the good life seems to involve stiff drinks...
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West’s widely publicized fallout with Summers, coupled with a series of other incidents, has lit a fire in the collective heart of students and started a real campus-wide conversation. Not since the birth of the Afro-American studies department—which followed the University Hall takeover of 1969—has the University occupied such a prominent place on the national stage because of minority issues. Everybody is talking about West. Everybody has an opinion...