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...richness and lyricism that so many Modernist buildings lacked. At the same time, he had taste and intelligence. He wasn't about to give them the kind of thing suited to Vegas casinos and Miami Beach hotels. For the most part, the wow factor in his buildings was a matter of structure, not sparkle. Saarinen was enchanted by the drama of powerful forms. His mother was a sculptor, and he had studied sculpture before switching to architecture. The massive curve of the Gateway Arch, the muscular reach of the tilted pylons of Washington's Dulles International Airport, the black-granite...
...more I've studied this question, the more I realize it's not just the content of our diet; it's our eating life. Are we eating alone? Are we eating at tables? Are we snacking? All these things may turn out to matter a lot to our health. We stress over food--that can't be good for us either. One of the things I hope to do with this book is help people relax a little bit about food...
...about the political implications of a stalled labor market. Chances are, the disparity between the two reports was mostly statistical noise. Those who read great meaning into either were deceiving themselves. It's a classic case of information overload making it harder to see the trends and patterns that matter. In other words, we might be better off paying less (or at least less frequent) attention to data. (See the worst business deals...
...matter. Avatar sent Gibson into a ditch, earning $30 million, according to early studio estimates, bringing its 45-day total in North American theaters to $594.5 million. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, it should pass the $600.8 million amassed in 1997-98 by Cameron's own Titanic and become the all-time domestic box-office champ (in fake dollars). In theaters worldwide, Avatar is already the all-time No. 1 and the first picture ever to cross the $2 billion mark. Since the movie's earnings fell only 14% from last weekend's - every other returning film in this week...
...leaders ... told me that I was not to meet with Ocampo, or any other agency for that matter, or that they would finish me before the time comes" Victor said. But asked if he would testify, he answered: "I will, I will, of course I will. I have to recount all what I saw, all what I heard, everything I believe to be true...