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...masters of the Ministry of Information tyrannize the populace, they in turn are tyrannized by the maze of technology in which they live. No machine works properly, from elevators which stop and start at random, to air conditioners which alternately broil and freeze their victims. The intrusion of technology into daily life is visible in the presence of giant, serpentine ducts which protrude into every living space, from the richest apartment to the lowliest hovel...
O105 to O140: Gelber walks through a maze of halls, basements, store-rooms, deserted common rooms and laundry rooms around the Quad, checking for vandalism, flicking off some lights. The kinds of stories student security guards mostly tell, Linus says, are about "things such as the most annoying light switch," indicating a switch high up the wall in the basement of Briggs Hall...
...finished shooting Labyrinth, a $25 million gothic fantasy directed by Muppets Creator Jim Henson and overseen by Star Wars Mastermind George Lucas. Bowie, who wrote and sings a batch of new songs for the movie, plays Jareth the Goblin King, a baddie who lives at the center of a maze and turns human babies into goblins. Most of the other characters are part of a new Hensonagerie that includes Ludos, Wild Things and a wise man with a bird growing out of his head. All delightfully different. "Henson's understanding of what children want to see and laugh...
...Force is a collection of modern heroes, like the lonely range riders who galloped from town to town to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. For the Delta Force, the modernday righteous sheriff, the hang-em-high brand of frontier justice means criminals can't escape through the maze of over-bureaucratized courts or tangled international relations. Their kind of justice also means that weeping families get a taste of revenge...
Today workboats leave at all hours from the Battery, hauling hard-hatted construction crews and materials for the restoration. The Great Hall is a maze of scaffolding. Fans hum everywhere, drying out plaster. Bare bulbs hang down all over. Occasionally there is the frantic sound of beating wings, a gull or a pigeon come in through a smashed window. Here and there is the faintest scent...