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...great, incomparable, and never-to-be-surpassed Crimson! What have you done? What have you not done? What will you do? You are a microcosm of the universe.... --from "Ode to The Crimson" circa...
...bland hero withdraws into his Sanforized shirt, moves into his child's dollhouse, tumbles into the cellar and slays a now giant spider with a straight pin. At the end, when he escapes into the star-speckled night, he is so small he almost disappears into the universe. Microcosm and macro cosm are one. He has conquered his des tiny by surrendering...
...Genius! Football is a microcosm of life; it's struggle, it's pain. It's triumph...
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Although "The Energy Game"'s beguiling simplicity belies a sophisticated research effort, it represents a microcosm of MR&A's forecasting efforts and Westinghouse's public relations front. The corporation lives and dies by kilowatt-hour sales, and shrinking demand announces the twilight of the moribund nuclear industry. Placed on the offensive, the firm's nuclear divisions must convince utilities, the government, and the public, that future energy wants require the construction of more reactors. For MR&A employees, justifying nuclear power is an article of faith; almost every task the group undertakes relates to this objective...