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...while the economy grew 27%. The key to that revolution was a huge increase in average miles-per-gallon of the U.S. automobile fleet. If we had continued to increase energy efficiency at the same rate, the stability of Iraq and Saudi Arabia would by now be of minor concern to U.S. policymakers. Instead, we bought SUVs and wasted two decades...
...deliberately discomfiting. In a scene borrowed from a Charles Dickens story (The Signalman), the Act I curtain rises on a bitingly cold railway cutting, telegraph wires whipping ominously in the wind. It's an unsettling, otherworldly sound, and thereafter the score strains to upset expectations; major keys turn to minor with a shudder, songs end in a subdued moan. The arrangement is at its best for Laura's wedding scene, where a frighteningly pallid girl sings The Holly and the Ivy around one sinister note, and a scream is heard in the church. Genuinely creepy. The plot's big twist...
Perhaps the most disappointing aspects of the book are its minor factual errors. Most are merely casual—such as the misspelling of Matt Birk’s last name as Burke or the listing of Dartmouth’s 2003 Ivy football record as 5-2 instead of the correct 2-5 mark. (Those who follow my column on a weekly basis may be wondering how I can reconcile pointing out someone else’s petty errors, while my column is often littered with them. Well, you’re just going to have to figure that...
Columbia will keep registering the minor seismic shocks that befit a rising program. But the Lions are still at least a season away from making any serious noise in the Ivy League race...
...experience of dealing with younger players isn’t entirely foreign. Cultivating minor leaguers for the professional ranks has been his forte since entering the coaching ranks, so picking out the ones with the most promise won’t be too much of a leap...