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...work in a really big way by the U.S. government in the 1940s--out of wartime necessity, not economic conviction. The economy responded with rapid growth, and after the war, Keynesianism became gospel. Its central tenet, this magazine explained in its 1965 cover story, was that "the modern capitalist economy does not automatically work at top efficiency, but can be raised to that level by the intervention and influence of the government...
...American auto-mobiles, kept running by trade barriers and twine; now there's a daily traffic jam of new Asian sedans and German sports cars. Superseding the capital's dictator-chic hotels from the 1970s--massive concrete towers with prostitutes in the bars and spies in the lobbies--modern boutique inns are sprouting in renovated courtyard palaces of the Old City. Among Syria's élite, the Baathist-apparatchik look--leather jacket, bell-bottoms, cigarette holder--is giving way to skinny jeans and cappuccinos...
...donation includes works by some of the most important names of twentieth century, including sculptures by Brâncusi and a painting by Picasso. According to Helen Molesworth, Head of the Harvard Art Museum’s Modern and Contemporary Art Department, “It adds to the strengths that we have in cubist painting [and will] make them deeper and richer...
...consciousness, it is through a mechanism completely unknown to science. Yet the majority of the committee ruled that sentience is “morally relevant†because we cannot rule out the possibility of sentience. This is an utter bastardization of the skepticism that forms the foundation of modern science. We cannot prove that plants are not sentient. Similarly, we cannot prove that bacteria do not have opinions on the Iraq War or that algae don’t love. However, the traditional role of skepticism is to seek truth by discarding assumptions. The ECNH has reversed this practice...
...characters often prevent the reader from getting deeply involved with any one plotline, because just as a character begins to become sympathetic, the focus shifts to someone new. Moreover, although Cappellani’s casual language gives the voices of his characters and his narrator a very realistic, modern flavor, he seems to think that profanity is one of the most important parts of colloquial speech. By putting a constant flow of curses into every character’s mouth, he has a harder time creating distinct voices for each one. While “ball buster?...