Word: momentous
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...have any objections to the settlement struck between Google Books Search and the publishing industry, you better send it out soon. All objections must be postmarked May 5, 2009 or earlier. And objections, of course, are being raised from all sides.The settlement has been under fire from the moment it was signed into existence. Aimed to clear up a 3-year-old class action suit accusing Google of copyright infringement, the terms of the agreement go beyond merely settling the accusations, setting the stage for Google Book Search to become the biggest library in the world. It cedes to Google...
...expectations for any other performer. Listen to enough Bob Dylan, and you’ll realize that none of his albums are failures. Some resonate with the public and some don’t, but every one of them is a record Dylan wanted to make in the moment: each is definitive in its own way. But “Together Through Life” is definitive in a way that is, at once, disappointing and unremarkable.“Time Out of Mind” was more than a change in fortune for Dylan; it was a change...
...production which recently premiered on the Loeb Mainstage that she devised and directed. The experimental play—which Videt began working on three years ago—integrates theater, dance and physics. “I really find the live event of sharing a space and moment with a group of people to be extremely compelling,” Videt says. “It really can be a unique moment of exploration.” While she originally intended to present scientific concepts in a digestible form, the performance is far from a physics lecture...
...mostly twentieth century classical pieces by composers like John Cage and Elliott Carter. “I’m very disorganized,” he laughs. “I sort of imagine I’m going to write and put it off to the last possible moment, maybe late afternoon. Then I mostly don’t get around to doing it.” Some days, he doesn’t write a single word...
...this point, you know all about swine flu. Perhaps you are keeping your distance from pork chops or vigorously washing your hands at this moment. From its place in relative health obscurity, falling somewhere between scabies and Tourette’s syndrome, swine flu has launched itself into germ infamy.The outbreak has affected thousands in Mexico and well over 100 and counting in the US. And now maybe the Dental School...