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...disavow his affection for theater. His mother was a choreographer--some of his happiest memories are of community theater with his four older brothers in Deal, N.J. After studying architecture at Syracuse University and the Architectural Association in London, he worked for a lighting designer before pursuing architecture proper. "Theater is an interesting laboratory for what we're doing as architects," he says of his firm. "We love to do buildings that are permanent as much as the next person, but I think that permanence can be stifling. Creating something that is genuinely delightful and engaging and temporary...
...according to a government survey 3 fatal heart attacks were attributed to Yugoslavia's cliffhanger overtime victory over Argentina in the World Basketball Championships 77 people were arrested and 32 injured during celebrations in Belgrade after Yugoslavia's victory $18,000 is how much it costs to have a proper wedding in Shanghai, or eight years' salary for the average urban worker, according to China Daily $6.4 billion is how much money police say eight suspects laundered in Hong Kong between 1996 and 2001 in the territory's largest-ever money laundering racket 190 nations are now part...
...their drivers and owners aren't known to Customs. "The better job we can do of identifying the low-risk companies and carriers," says Anderson, "the more we can concentrate on those we're not familiar with." A few of the highest-risk trucks--the ones that arrive without proper documents, say--are offloaded and searched. But that takes hours and is practical for only the most suspicious cargoes. So in December, Anderson's unit acquired a Star Wars gizmo called the Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System (VACIS), which bombards truck containers with gamma rays to produce an incredibly detailed...
...generally held country principle that rough edges translate into lower sales, so record labels often send their most promising acts to media-training schools for a good dulling down. The stars of the future are then taught how to smile with lots of teeth, tilt their hats at the proper roguish--but not too roguish--angle and repeat variations on the "I'm just so glad to be making the music I love" palaver that plays between videos on Country Music Television. On her first day at media school, the Dixie Chicks' lead singer Natalie Maines told her instructor...
...sustainability is making the market work for the environment instead of against it. For too long, capitalism has not put a proper value on the services nature provides, such as water supply and climate control, nor has it accurately measured the costs of the damage industry can do to the environment. But putting a larger price tag on pollution can quickly alter behavior. Anticipating the global movement to combat climate change, BP, the British oil giant, decided in 1997 to reduce its carbon emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by the year 2010. To reach that goal, the company...