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...faults--and it is weakest where it relies most heavily on GWTW--The Wind Done Gone deserves a better fate than suppression. The notion that this slim, intense book will deplete the reservoir of readers being served periodic sequels by the Mitchell estate seems ludicrous. Houghton Mifflin has appealed, and the clash between the rights of property and speech will continue in the courts well beyond the disposition of this case. But readers everywhere should be uneasy when a book, for whatever reasons, is banned...
...Germany is investigating the possibilties of wind power, too. "The North Sea is a gigantic reservoir for wind energy," says Sven Teske, energy expert with Greenpeace Germany. "With the construction of offshore wind plants, Germany can contribute greatly to climate protection." The Germans already generate 2.5% of their electricity from wind energy, sparing the atmosphere 4.8 million tons of CO2 a year. A study carried out by Greenpeace and the German Institute for Wind Energy in Wilhelmshaven found that CO2 reductions could reach 12 million tons a year by 2005 if offshore wind plants were used. In all, some...
...achingly slow. I have just got back from a shopping expedition and enjoying all the things I love about the city: Tasti-D-Lite (froyo without the yogurt), thai for lunch, Century 21 and Bloomingdales, the 6 train, manicures for seven bucks, and, this morning, running around the reservoir with my Dad and having a cozy breakfast in the bustling upper-east-side Starbucks. Right now I am about to get dressed to have a drink with my old friend who is breaking his back for some investment bank, and in my head are songs from Coldplay and the after...
...that reservoir of bitterness is about to erupt with the nearly simultaneous publication of two books that describe the same incident from perspectives that couldn't be more different. In No Apparent Danger, reporter Victoria Bruce documents what she says are warning signals Williams missed, safety precautions he failed to take and grandstanding opportunities he seized. Williams tells his own story--and defends himself against his critics--in Surviving Galeras, co-authored by Fen Montaigne. Taken together, the books provide a vivid account of how the people who study volcanoes do their dangerous work...
...Sunshine" (Notting Hill); the bittersweet use of "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and of "I Love the Nightlife" in Last Days of Disco; Abba songs punctuating Muriel's Wedding; that inimitable discussion of "Like a Virgin" in Reservoir Dogs; "No More Mr. Nice Guy" in the background as Wiley Wiggins gets paddled in Dazed and Confused; Faye Wong dancing to "California Dreaming" (Chungking Express); Tom Everett Scott hitting the drums too fast but just right in That Thing You Do!; and "Play it Sam. Play 'As Time Goes...