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That was when he started jumping off roofs. Not to kill himself, but to feel a stillness as he fell. Of soul, conscience? Peter doesn't know, and Dexter doesn't say. Peter goes on jumping as an adult, the way binge drinkers cycle back to booze. Four stories off a warehouse roof into a sandpile. And there is one other clue: though he has no talent except durability, he boxes hard rounds at a local gym. Nick, the owner, figures it out: Peter likes...
While the cases could be coincidental, there is an easy way for the troopers to avoid radar exposure: by simply mounting the transmitter on the roof of the police car, away from the officers. But the issue underscores a broader debate about the dangers of long-term exposure to radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Like power lines and computer screens, radar guns are manufactured to meet exposure standards set by government and industry. Yet power lines have been linked to high incidences of cancer, and questions have been raised about the safety of computers. Some scientists -- including those advising...
...been suffering this stage wall-banging for two years now. ("It becomes invisible after a while," Owen explained in an interview). The Walls Around Us is also about discovery. Owen introduces the reader to every power tool and house building material, from his favorite electric miter saw to roof shingles and shakes, and also to many people--from a hardcore hardware man to the ghosts harbored inside his own house's walls. When Owen was stripping the "crazy wallpaper" from his daughter's bedroom, he discovered ancient tabloids of teenage boy graffitti--most likely from the first half of this...
...blue-chip image and the clout of its ubiquitous green charge cards, the Manhattan-based conglomerate went on a spending spree in which it acquired brokerage firms, insurance companies and a real estate business in an ambitious bid to offer a grocery list of investment services under one roof...
...chandelier." The new householder either pays local artisans or ruins things himself. Owen doesn't exactly tell you how, but he gives you enough information (in the "Fear of Lumber" chapter) so that the guys in bib overalls at the lumberyard won't sneer. He is especially good on roof slopes and pitches and household electricity. Owen strums his mandolin in praise of electric miter saws ("Yeah, if you can afford one," says a young carpenter who leafed through this book) and electronic levels ("Nah," says my source...