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...have already started on this road, instituting barriers to trade such as higher tariffs and measures like the domestic content bill. If the U.S. does not begin to work out a coherent industrial and trade policy, Reich envisions, the country will head down the projectionist path to world economic ruin...
While the 20 seconds of intensive shaking, which registered 6.5 on the Richter scale, was far short of the blockbuster so long predicted for California, the temblor turned peaceful Coalinga into a smoldering ruin. Said John Bunker, 70, owner of a downtown stationery store: "It was like a bomb dropped." At least 47 people were injured, 300 buildings were demolished, and property damage exceeded $30 million. Yet miraculously, there were no immediate deaths...
...second act itself Time and the Conways should have been a screenplay, because only film, with its uninterrupted flow, could cast the spell that moves Kay through time. But the breaks for set and costume changes necessary to bring the action up to--and back from 1938 ruin the transition between Kay's states of perception. As a result, Act II appears to be a mere leap in chronology rather than, as the author intended, a transformation of consciousness that alters Kay's understanding when she returns to her birthday party in the last...
...always believed that if drug abusers wanted to ruin their lives, it was fine with me as long as they kept their habit to themselves. Now the thought of cokeheads practicing as surgeons and working on airplanes has me terrified...
...Richard Raskind story would be difficult to ruin, and the authors make sure to keep out of its way. In fact, the book reads like a collection of stories and thoughts pieced together with some errant editorial comments. Nothing, it seems, is held back the reader must wade through all the gory and embarrassing details. Which doesn't of course, make it any less enjoyable...