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...anti-spacesuit spacesuit is made of an elastic, skintight material, lightweight enough to allow astronauts to walk, run or even scale mountains on a moon or planet's surface - acts that are physically impossible using NASA's current Tin Man-like designs. The form-fitting style of the new suit doesn't just make for a beguiling photo op; it also keeps astronauts alive by creating what scientists call mechanical counter pressure, which balances out the vacuum pull of space. The spacesuits worn today use gas pressurization - they create a small Earth-like atmosphere inside the suit, which exerts...
...Goya's Ghosts is not entirely successful in doing so. Though it is made on a crowded an epic scale, it is going to seem remote to many viewers. It has structural problems - a jump in time of 15 years right at its center - and Portman makes an unfortunate, almost ludicrous, choice in her portrayal of the older, post-prison, Ines On the other hand, it has about it a kind of messy passion that is quite fascinating. It obviously means a great deal to its auteur, and that passion grants the film a felt and wayward life not usually...
...casually decline a slice of pork, in certain situations terrible consequences can ensue from such seeming inconsequences - not to mention a narrative of epic proportions. I'm not saying that Goya's Ghosts is ever going to be regarded as a world-historical masterpiece. But it has grand scale and grand ambitions, and in the midst of our annual silly season at the movies I would like to suggest that, flawed as it is, the film does reward our serious attention...
...grander scale, the 1.2 million-- member United Church of Christ has resolved to work in conjunction with NSM, and Shamana's Methodist conference has committed to educate congregations on how they can participate in its actions. An official with the General Board of Church and Society for the 8 million--member United Methodist mother church, while stressing that he is not quoting church policy, says his office recommends sanctuary as "an option for a lot of churches and necessary for some situations...
...costs of maintenance and replacement of old systems can appear prohibitive. (To provide some scale: New York City budgets roughly $2 billion a year for maintenance and development projects.) But those costs may be paltry compared, in an extreme case, to the more than $81 billion in damages after Hurricane Katrina swept floodwaters into New Orleans and the gulf coast. Yesterday's pipe explosion in Manhattan may cost New York City millions not only in repair and police and fire department overtime but in likely lawsuits from businesses and individuals...