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...comforting to enemies seemed, ironically, to be a reminder of the 60s when protestors, not without cause, were chided the same way. With his literally limitless commitment to government power in Iraq Bush sounded like the LBJ of the Great Society or Vietnam, as expansive as the Texas sky. ?We are going to change the world,? Bush said, eschewing any of the humility about federal power that anchors conservatism. Was Woodrow Wilson ever so bluntly idealistic...
...Indian city of Surat, 250 kilometers north of Bombay, has the look of an industrial inferno. Textile mills belch smoke into Surat's discolored sky, mill workers live in dismal slums and homeless men nap alongside dogs on the railway-station floor. In 1994, the city achieved a moment of international fame when doctors announced pneumonic plague had resurfaced in its winding alleys. Nestled amid Surat's grime, however, is one of India's most extraordinary success stories. Whether you live in the U.S. or Japan, if you buy an engagement ring this year, there's a good chance...
What, pray-tell, is wrong with Fair Dunster—with her Georgian ziggurat reaching up towards the sky, as The Unofficial Guide has long observed? Dunster has the largest and most dignified house library, the most stately dining hall, squash courts galore, a friendly and energetic student-run grill, a convenient shuttle stop, is the house of ten thousand courtyards, a great group of tutors, strong house spirit, an active Senior Common Room and, best of all, Mrs. Porter’s world-famous cookies. No house is more imbued with Harvard’s history?...
...electrical charge) can sometimes experience "burn-in," when an image, such as a station identifier, leaves an imprint on the screen. The images on LCD (liquid-crystal display) and plasma screens, while usually bright and clear, may not have the best color contrast. Green grass against a blue sky, Catapano says, may look better on a top-quality conventional...
...cynic picking up Red Sky at Morning (Yale University; 299 pages) might wonder why the international community should do better protecting the earth's life-support systems than it has done preventing nuclear proliferation, terrorism or the piracy of Britney Spears CDs. The answer, according to James Gustave Speth's book, which has the quiet, seething tone of an insider who believed in the system but witnessed only steady decline, is that a habitable planet is a prerequisite for dealing with all the other problems...