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Although several sequels have come out since, excitement about Myst has dwindled. The past two installments, Myst III: Exile and Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, have sold only about 450,000 copies combined. Criticized for being too slow paced and for having puzzles that were too hard, the franchise lost out to the heart-pumping action and 3D graphics served up by competitors. "Myst is no longer as relevant to gamers as it used to be," says Greg Kasavin, executive editor of GameSpot, a video-game website. "It represents an antiquated style of gaming...
prices for U.S. cattle plunged, squeezed by foreign imports and pressure from big meatpackers. He sold off part of his land and took a second job as a car salesman. "It was slow death," he recalls. "I couldn't offer my kids a life in ranching." But today, together with a handful of other California cattlemen, he sells his certified American beef to specialty grocers and restaurants at a premium. Says Wood, scattering jackrabbits as he steers his pickup past neatly fenced meadows: "Now I feel more confident of the future...
...about early summer winds, erosion and dust storms" taking their toll on the land, Sigfússon says. Arnalds responds that much of the region is already dusty and barren, but that soil erosion is being taken seriously in Iceland and research is under way to devise techniques to slow or reverse the process. He concedes that roughly 600 pink-footed goose nests will be lost, but says that the number represents just 1.5% of such nests in Iceland; the birds are not a threatened species. Arnalds also acknowledges that part of the herd of calving and spring-grazing reindeer...
...innovative tenor saxophonist and bandleader; of a heart attack; in New York City. At 19, playing with Lionel Hampton's band, he bleated out an 80-sec. solo on Flying Home that became legendary. He was a master of the style known as screeching and was equally adept at slow ballads. In addition to playing with most of the jazz giants of his era, he was invited by President Bill Clinton to perform a duet on the White House lawn at his first Inauguration...
...after the peace accords with Israel, drastic changes have occurred in Palestinian society. There are no icons in Palestine today, no sacred symbols, no heroes to praise and worship. There are only militants marching down the road, disturbing the peace of the dust on the ground, which rises in slow motion to powder the faces of the children playing with pebbles and stones. And there are the mothers living in the shadows of misfortune searching for some light in a world where talk is plenty but action is scarce...