Word: smog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Boston-born, Theroux in 1985 became an "accidental resident" of the city he calls "a whole flat planet with a Venusian veil of smog" after having spent ten years in the Middle East. He bought a tiny condominium in unfashionable Long Beach, best known as the final berth of the retired liner Queen Mary and as a popular haven for lesbians. The many bars where the ladies hang out, Theroux writes, "could be spotted by the combination of women waiting in line to get in and mystified sailors (from the local naval base) watching warily from across the street...
...where once was found a dedication to dispassionate, although not unimpassioned, pursuit of truth, one now discovers an all-pervading smog of unrecognized political presuppositions. Unsurprisingly, this shift of intellectual direction has provoked a corresponding shift of popular focus. On a politicized campus, ideological "controversies"--even when of tangential importance to students--easily capture public attention...
...Mexican border, there was no typical experience. Fires threatened the bedroom communities of Simi Valley and Chatsworth; they reached deep into Altadena, only eight miles from central L.A., and scorched the northern San Diego countryside. But their most surreal and spectacular foray was into Laguna Beach. A pristine, smog-free enclave bordered by cliffs and water, the 24,800- resident paradise for surfers, artists and environmentalists, is, along with the adjacent community of Emerald Bay, home to some of the richer people on the Pacific Rim. It was here that the Irvine fire, traveling at 20 m.p.h., finally arrived, forcing...
...about to happen. This was one of those times. Gibson limped to the plate, but he was determined. He had picked the Dodgers up all year. I think everyone in that stadium felt what I felt. Maybe it was the alignment of the planets, maybe it was the smog layer. But we all knew we were about to see something special...
...with themselves, than any other boy in American rock and roll--the dozen or so songs here won't have you singing along so much as nodding your head in agreement. The Karl Hendricks Trio will be playing at the Middle East this Saturday, October 16, with Antietam and Smog...