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...Climb in, said the man. Zachery swallowed his misgivings, and away they went. They arrived at the test site with moments to spare. As Zachery bolted from the car, the man called out, with eerie conviction, "The job is yours." How did he know...
...owned collectively by resident associations, with members chipping in to buy a slice of wind power. ("If you let people become a part of the solution," says Hermansen, "it works better.") Others are owned by single investors like Jorgen Tranberg, a dairy farmer. Tranberg, who likes to spend his spare time watching his cows on closed-circuit TV ("It's better than the news"), believes Samso's success could be replicated elsewhere. "We're not special people here," he says...
...know times are tough when spare change from a few generous strangers stands between you and financial ruin. But Atlanta's embattled Morris Brown College will take what it can get. Dimes and quarters trickled into the school's coffers last week as part of an outpouring of community and alumni generosity that allowed the college to appease its debt collectors and keep its doors open - at least for another month...
...Black Keys, Dan Auerbach’s blues-rock duo, have always seemed to hold to their well-established sound. The two-man band has made four full-length albums since their debut, “The Big Come Up,” in 2002, hardly altering their spare, heavy blues between their first album and their latest, “Attack & Release.” Too unprocessed and deferential to have any place in the pop world; too no-nonsense and slow to really belong in the world of indie rock; and lacking a “Seven Nation...
...they are roles in which readers are free to cast themselves. At the same time, Smith writes in a strongly personal style, and her voice is channeled through each of her stories’ characters. The intimate conversations between figures in the story feel almost autobiographical in their spare, evocative detail. She entwines the reader and author rather than delineating a separate role for each. This innovative tactic forges a close connection, one which is essential in the limited frame of a short story. Smith’s writing in this collection is honest and open—even...