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...bare outline, is that a novelist accidentally killed her twin sister in a horrific way when they were young circus performers. She is plagued by recurring dreams in which she is buried alive in the same small box in which her sister died. Elements of her dream spill over into her life, and her sister starts appearing to her—or is just a manifestation of a guilty conscience...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Three…Extremes | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...Radcliffe, eyrie of learning, bastion of browsing, birthdom of our memories, is now left decimated by the faceless hordes of Harvard College, tomes torn up for fancy résumés and paper airplanes. Dark Age gargoyles, awful epigones: Weep, you undergraduates, if you have tears to spill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Groups’ Proliferation And The Conversion Of Hilles | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...piracy; while they were at it, they might as well rescue anyone in distress. They made their first drug bust in 1890. Over the years, the Coast Guard fought the maritime "rum wars" during Prohibition, saved tens of thousands of Cuban refugees and became the nation's lead oil-spill cleanup unit. Now the Coast Guard is supposed to protect the nation's 95,000 miles of coastline against terrorist attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hurricane Katrina: How The Coast Guard Gets It Right | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...afternoon light sparkles off the Colorado Rockies, office workers spill out of buildings in downtown Boulder and alight at outdoor-caf tables, laptops in hand. With a click, they tap into a bold new energy future: a wireless network powered by the sun. The $10,000 project, which covers a six-block area, allows anyone to connect to the Internet through wi-fi transmitters powered by solar panels on nearby rooftops. The panels collect the sun's rays even on cloudy days and hook up to batteries that store 72 hours' worth of power, ensuring a steady supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Energy: Innovation: 7 Cool New Ideas | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...precious. “Off The Record,” while awe-inspiring in concert, sounds paradoxically forced on the record. Still, the band retains its flair for the redeeming musical moment. “Lay Low” is not conceptually jaw-dropping, but the spiraling, Built to Spill-esque guitar solo and the descending rhythm hook are sure to please old-school MMJ fans. “Knot Comes Loose” is an unquestionably pastoral tune but, when an overdubbed James effortlessly harmonizes “Ba-by, can’t you see that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: My Morning Jacket | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

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