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...flourishes. White cranes re-enact scenes from an ancient Chinese painting as they stalk long-legged in the flooded paddy fields, still being cultivated (under U.S. Army protection) by their South Korean owners. Over the years, the DMZ has become a tourist attraction for both sides. From the polished-steel-and-granite peace palace on our side, we peered across the demarcation line to the opposite slope, a couple of hundred yards away, where, from a similar but less imposing structure, a party of North Korean sightseers gazed back...
Unity 2000 Rally (Sunday, July 30): Rally and protest by more than 200 organizations, centered around criticism of parties' reliance on corporate contributions. Includes representatives from the National Organization of Women, Philadelphia AFL/CIO, United Steel Workers of America, Democratic Socialists of America, United for a Fair Economy, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Physicians for a National Health Program...
...course, if you're not taking Prozac yet, you probably will be once the cell phone panic takes hold. Apparently, cell phones don't only cause us to wreck our cars and die in fiery balls of steel, they also may contribute to the development of brain tumors. After years of pooh-poohing the dangers (and happily pocketing checks from Nokia and Motorola), the government has finally gotten nervous enough to sponsor a study in which cell phone users' brains will be carefully monitored (although not while they're driving). Nothing is clear at this point; cell phones could...
...little more than cardboard tubes. "I was interested in weak materials," says Ban, 42. "Whenever we invent a new material or new structural system, a new architecture comes out of it." Ironically, Ban may be closer to the old modernist ideals than many who build today in glass and steel. He wants beauty to be attainable by the masses, even the poorest...
...must tell you, to see this 70-foot boat - I don't know how many thousands of pounds of steel were held on that gimbal. It was rocking and rolling like crazy and smashed with these huge loads of water, actors being on it, cameras all over the place. It was an awesome sight and sometimes it just stopped your heart. You don't know if at some point things would break - how can a gimbal hold this huge boat? There was always some kind of pressure and tension there when we did that. But it did fine. It worked...