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...that propels this book forward. It's enough that King etches so expertly the fine filigree of the man's resignation and pain, his awareness of the "burden of my dullness"--which the reader understands is just the world's inability to find its way into his steady, lustrous stream of consciousness. At one point, trying to muster sympathy for Sylvia's addiction, he recollects his own druggy days. "For a moment, I recall those spectacular arcs of time when I was the solitary pinprick of sensation in the whole wide world, the one heroic lawbreaker in our dutiful universe...
...soybeans, the labor market is also subject to the rules of supply and demand?and the Pearl River Delta is facing a manpower shortage of 2 million workers, according to the Labor Ministry survey. Manufacturing capacity has expanded so rapidly in the past several years that the stream of migrants from the poor countryside is no longer large enough to replenish the labor pool. Rising agricultural incomes in recent years have started to keep many would-be migrant workers back on the farm...
...What is the half-life of your innovation?" he screams, in a perfect parody of corporate newspeak. Hart's musical ear for creating nonsense versions of the aerobicized cynicism of biz language becomes one of the book's biggest pleasures. When Worner later runs into a disguised Hutch spewing stream of consciousness poetry he thinks he's finally found someone who's "not afraid to be an idiot for the bottom line." Instigating "infiltration plan beta-pi," Hutch takes a consultation...
...these days. Consumers shelled out more than $2 billion last year to purchase DVDs of shows ranging from Seinfeld to The Simpsons to Sex and the City. And the TV industry is loving it. Historically beholden to fickle ratings and ad spending, studios are reveling in a new revenue stream for which costs are low (old show, new box) and profit margins high--as much as 50%, according to Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen. By 2008, Cohen projects, the business will grow to $3.9 billion annually. The biggest beneficiaries: Time Warner, which owns HBO, Warner Bros. and New Line...
...frames-per-sec. video and high- quality stereo music to the cell phone. LG'S VX8000 will support VCAST at launch, and three more phones, from Samsung, UTStarcom and Motorola, are expected. For $15 a month on top of a standard calling plan, customers can download an unlimited stream of files to the phones or pay extra for premium content. Highlights will include music videos, Doppler weather radar, 3-D games and video clips as much as five minutes or longer, among them "webisodes" from 20th Century Fox based on the show...