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...guess we were looking for something above and beyond the ‘well-made book’ of which the U.S. has so many.” According to Jack, Iweala’s “persuasive way” of writing about a difficult subject was a major draw for the judges. “Of course it’s a risk—he has published only one short book—but we thought it worth taking,” Jack wrote. Iweala’s novel was inspired in part by China Keitetsi...
...Such headaches might all be worth it if the adjustment does what it's intended to do: conserve energy. Whether it will, however, is a subject of disagreement. According to an analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), by 2020 cumulative consumer savings from the extra hour of sunshine will reach $4.4 billion, and the lowered energy use will eliminate the need to build more than three large electric power plants and prevent nearly 10.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions from contributing to global warming. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), who introduced the DST amendment...
...people hauling stuff from the truck that they got at a wholesaler," says Joseph Mendelson III, legal director of the Center for Food Safety, a liberal Washington group that supports strong organic standards. Mendelson prefers the "gold standard" of locally grown organics, but he is rather frightening on the subject of nonorganic food, whatever its origin. When I asked him whether I should favor local products, he replied, "I don't know what local means. Do they use local pesticides? Does that mean the food is better because they produce local cancers...
...what you like, Joel, but whileyou're eating your horsemeat salad, I'll be laughing. I know what is really in that horsemeat, what you cannot taste through your olive-oil-and-lemon-juice dressing. Since horses are not raised for food in the U.S., they are not subject to the same regulations. We give our horses lots of drugs to keep them healthy, fit and pain-free. I could sell my cancerous Arabian to the slaughterhouse, and her highly medicated meat could end up on your plate. So, go ahead, enjoy your horsemeat. But just be sure that...
...primary structure, minimal type of artist, and as the years went along, I started to be much more free with my gesture and with my hand,” she said. “In some of the work that I am doing now, the gesture is the subject of the work.” Her eclectic social awareness manifests itself in works of painting, sculpture, and decorative art that represent a consistent use of geometric construction and bold colors. Heilmann’s work shows a remarkable stylistic consistency, though Heilmann is careful to discount the importance of chronology...