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Maybe it’s the fact that the “el” is an enormous, permanent eyesore that also doubles as a noisemaker. Or perhaps it’s because the el is, by definition, not a “subway” at all, blocking sunlight and casting a shadow over everything near it. Maybe it resonates with people’s impressions of gritty urban life, à la the famous chase scene in The French Connection. Possibly, people don’t like the idea of tons of steel taking tight curves...
...ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, which they regarded as sacred. Mertz carries on the tradition. In her two-story solarium, dappled with sunlight, it seems as though cats are everywhere, strutting and preening as household gods. "They're all a little mad at me, because yesterday was the day for the vet," confides Mertz. In all, there are five felines: Dorothy, Nefret, Emerson, Ellery and Sethos...
Reading period is not yet over but dilapidated Dartboard has a message for professors preparing for next semester’s courses: keep your sleep, food and, most importantly, given the gorgeous weather, sunlight-deprived students in mind. Final exam, final paper, final classes. It’s May, so pick...
...finally crest a prayer flag-festooned summit and drop into the valley below, it's late afternoon. Beneath us are the handful of dwellings that shelter Yubeng's 65 ethnic-Tibetan inhabitants; in the crook of a slim, glacial stream, a white, sagging stupa glows in the low sunlight. The locals feed and water their livestock, while one of the women invites us to dinner cooked over an open hearth before showing us to the small wooden outbuilding reserved for travelers...
...Josemaría Escriva, whom Elmbrook residents call simply “the Founder” or just “Father,” peers out, watching over the room. Further back in the house is a Spartan chapel, dully lit, with only a low glow of sunlight creeping in softly through stained glass windows...