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...Mill Pond” and “Womblife,” go as far as abandoning the language of acoustic guitar in favor of churning, feedback-heavy noise-passages. Fahey’s relentless creative antagonism made him a figure of inspiration for artists like Sun City Girls and Six Organs of Admittance.But these two seemingly divergent forces—Kottke the acoustic virtuoso, Fahey the ambient experimenter—came together with Peter Lang to record an eponymous 1974 LP. Because of Takoma’s relatively limited financial clout and semi-dormant status in the wake...
...amazing knack for wringing emotional drama from hard science. His novels plunge fearlessly into arcane scientific realms where lesser writers would fear to tread - nanotechnology in Prey, genetics in Next. He courted controversy ardently: he wrote about sexual harassment in Disclosure and the expanding Japanese economic hegemony in Rising Sun (back in 1992 when that was an edgy topic). Most infamously he attacked the theory of global warming in State of Fear...
...seems like everyone around here lately has been jumping on the solar-powered band wagon of sustainability. That is, until the sun runs out! [Insert Nobel Peace Prize here]. But who is really taking measurable steps? Prestige and Mobility care about sustainability and are putting our carbon credits where our mouths are. We plant a tree each time we kill a dolphin or eat a Panda Burger (mmm... Panda Burgers, only $4.95 at b.good when also presenting a copy of The Harvard Voice). We tried to start a wind farm in Adams A, using fans all powered by other fans...
...Obama supporter, said that he thought Obama’s campaign had garnered such strong support among young voters because of the campaign’s “idealized viewpoints.” Enthusiasm among the party faithful did not abate even as the sun set. Steven Rozenski, a third year GSAS student, who stood outside Quincy House armed with large Obama-Biden signs, said he hoped to recruit last-minute support as potential voters filed into the polling station. His small coterie of fellow supporters mirrored statements of support expressed by passers-by throughout...
...October, the scope of the scandal broadened when Hong Kong authorities announced that eggs imported from the mainland also contained melamine, the result of tainted feed given to chickens. Beijing ordered widespread testing of animal feed, and discovered 3,600 tons of contaminated product. The country's agriculture minister, Sun Zhengcai, called the tainted eggs an isolated problem. And the state press trumpeted news that sauces tainted with toxic chemicals were imported from three Japanese factories...