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...until six police officers dive through the crowd and pull them forcibly apart. White strains under the grasp of a burly officer, gritting his teeth and bobbing his head furiously toward the other man. Then he collapses into the officer’s arms, exhausted. Sirens wail; police vehicles surround the intersection in an instant...
...brave FOR HER acting in About Schmidt. But she's not immune to the luxuries available to an Oscar nominee. Of her shoot with Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue, Bates gushes, "I got to try on lots of outfits and gorgeous jewelry." Not to mention surround herself with other well-polished ornaments...
...steam tunnels vary in size, but most are about eight feet high, eight feet wide, and situated six feet below the surface. Ten and 12 inch steam pipes run along each wall, their contents rushing along at around 400 degrees and 100 pounds of pressure. Four inches of insulation surround the pipes and, in conjunction with a ventilation system, maintain the tunnels at an acceptable temperature (although not a comfortable one, since workers often face 100 degree heat). In addition to steam pipes, numerous cables for internet and telephone pass through the tunnels, making them essential to the University?...
Students did storm Mass. Hall demanding a living wage two years ago, and uncertainty does surround the course of future contract talks...
...mode of slow motion. That mode has its own magical quality, one that the German philosopher Walter Benjamin celebrated in his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Benjamin reminded us of how close-ups of the objects that surround us, investigations of familiar places and attention to the hidden details of what is routine not only help us understand the realities of our daily lives but also open up “an immense and unexpected field of action.” It was Fred Rogers’ genius...