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...them ? I wanted to imagine how a religion founded on any old nonsense could come to be." And why Dave's nonsense? "Well, I've always been intrigued by the Knowledge. But you also have this mythos around London cabbies, that they're kind of rebarbative bigots, wandering around town in a box, a small church that seats five communicants at a time." The novel's universe is typically Self-made. In the year 523 A.D. (Anno Dave, that is), on the isle of Ham, the onetime London district of Hampstead, six family clans eke out a hard, bucolic living...
...about time. Real estate developers and casino companies are plowing billions of dollars into low-rent Atlantic City--known for day-tripping seniors, nickel slots and giveaway buffets--in an attempt to reinvent the resort town as a Las Vegas--style destination packed with shows, shops and celebrity chefs. The folks in Jersey see no reason why Vegas should have a lock on garish spectacle and conspicuous spending...
...others opened clubs. A slew of room expansions was announced, filling a major need in Atlantic City, which with only 18,000 rooms (compared with 133,000 in Las Vegas) can't accommodate big conventions. At the same time, a real estate boom in once dumpy shore towns from Long Branch to Asbury Park was spreading south. The Atlantic City development angered some homeowners and small businesses whose property stood in the way. But in a town where more than half the city budget comes from property taxes on casinos, things have a way of progressing...
...recruiting women to donate eggs for stem cell studies, adopted the same restriction; they will not pay women for donating, but will compensate them for travel and other expenses related to their participation.) The task force released a draft of its proposed guidelines to its 2300 membership in a town hall forum at the Society's annual meeting in Toronto Friday afternoon. Members will have 60 days to comment on the draft, and the committee will reconvene to amend the guidelines in the fall...
...Indeed, while Berkeley may be the first city to put an impeachment resolution to its people, numerous city and town councils have already passed such resolutions, including San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Chapel Hill, N.C. State legislatures in Vermont, California and Illinois all have impeachment resolutions pending. To help raise awareness of the issue, there will be a series of teach-ins across the country this summer and fall, and a new film, "How to Impeach a President," will be screened - all part of the burgeoning impeachment effort called "Constitution Summer," led by a non-partisan coalition of students from...