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...economic rebound, Japan remains mired in its third recession since 1990. Getting the uncertain domestic consumer to start spending again is crucial to a lasting recovery. That's why even the most tentatively positive statistical signals are being viewed eagerly as light at the end of the tunnel?as happened last month when Koizumi aide Jun Saito declared that Japan had "hit bottom and from here on in we can expect a level or upward trend...
...similar battle between the entrenched foes is occurring in mid-Cambridge. Residents are engaged in a quixotic battle of their own over the planned Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) tunnel, which would connect CGIS’ two proposed buildings under Cambridge Street. Although construction would generate noise and would create a temporary eyesore, the tunnel would have little impact on the neighborhood upon completion. Traffic on Cambridge Street would move more smoothly, since fewer University staff would cross the street on foot during the day to move between the buildings. And with a tunnel, CGIS would only need...
...building plan by architect Henry N. Cobb proposes two four-story buildings of rounded glass and terra cotta facing each other across Cambridge Street. The latest point of contention is an underground tunnel beneath the street that would link the buildings...
...Holland Tunnel in New York City imploded from a terrorist attack tomorrow, you could then find official memos about the vulnerability of that tunnel. Convicted terrorists are in prison now for conspiring to take it out. But that doesn't mean we should close it down or round up the Muslims who drive through it every...
...matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty, but full of possibility." In other words, the exclusionary element of an obsession also implies what the obsession includes. In other words, tunnel vision takes in the tunnel...