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Lebanon has entered a perilous and unprecedented constitutional vacuum following the departure midnight Friday of the pro-Syrian president, Emile Lahoud, with no elected successor. The two rival factions - the Western-backed March 14 block, which holds a thin parliamentary majority, and the pro-Syrian opposition, spearheaded by the militant Shi'ite Hizballah - are locked in a tense standoff, both waiting for the other to make the first move...
Comebacks by musical legends are almost always a letdown, but there's one '60s icon that's performing, and looking, even better today than it did 40 years ago: the tube amplifier. Although almost made extinct in the 1970s by cheaper transistor-based amps, vacuum tubes (also known as valves) are back in the mix for a growing number of high-end audio companies. This isn't just sonic nostalgia: audiophiles have long claimed that tubes pump out warmer, smoother sounds - a result of the low-level distortion that tubes generate - than transistors. If your music goes down these tubes...
...industrial operators who devour the most water and fossil fuels, spew the most pesticides, erode the most soil, grow the most fattening foods, and use their handouts to buy out smaller farmers and depopulate rural America. Only 1% of Americans are farmers, and the largest 5% of those farmers vacuum up three-fourths of the subsidies. The subsidies also flout our international trade agreements, and end up severely damaging the non-agricultural sectors that make up the other 99% of our economy...
...example and be as intelligent as she is when we play.”Hallion and senior Jessica Knox have assumed the leadership mantle from last year’s co-captains, Kyle Dalton and Christiana Lackner. Lackner’s departure may not have created a leadership vacuum, but it has created a hole in the Harvard frontcourt. One of the talented freshmen, 6’3 forward Emma Markley, looks to fill this spot.“[Markley] is probably the closest player that can replace [Lackner],” Hallion figures...
...rule interspersed by short spasms of ineffectual and corrupt democracy, a cycle that Pakistanis are exasperated with. But this time the situation is more dire for the nuclear-armed nation of 165 million people. This time Islamic militants are better placed than ever to rush in and fill the vacuum...