Word: vistas
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...been over that ground before, and it's time to find a new vista. Right about now, somewhere in the Caribbean would do nicely...
...long-held beliefs about population flows. It is evident to those of us who have grown to love and cherish this region that it is in danger of becoming much too crowded. Only a few days ago, as a visitor from the East, I would have described the vista I gaze at while writing this as a green landscape pleasantly dappled with humanity. Now that I live here, the same view stands revealed to me as a nightmare vision of teeming masses. Sad to say, it is not possible for everyone who would like to live in this glorious region...
...dozen higher levels await me. I've slaughtered "hell knights" and revenants and blubbery pink things that resemble bulls on tiptoe. I've armed myself with shotguns, rocket launchers and plasma guns that can kill a zombie faster than you can say Hasta la vista, baby, but still won't get me out of Level...
This cosmic vista, seen in a photo released by NASA two weeks ago, is the latest in a series of stunning images captured from the ends of the universe by the Hubble Space Telescope. Once written off as a near total loss because of an inaccurately ground mirror, the Hubble has in the past two years redeemed itself spectacularly. It has offered close-up pictures of distant galaxies that are 10 times as sharp as those produced by earthbound telescopes--pictures that are not just scientifically significant but breathtakingly beautiful as well. In fact, the orbiting observatory has extended...
...flags midway through Picasso. The play waits for a deus ex machina. And it gets one in Elvis, who materializes as a spectral time traveler come to discuss the shape of the 20th century with the people of Paris. What follows--the culmination of the play--is an enchanting vista, as Einstein and Picasso and Presley stand contemplating the stars. Where are we headed? The heavens are dark; the light is supernal; and the unlikely trio brings a pair of provocative messages. One: the old order is doomed; everything we live by is destined to go smash. Two: things...