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...Woody Guthrie's eloquent pleas for the migratory workers during the Depression. Commercial country was born in the 1920s out of an amalgamation of American folk, British airs and hymns, and Negro gospel and blues. The New York record companies sent their men South to make wax discs of such performers as Samantha Bumgarner and Fiddlin' John Carson. Then they found the Carter Family, hillbilly virtuosos from Virginia, and the first idol of country, Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933). Country was off and running...
...general you can always take Stoppard to town philosophically. When the critics start to interfere with the play in Hound you might even get as far as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, as you could wax sententious about discovering our own fantasies by acting them out, in the paradoxical and not-to-be-revealed ending of Magritte. But what is impressive is that all this is done so lightly, so cleverly, that it ought to embarrass the critic to get heavy about it. Stoppard's plots are so well devised, every funny line is so well ensconced in its context, that...
...recall is doubly irritating for Chrysler because the part causing the trouble was modified on the assembly line at the insistence of the EPA in the first place. The part, designed by Chrysler engineers, is a sensor containing a ball of wax that softens when engine temperature rises to 60° F. The softening frees a valve that recirculates part of the car's exhaust gases through the engine and thereby eliminates some of the harmful nitrogen oxides that are emitted at high temperatures; when the temperature subsides, the wax ball hardens and closes the valve. At first, Chrysler...
Chrysler reluctantly made the move but later found that the wax balls were not softening properly on cars that had been driven for more than 10,000 miles or so. Instead of melting at 60°, the wax often was not responding until the engine temperature neared its typical maximum of around 200°. The company reported its findings to EPA officials, who promptly ordered the recall...
...Chrysler will fit recalled cars free of charge with a redesigned sensor (retail price: $2) still located in the radiator. The new device consists of strips of metal that bend infallibly at 60° to open the recirculation valve. In other words, Chrysler has abandoned the whole ball of wax...