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From Spaceflight to Attempted Murder Charge - New York Times

2007-02-06T20:01:00.000-08:00

From Spaceflight to Attempted Murder Charge - New York Times: "Professor Kanas said that most astronauts went through the experience of finally reaching space and came out well — but that “for some it’s very difficult to adjust” to seeing the abrupt end of something they have worked so hard to achieve."

After 4 Decades, a Cold War Symbol Stands Down - New York Times

2006-07-29T00:49:00.000-07:00

After 4 Decades, a Cold War Symbol Stands Down - New York Times: "The technology of the time dovetailed with the goals of “hardening,” as it was called, and burrowing down — in Cheyenne Mountain’s case under 2,000 feet of granite. The centralized mainframe computer was the model then, too. And just as the old Soviet threat has been supplanted by the shadow world of global terrorism, so too has the mainframe been thrust aside by the modern notion of decentralized networks that can be better defended by being dispersed."

Company Town, Losing a Landlord, Seeks a Mate - New York Times

2006-07-05T23:08:00.000-07:00

Company Town, Losing a Landlord, Seeks a Mate - New York Times: "'I live exactly 47 paces from the firehouse,' said John Broadstock, the volunteer fire chief for Scotia and the chief of plant security for Pacific Lumber. 'Or 22 when the alarm goes off.'"

charles hugh smith-How to Buy a $450K Home for $750K

2006-05-31T20:21:00.000-07:00

charles hugh smith-How to Buy a $450K Home for $750K: "How to Buy a $450K Home for $750K"

Battle for Biloxi - New York Times

2006-05-21T17:18:00.000-07:00

Battle for Biloxi - New York Times: "New Urbanism is like Whole Foods: it's meant to be good for you, but it's expensive, at least on the front end, and it comes with a set of cultural connotations that generally play best among the prosperous and the self-consciously progressive. "

Google and My Red Flag

2006-01-30T17:21:00.000-08:00

Google and My Red Flag: "And that's not the best bit. Google has negotiated the right to disclose, at the bottom of its Chinese search results, whether information has been withheld -- a disclosure that may prompt users to repeat their search using google.com instead of google.cn. Of course, the second search might be frustrated by Cisco's routers. But disclosing censorship is half the battle. If people know they are being brainwashed, then they are not being brainwashed."

The Cute Factor - New York Times

2006-01-02T17:38:00.000-08:00

The Cute Factor - New York Times: "'Cute cuts through all layers of meaning and says, Let's not worry about complexities, just love me,' said Dr. Dutton, who is writing a book about Darwinian aesthetics."

So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says... - New York Times

2005-12-30T19:34:00.000-08:00

So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says... - New York Times: "'Recently I lost my luggage,' Justice Kennedy said. 'I had to go to the lost and found at the airline, and the lady said has my plane landed yet.'

'[Laughter.]'"

The New Yorker: The Critics: Books

2005-12-11T13:19:00.000-08:00

The New Yorker: The Critics: Books: "We fall in love with our hunches, and we really, really hate to be wrong. "

Wheels and Deals in Silicon Valley - New York Times

2005-12-04T16:28:00.000-08:00

From the Department of Absurd Triple Negatives comes this gem...

Wheels and Deals in Silicon Valley - New York Times: "The passion for adventure sports has even changed mating rituals in the region. 'It's hard to go on a date in San Francisco and not go on a date with a girl who has not been in five triathlons,' said Auren Hoffman, 31, the chairman of Stonebrick, a high-tech consulting company."

Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs - New York Times

2005-10-25T20:38:00.000-07:00

Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs - New York Times: "An internal memo sent to Wal-Mart's board of directors proposes numerous ways to hold down spending on health care and other benefits while seeking to minimize damage to the retailer's reputation. Among the recommendations are hiring more part-time workers and discouraging unhealthy people from working at Wal-Mart."

2005: Volkswagen Jetta: Once a Standout, Now Lost in the Crowd - New York Times

2005-09-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

2005: Volkswagen Jetta: Once a Standout, Now Lost in the Crowd - New York Times: "While the last Jetta was a ho-hum mechanical package, the finely balanced proportions of its exterior design did set it apart. Rather than trying to convince onlookers that it was sexy or powerful, the Jetta's styling took its cues from high-end German appliances, looking as if it had been extruded from an injection-molding machine in one perfect piece, devoid of frivolous styling flourishes inside or out."

Michael Homan: One of the Millions of Hurricane Katrina Stories

2005-09-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

Michael Homan: One of the Millions of Hurricane Katrina Stories: "It occurred to me that it was more complicated than concluding that suddenly the American government was forgetting these impoverished people, these descendants of the slaves who built New Orleans and this country. Instead, I realized that these poor people hadd been forgotten for hundreds of years."

United States of Shame - New York Times

2005-09-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

United States of Shame - New York Times: "Michael Brown, the blithering idiot in charge of FEMA - a job he trained for by running something called the International Arabian Horse Association - admitted he didn't know until Thursday that there were 15,000 desperate, dehydrated, hungry, angry, dying victims of Katrina in the New Orleans Convention Center."

In Bangalore, India, a Cuddle With Your Baby Requires a Bribe - New York Times

2005-08-29T23:14:00.000-07:00

In Bangalore, India, a Cuddle With Your Baby Requires a Bribe - New York Times: "Such petty bribery acts as a hidden regressive tax, according to research financed by the World Bank Institute, the bank's educational and research arm. In Zambia, for example, poor people paid 17 percent of their incomes in bribes for medical care, while the middle class paid only 3 percent. The comparable figures for Paraguay were 7 percent for the poor and only 1 percent for the middle class."

The Case Against Coldplay - New York Times

2005-06-05T16:54:00.000-07:00

The Case Against Coldplay - New York Times: "And the lyrics can make me wish I didn't understand English."

The Rake - Twenty-Five Years of Post-it Notes

2005-05-07T12:04:00.000-07:00

The Rake - Twenty-Five Years of Post-it Notes: "On April 6, 1980, though, the endless and complicated march of progress took a short break as a remarkable new technology arrived in stationery stores around the nation. It was so simple to use, even a CEO could master it. It was so perfectly designed, it didn’t require semi-annual upgrades. It was so versatile, it actually performed better than advertised. It was the Post-it Note."

The New York Times > International > Europe > Amsterdam Journal: A Dutch Soccer Riddle: Jewish Regalia Without Jews

2005-03-28T00:26:00.000-08:00

The New York Times > International > Europe > Amsterdam Journal: A Dutch Soccer Riddle: Jewish Regalia Without Jews

Guardian Unlimited Sport | Breaking news | Bobby and me

2005-03-28T00:25:00.001-08:00

Guardian Unlimited Sport | Breaking news | Bobby and me: "'Let me get back to this guy,' says Fischer, pointing at Schaap. 'I hate to rap people personally, but his father many years ago befriended me, took me to see Knicks games, acted kind of like a father figure, and then later, like a typical Jewish snake, he had the most vicious things to say about me.'

Schaap snaps at that, says 'I don't know that you've done much here today really to disprove anything he said,' and walks out. All on camera. Maybe it's a made-for-TV set-up, maybe not, but it certainly chills the air: Fischer groans and there is a half-minute silence before the woman from Icelandic radio can get things back on track with another question about herring."

MacBidouille.com - Ecrans Transparents

2005-03-28T00:25:00.000-08:00

MacBidouille.com - Ecrans Transparents