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...collection of poetic monologues. It is not a propitious start: the combined effect of “de-existence” and “post-exist” in this context is one of self-conscious jargonizing. “Ark” is one of five shorter poems that serve in this context as an introduction to the title poem, which at some 70 pages could be described as an attempt to resurrect the genre of the poetic epic. The shorter works are slight and awkward; Alexander’s fulsome imagery is suffocating in the absence...
...opposite poles, and both of them are going to be driven by the very high costs associated with battery technology. On the one hand, you're going to find small, very light commuter cars, with relatively spartan equipment. They will have lighter, smaller batteries with significantly shorter driving range - essentially good for urban commutes. On the other end of the spectrum - where the real technological advances are going to take place, and where the money will be spent - you're going to find the development of powerful electric cars with significant range. [These will be] emotionally styled luxury cars because...
...diesel cars in the U.S.? Clean-diesel technology represents an immediate technological leap - you immediately, very significantly, reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Biodiesel, too, could get you very close to the point where you can have a neutral carbon footprint. This can all be attained in a relatively shorter space of time, and at lower costs, than waiting 20 years-plus until we get our act together with electric cars. I should say, though, that hybrids are important. It is not diesel vs. hybrid - they are complementary technologies. We, too, will be producing hybrids - diesel ones...
...finally got the shot. I was pulled into a shorter priority line for those who were pregnant or with severe health conditions and received one of only 60 doses of the thimerosal-free vaccine recommended for pregnant women. About half an hour after I got my shot, they ran out of this version of the vaccine. The whole process took almost two hours. (See what you need to know about the H1N1 vaccine...
...figure salary. Add to that the high costs, long days and billing headaches involved in running a practice, and it's no wonder so many family docs are trading up to specialties like orthopedics, where the pay can be three times as great and the hours a whole lot shorter. Only 3 out of 10 doctors in the U.S. now are PCPs, compared with 5 out of 10 elsewhere in the world. Those family physicians who remain find themselves in a constant money chase, meeting their monthly nut with the help of the revenue they make by prescribing tests...