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...still isn't dead. In fact, in the past two years it has been rejuvenated creatively and commercially by hip-hop rock acts such as Deftones and others. And this week rock receives another jolt of new life in the form of Radiohead's spectacularly inventive album Kid A (Capitol). As the funeral procession winds through the streets, rock rages on. It sounds pretty good for a dead...
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...amazing how a hundred deadly tire blowouts can clear a traffic jam on Capitol Hill. For more than a decade, the powerful auto industry has successfully fought any efforts in Washington to publish a ratings system for measuring a vehicle's propensity to roll over. Detroit wasn't going to let some meddling bureaucrats potentially gut its sacred cash cow, the wildly popular and profitable sport-utility vehicles (SUVS). But by last week, as the estimated death toll in the Firestone- tire recall debacle rose to 101, it became increasingly clear to Motown's allies in Washington that the battle...
...Capitol dome, symbol of our democracy, turns out to be cast iron painted to look like stone--a massive, mighty but hollow facade. There must be a hidden meaning in that. In this five-episode series, author-illustrator David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) looks at megastructures--bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams and tunnels--and the aspirations they embody. The series is probably a touch light for architecture buffs. For the layperson, it's an engaging look at how and why humankind shaped the landscape with seemingly impossible structures, and was shaped in turn by them...
...Korb - assistant secretary of defense for manpower and logistics during Reagan's first term - will explain how he believes the U.S. military can slash its budget by 20 percent and retain its undisputed title as world champion. The next day, Pentagon sources say, the Joint Chiefs will troop to Capitol Hill to tell the Senate Armed Services Committee there's no way they can keep today's military humming without boosting defense spending...