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...Madonna or Roseanne... Now Rick and the young woman are exchanging a few words... They both look very serious, almost grim, probably talking about the increasingly uneasy international situation... I can only make out a few words, something about 'a hill of beans.' That may be some kind of code...
...Harvard's newest tenants, Fastnet Foreign Motors, an Allston-based business, has filed suit against both the University and Beal Companies, alleging that they failed to address health, safety and building code violations at the 100 Windom St. property the company occupies...
...what sounds like a few feet from the recorder. Almost shamefully catchy simple chord progressions and reptition form the structure of the Mountain Goats' music as the textured vocals offer meat and body to the songs. Beneath their basic melodic appeal, songs carry meaning in their own wrenching emotional code, typically loaded with jarring imagery and obscure references to mythology and world travel. The intention of some songs could be construed to send the listener reaching for a dictionary, as Darnielle sounds somewhat like a bored college student...
...legendary for the large signs it hung in its offices reminding workers: THINK. But these days, thinking can be hazardous in some companies. Take Evan Brown, a former employee of DSC Communications. After the company found out that Brown had dreamed up a way to convert old computer code into an easier-to-use computer language, DSC demanded he turn over the idea, since he had signed an agreement which gives the company ownership of anything he develops while on staff. Brown, who says he developed the idea on his own time, won't budge, insisting that he never wrote...
...like to correct some points in your story about my book The Bible Code [RELIGION, June 9]. I didn't write it for money. No one works five years on a book to get rich. I wrote it because I believe that there is a code in the Bible and that we would be foolish to ignore its apparent warnings. As the code's discoverer, the eminent Israeli mathematician Eliyahu Rips, told my publisher in a signed letter, the Bible code contained an accurate prediction of the Gulf War before it began. I was not being "defensive" when I told...