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...games till somebody loses his head. As anybody who has even looked sideways at the Internet knows, anonymity has a disastrously disinhibiting effect on human behavior. Freed of any possibility that their words will be connected to their actual identities, anonymous Internet posters have charted historic new depths of verbal offensiveness. Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture, has called for posters to own up to their Internet alter egos, arguing that "if we are to save the Internet, we need to confront the curse of anonymity...
...issue is widespread, said Dan LeClair, who teaches city planning at Boston University. "It's not just pipes," he said. "It's bridges, it's roads, it's electrical systems, it's a variety of things that can happen in a man-made environment that can have a disastrous effect." A recent report by the Urban Land Institute determined that America's comparatively low investment in various transportation infrastructure - airports, public transit, railway systems, roads and bridges - has created an "emerging crisis." Of the 30 state transportation planning directors surveyed for the report, 25 said the nation's transportation infrastructure...
...grapefruit or more a day were up to 30% more likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate no grapefruit at all. But the findings are preliminary and the study's authors say more research is necessary before they can make any claims about individual foods and their effect on cancer risk...
Arguably, the only interesting aspect of Bunin’s play is that it features more than thirty characters played by six of the seven cast members. Though the effect is at times dizzying for the audience, this accurately reflects Adam’s dizzying quest. Moreover, the play’s interwoven frames of reference—as Adam begins living the story he is told—are nicely echoed in the versatility of the actors who, except for Adam, play anywhere between three and seven roles each...
...transformative effect that inevitably accompanies life abroad is not unlike the elements in Ireland. Insight can come in droplets, dashes, steady cascades, and bursts and deluges. Some lessons and memories can be shaken off, but the total effect of the experience stays with you forever, clinging like the smell of stale must...