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...table, which arranges the elements according to their atomic number, is Levi's metaphor for the relationships that compose a human life. The Periodic Table consists of 21 episodes, most of them autobiographical, named after elements from argon to zinc, each with its relative density, characteristic properties and unique function in the author's remarkable life story...
...content of policy to be developed by his advisers. When they disagree, he generally relies on them to work out a compromise among themselves; he chooses between conflicting viewpoints only when he cannot avoid doing so. Thus, far more than most Presidents, he needs a strong supporting cast to function effectively...
...Economy. The public sector has spread into too many areas where it should not be, (although) there are areas where the private sector cannot function. The public sector is used for opening up undeveloped areas, something the private sector cannot do. Nonetheless, we will be opening up more to the private sector so that it can expand and the economy can grow freely. We did a lot (of that) in the cement industry, and it is booming...
...absence of beauty, for example, could be the major problem of modern life. Most aestheticians have decided that a sense of beauty requires a perceived harmony or integrity both within the object and between the object and ourselves. The form and function of a glum, glass office building may be adequate to the financial needs of the Glum & Glass Corp., but the structure offends and dispirits the employees, who work in airless boxes, as well as those outside the building who are forced to see the thing. "Has there ever been another place on earth where so many people...
...Good design" used to mean "modern" design: simple form derived from a direct accommodation of function. Never mind that this style tended to frustrate the human craving for ornament and historical continuity, or that it often clashed with its surroundings. Orthodoxy decreed that modern, $ functional form was the only valid expression of our time...