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...sports car, wrapped around a 260-h.p. engine and to be priced at a mere $30,000 when it hits showrooms next year, is an expression of what Nakamura thinks the brand ought to be: affordable, with a little more risk and a lot more pizazz. Says Nakamura: "We simply didn't have a clear direction before...
Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: Imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2(NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read...
...Colin Powell, of course, is much more than a mere John Wayne. But President-elect Bush was fully aware of Powell's "American hero" status and knew he'd hit a home run when he tapped Powell for secretary of state. Powell, after all, brings to the table a true-blue Horatio Alger story - black kid from the Bronx made good with no special favors - as well as a remarkable track record in the military, an almost unprecedented wealth of goodwill from across the political spectrum and a commanding moral authority. It's that special sort of Cinderella moral authority...
...year-old at an 'N Sync concert, but researchers in Italy find that elderly folks with dementia can suddenly develop surprising tastes in music. In one case, a classical-music buff began to enjoy, at full blast, an Italian pop band he had once derided as "mere noise." Explanation? Lesions in the brain may damage areas involved in music perception. Or perhaps dementia simply changes one's attitude toward novelty...
...mentioned in a previous article, "Homecoming in Heaven" was re-released by Razor & Tie, a New York-based reissue label. It's still available; a mere mouse click or two will bring it winging to your home...