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...sounder and more reliable system of justice than the confusing and ineffective process now operating. A society can be subverted by a system that appears to be not only inconsistent but almost whimsical in its workings. A huge sense of grievance festers. The injustice of the courts seems to mirror the injustice of the economic system. All the rules of society seem to have been changed. You work hard, but inflation destroys your gains; so much for the work ethic. You obey the law, but somehow you get hurt and criminals profit, unpunished...
...density of CO2 increases, the gas acts somewhat like a one-way mirror. Rays of life-giving sunlight can pierce it, heating the surface of the earth. But when this heat is radiated back by the ground in the form of longer infra-red waves, it is screened by the CO2, which absorbs it, thereby raising its own temperature and that of the ground. This so-called greenhouse effect is dependent on the concentration of atmospheric CO2: the greater the amount, the warmer the earth may become...
...Palo Alto to work with her orchestrator. Hairdresser John Bettiol works over her for hours, striving for that perfect balance between wholesomeness and sophistication. He coaxes Christine's permed frizz into a Cosmo-mane of curls, daubing her face with goo and powder. Sneaking a peek in the mirror, she is aghast. Her mouth is caked in red sludge. "It should have blood dripping from it," she jokes. The photographer is unimpressed. What Christine hates most is the fake eyelashes...
...Space Telescope, a 2.4 m (94 in.) mirror scheduled to be placed in orbit by the space shuttle in the early 1980s. Flying above the obscuring atmosphere, this observatory should pick up a variety of celestial phenomena, including infrared and ultraviolet radiation, and reveal hidden structural details of galaxies that may harbor black holes...
...like the ladies' fans, which they snap open and shut in precise timing with their lines, and the gestures of the fops and dandies underscore the contrived nature of the life Wycherly satirizes. In the first scene, everyone who walks on stage stops to preen in a full-length mirror, immediately setting the tone for what follows. Very little is chancy or slipshod when it comes to blocking or movement...