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That was great, but that was then. The Vortex is all but history. And the aerospace industry, beset by peace and recession, has not brought out any dark-of-the-moon materials in the last couple of years. High-impact modulus- polymer-visco-graphite is just as good as it ever was, but the new has worn off. This year's Prince entry in the country-club weapons race is called the Extender. Made of graphite and liquid crystal polymer, the Extender is bigger than the usual big-head (116 sq. in. vs. 110), and its oval shape is supposed...
...never be broken. In New York's big-time legitimate theater, Cohn's hegemony was almost complete, his power inescapable. During a couple of early-'80s seasons, Cohn was involved in the Broadway productions of "Nine," Noises Off, The Real Thing, Sunday in the Park with George and A Moon for the Misbegotten, among others...
...first time a spacecraft had ever come back to earth tailfirst, although similar landings have been made on Mars and the moon. "My jaw dropped," says Tom Williams, director of communications for McDonnell Douglas, the defense contractor that built the odd-looking rocket. "I'd never seen a space vehicle stop on a dime before. It was like something in a monster movie...
...images are obvious: sun, moon, animals, plants such as squash blossoms. But just as surely as in 17th century Dutch painting, every object is a symbol too. Like Native Americans themselves, jewelry fanciers feel power in a massive Navajo turquoise bracelet, transcendence in a kachina, or spirit, figure. The entire craft is devoted to good luck...
Highly melodic despite all its doomsday undertones, Earth and Sun and Moon remains infectiously listenable. This is Mad Max music you can dance to. Several cuts even hold out a flicker of hope. Bushfire predicts a "new day/ It's larger than life, darker than death/ We're gonna move those mountains aside." And in Now or Never Land, Midnight Oil invites the listener to "dream a South Pacific dream of now or never land/ Suitcase full of good ! ideas/ History that's filled with tears/ Kill nostalgia, xenophobic fears/ It's now or never land." It's an urgent...