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...Alas, matters degenerated. First, the Davidians distanced themselves from the Passover pledge. Then a cult member tried to climb out a compound window after dark, apparently breaching an agreement with the fbi. When agents upbraided Koresh over it, he cursed them. As if to symbolize the new low in communications, they hung...
...entire enterprise is fiber. Fiber-optic cable, made up of hair-thin strands of glass so pure you could see through a window of it that | was 70 miles thick, is the most perfect transmitter of information ever invented. A single strand of fiber could, in theory, carry the entire nation's radio and telephone traffic and still have room for more. As it is deployed today, fiber uses less than 1% of its theoretical capacity, or bandwidth, as it's called in the trade. Even so, it can carry 250,000 times as much data as a standard copper...
...became a widely-recognized satirical symbol of king Louis Philippe. Another pear image in exhibit is "Kindly Take Your Filth Elsewhere, You Brats!" by Auguste Bouquet. This colorful lithograph depicts children scribbling images of a pear on the wall of a woman's house. The woman leans out the window scolding the children. The piece's ambiguity as to whether "fifth" refers to the scribbling or to the king himself heightens the satiric impact...
...stately brick and terra-cotta building with vaulting four-story window arches represents a quintessentially New York City phenomenon: the architectural landmark that nobody notices. Built in the 1890s on a fashionable corner in Greenwich Village, it was designed for a long-forgotten retailer who dreamed of giving Macy's a run for its money. Passersby would probably not be surprised if the structure disappeared overnight to be replaced with a modern apartment tower. They would never guess that this venerable edifice is the most energy-efficient building in Manhattan...
...Harvard men's hockey team wins tonight, the Harvard Ticket Office will sell tickets for tomorrow night's match with BU from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. There will also be a special window at the lower level of the Worcester Centrum open from 4 p.m. to game time. All tickets are $15 each. For further information, call the ticket office...