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Future Tense
By Jack Vance
Ballantine Books, 1964
Contains:
"Dodkin's Job"
"Ullward's Retreat"
"Sail 25"
"The Gift of Gab"
Cover artist Richard Powers.
Purchased c. 2000, Wonder World (Seattle).
Police believe Michael Arangio, suspect in a shooting that left three teens dead, has barricaded himself in an apartment. Story at KKTV.
Tear gas has been used.
UPDATE: he killed himself.
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The construction of the Dulles main terminal was revolutionary when it was designed in 1959. Architect Eero Saarinen also designed the TWA terminal at JFK.
What's remarkable about this structure is the use of concrete as a fluid design element, then capitalizing on the strenght of steel in tension, which forces the concrete above into compression. All of this, while seeming to be very light and feathery.
Timeless design, it still looks quite modern, at 50 years old.
I have to start taking taxpayer phone calls tomorrow at work and I am SOOOOOO nervous, it's ruining my whole Sunday evening