Stefan's Article – January 2011 Archive (4)

Underground Power

Underground :

1 - [adj] under the level of the ground;

2 - [ n] a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force;

3 - [adv] in or into hiding or secret operation;

4 - [adj] used of independent armed resistance forces;

5 - [adj] conducted with or…

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Added by Stefan on January 31, 2011 at 11:21am — 3 Comments

The World of Tomorrow

There is, I think, something sadly ironical - and the same could be said about the 1937 Exposition Universelle in Paris - in the fact that the fair conveying most the hope and faith in The World of Tomorrow happened to be held on the very same year the almost entire world sunk into what was to…

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Added by Stefan on January 11, 2011 at 1:54pm — 5 Comments

Gas

It is hard to imagine, on some days, that there was a time, not so long ago, when we could stop in some service station without any second thought or this vague feeling of guiltiness about pollution, global warming, oil shortage, etc...

A time when oil meant only progress and hope and faith in…

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Added by Stefan on January 8, 2011 at 9:28am — 4 Comments