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Critically examines the Obama administration's plan to invest billions of dollars into high-speed rail systems, arguing that given the manner in which the funding has been divvied up & the breadth of the project, it will result in a massive waste of money. It is contended that high-speed rail is an inefficient & misguided answer to an "unreal" transportation need. In this light, the history & development of the Obama administration's most advanced high-speed rail projects in FL & CA are explored. It is concluded that the economics of high-speed rail do not work. Adapted from the source document.

A review essay on a book by Nicholas Fox Weber, The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism (Knopf, 2009).

In November 2003, William Grimes, then the restaurant critic of the New York Times, reviewed the Biltmore Room in Manhattan and gave it a rave. 'The Biltmore Room,' Grimes wrote, 'may be the best restaurant ever to come out of far left field.' Its chef, Gary Robins, restless and itinerant but undoubtedly gifted, was sampling ingredients and flavors from Japan, Thailand, and India, with occasional detours to Italy and Morocco. His culinary mingling yielded dishes that Grimes found 'dazzling.' The critic awarded three stars, and the Biltmore Room went on to have a refulgent if fleeting life at the forefront of New York's dining scene. Adapted from the source document.

A review essay on a book by Christopher Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present (Princeton U Press, 2009).

Argues that examining the words of current political leaders through Orwell's "lens" reveals the "wispiness of their rhetoric." Attention is called to President Barack Obama's ability to not only redefine words but also to "undefine" them by wiping away their meaning. The lessons Orwell teaches about such themes as imperialism, poverty, & oppression are reviewed to contend that his work remains relevant & the unintended lessons he teaches are just as important as the intended ones. Adapted from the source document.

A review on a book by Anthony Flint, Wrestling with Moses (Random House, 2009).

A review essay on a book by Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. [Ed], George Being George (Random House, 2008).