The first moments of Pam MacKinnon's production fling us back to a bygone theatrical era: lights come up on a well-appointed living room in a Washington town house, complete with a sofa (where trysts will inevitably unfold), a liquor cabinet (for conflict-greasing cocktails), and upstage French doors (where the star can conveniently pause for entrance applause).
As biophysicist Laura Jane Martin writes, "The story of how plants moved indoors is a complex one that involves botanical imperialism, the horticultural explosion of the Victorian era, lighting and heating technologies of the 1900s, and changing fashions".
Little Rock, a vintage World War II-era light cruiser on display at a park.
Things turn atmospheric in the third space at Metro, where various examples of '60s-era Light and Space art include the glass boxes of Larry Bell, a wedge of cast polyester by Mr. Alexander, an odd canvas-on-canvas collage by Joe Goode and cast-resin reliefs and sculptures in shades of blue by Helen Pashgian, whose work was largely unknown until recently.
Canada has, however, kicked in humanitarian and non-lethal aid to its allies in Iraq, as well as transporting Soviet-era light arms from Eastern European partners.
Previously, Canadian transport planes ferried Soviet-era light weaponry from Eastern Europe to the Peshmerga, although it never contributed weapons of its own.
There's dusty artillery, mortar shells of unknown viability, cut-down trucks with makeshift armour, rocket tubes, and Soviet-era light weapons — anything that might be used to keep the Libya Dawn war effort moving.
On Sunday at the flea market on the Avenue of the Americas at 26th Street, a thinner than usual crowd was rummaging as hard as ever, moving like truffle pigs through the piles of dainty discarded silver and disco-era lighting.
"We propose to return to the Clinton-era light-touch framework that has proven to be successful.
The Bank of England's new heft represents a stark shift from the era of light regulation that held sway before the financial crisis, in which its ability to issue warnings and intervene in banking excesses were constrained.
