The last few years have brought a great break-through in the quest for earth-bound detection of gravitational waves: on five sites, but so far all on the northern hemisphere, detectors of armlengths from 0.3 to 4 km are being built.
The 2007 release was promoted an Anniversary Edition, and featured a commentary by Brian Froud and two newly produced making-of documentaries: "Journey Through the Labyrinth: Kingdom of Characters" and "Journey Through the Labyrinth: The Quest for Goblin City" which featured interviews with producer George Lucas, choreographer Gates McFadden and Brian Henson.
As the baleful effects of soaring oil prices ripple through the economy, the quest for an oil substitute becomes political, especially when presidential candidates stumping in Iowa before the caucuses have to pledge to preserve or expand subsidies to the corn-based U.S. ethanol industry.
As we muddle through our days, the quest for happiness looms large.
Developers have long thrown parties and funded foreign trips as a way of lubricating their plans through the system, but the quest for permissions now extends into the statutory planning process itself, through the rise of deals known as planning performance agreements.
Joseph O'Neill, Netherland (Fourth Estate) The death of a friend pitches a London-based Dutch banker back to a New York shaken to its core in the aftermath of 9/11, when cricket forged an improbable bond between outsiders who carry through their uprooted lives the quest for a home in a world of ever-shifting borders.
But those narratives are getting smarter, and rather than have Earth or parts of it wiped out by monsters or aliens, humans seem to be doing a pretty good of destroying themselves through arrogance, apathy, or the quest for dominance.
When viewed through an economist's lens, the quest for voter approval helps explain some recent developments in domestic politics, including the stalling of health care reform and the proposed freeze on the federal government's discretionary spending.
In August, Macmillan plans to start selling 100 titles through DynamicBooks, including "Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight," by Peter Atkins and Loretta Jones; "Discovering the Universe," by Neil F. Comins and William J. Kaufmann; and "Psychology," by Daniel L. Schacter, Daniel T. Gilbert and Daniel M. Wegner.
Responding to the theme "Utopia by Design," museums and design institutes from 37 nations have put forward snapshots of the past, present and future, exploring contemporary social issues through multi-disciplinary installations, where the quest for a better, more inclusive world is the driving force. .
