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...allows us to see connections like terrorists have known to have in the past and analyze them before something happens." Chertoff asserts that if this kind of data mining had been in place before Sept. 11, federal authorities might have well known about the connections among the hijackers. Alleged 20th hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui, for example, used the same contact telephone number as some of the Sept. 11 hijackers. "The bottom line, from all I have seen, is that if we don't have this ability, we might as well blindfold our agents...
...Buttenwieser ’60, chair of the board of trustees. “Everybody wishes they had more space.”The ICA has only recently become a collecting institution. “If we had collected since the beginning, we would have an amazing collection of 20th century art,” Buttenwieser said. The permanent collection has 29 pieces so far. Most is of high quality, with a few truly exceptional pieces like Josiah McElheny’s “Czech Modernism Morrored and Reflected Infinitely,” and Cornelia Parker?...
East meets West here in a multicultural, multifaith yet secular democracy dating from 1923, when Ataturk, one of the world's most influential political figures of the 20th century, proclaimed a republic after almost 500 years of rule by the Ottoman Empire. And although Istanbul is home to synagogues and churches and is also the capital of the Greek Orthodox world, the city remains predominantly Islamic. On the one hand, it is so liberal that during Ramadan fasting is considered a private choice and lunchtime joints are packed. On the other, the sight of women in head scarves, which...
...fire,” he says. One wall of the room is covered end to end with hundreds of 1960s and beat-movement books that rest on three connected bookshelves. Okay, so it’s not exactly the same ambiance that those non-conformist leftists of the early 20th-century coffee-houses had, but it’s close enough. The fashionably-late guests arrive at 45 past the hour, representing a melange of undergraduates, grad students, and professors ranging from Crimson columnist Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 to special guest Jeremy P. Varon, a friend...
...book, “My Last Sigh,” lacks autobiographical detail and does not shed much light on his works. Instead, Bunuel provides readers with a kaleidoscope rendition of the bohemian world of the 20th century’s great artistic minds. He freely mixes fact with fiction as he touches upon everything from art to politics. Bunuel mentions how figures like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and Charlie Chaplin dressed, drank, and behaved at orgies. The charm of “My Last Sigh” comes from the fiction, as well as the credibility and renown...