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...current Islamic culture by itself seems unable to produce such broad-mindedness on a large scale. That is not too surprising. In most Muslim countries, citizens are not exposed to the true teachings of other religions; indeed, they are often encouraged to despise others' beliefs, although ignorant of their actual meaning. Anyone who challenges such a policy, who takes another faith seriously, will probably suffer grave consequences. Until such attitudes change, the voice of Muslim moderates will always be curtailed, and Islam will continue to be a vehicle for uninformed hatred of the West. Colin Sowden Abergavenny, Wales There...
Merkl said that actual samples of the ring will arrive for Junior Parents Weekend, and will then be presented to students in a ring ceremony at the end of April...
...study. It was unlike anything Takubo had ever laid eyes upon. Unlike much of Japanese art, in which seasonal coherence and the balanced composition of complete landscapes are recurring priorities, these intensely detailed close-ups of blooms from different geographies and seasons, crammed together in a way that no actual garden could contain, produced an effect that Takubo found almost hypnotic. He was similarly captivated by the fact that many of the flowers had some petals that were browning at the edge, or had leaves that had been ravaged by insects, while other petals or leaves on the same plant...
...PEOPLE OBSOLETE IN MOVIES? HAVE we seen the last of actors--actual human beings playing fictional ones--who perform on a set constructed by burly artisans, under lights operated by fellows with quaint guild titles like gaffer and best boy? Maybe we have. Maybe it's time. I mean, if there's one thing that holds cinema back from being a 21st century art form, it's people. So let's go with pixels. They're cuter, cheaper, better behaved. They can simulate funny sea creatures (Shark Tale), re-create 1939 Manhattan or Shangri-La (Sky Captain and the World...
Greenblatt posits that these publicly documented events reveal the actual man who penned “the most important body of imaginative literature of the last thousand years,” yielding a new understanding of his genius...