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...beautiful valley around 230 km northwest of Kabul. It was an important stop on the fabled Silk Road, and the two majestic Buddha statues were scooped out of the Hindu Kush mountains in such a way that anyone - merchants, soldiers, pilgrims - moving along the highway could view them from afar and pay homage. The ceilings above the Buddhas had beautiful painted images of the bodhisattvas and the Sun God, representing the Buddha as the source of light. The iconography was a mixture of Greek and Indian, and the murals were very much like what we see in the Ajanta Caves...
There are few places he hasn't visited. He has been seen lounging in rural Appalachia, and perched proudly on piers along eastern seaboard. He has hunted for grubs in the marshlands of Nova Scotia; he has cavorted with royal seagulls from afar; he has flown atop the Great Wall; he has been tete-a-tete with distinguished journalists at Washington Post's Beijing Bureau; and, most recently, he has been seen circling Tiananmen Square...
...family that remembers her as a young child. And her travels to Italy led her to a land of unknowns, where she didn't speak the language or have any contacts. So the project became about the collision of a place in the past where people remember you from afar and a place where you are untraceable. The Hong Kong footage focuses on her grandfather, who has lost most of his hearing and memory. He doesn't remember Agnes, and the shots of him preparing for the day are long takes, as if the filmmaker were examining a person...
...Daybreak Saturday brought more large crowds to the banks of the Mississippi - and this time many wished Tipper a happy birthday. We traveled the river together, greeting residents as we rode - some in person as we passed through locks and dams along the way, others from afar with a wave or a yell towards shore. A group of high school students camping on the shore of the river stoked their campfire and yelled in support as we drifted past. Local residents hung banners from bridge spans and boat launches situated along our route...
...says it right on the bumper sticker: Don't Mess With Texas. As Gore threw rocks from afar, Texas Monthly publisher Michael Levy quickly announced the till-November formation of the Proud of Texas Committee, a small "truth squad" of the state's bright lights worried about their image. "During this campaign, as in many others, I have observed that facts sometimes get bent or broken in reporting on a state as large and varied as Texas," said one member. "We want to keep the information that is disseminated about our state honest from now until...