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...suffering the tragedies of war: his good friends and colleagues Franz Marc and August Macke died in combat. These experiences are reflected in Klee's work, although it's not always obvious at first glance. The abstract drawing After a Drawing From the Year 1919, for example, reduces an air attack on a boat to bare lines and geometrical shapes. In Klee's depictions of aerial battles, war planes look like birds, and often it's only the titles - Crashing Bird or Aerial Hunting Scene - that reveal the real meanings of the paintings...
...Complete First Season Deceiving the media was never more delightful than in this 1996 sitcom set in New York's city hall. As Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty, tap-dancing for the press while managing a gaffe-machine mayor (Barry Bostwick), Michael J. Fox is a breath of fresh hot air...
...Because Key's background is in finance, he's taken on the air of a man for the times. Born in 1961, Key hadn't long started school when his father died from a heart attack. His immigrant mother raised him and his two sisters in a state house in Christchurch. Though money was tight, young John excelled at school and university, and in the 1990s made a fortune as a foreign-exchange trader. Recruited by National in 2001, he won the newly created Auckland seat of Helensville the following year. By the end of 2006, he was party leader...
...Oxford St. and having a fly buzz around your head. After swatting it away, instead of a splat on the wall, you discover a tiny mechanical creation of Robert J. Wood, an assistant professor of electrical engineering. Two weeks ago, Wood was awarded a grant from the Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program for work on the aero-elasticity of flapping wings of micro aero vehicles (MAVs). The Air Force program, which provides around $100,000 each year for a three-year period, hopes to foster creative basic research in science and engineering...
...electronic check-in kiosks, 19 gates and 10 lanes through security with the latest and fastest security screening equipment available. Inside, there are 25 shops and restaurants, including an oyster and ale bar and an organic food market, to occupy you before your flight. Currently serving the airport: Air Canada, American Airlines, American Eagle, United and, beginning Nov. 6, Delta...