Word: alberto
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...imposing abstractions that are set against desolate landscapes or take up acres and even miles. Examples include Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in Utah and Christo's 24½-mile-long nylon Running Fence in California. These and more familiar pieces by Auguste Rodin, Alberto Giacometti and Alexander Calder are investigated with intellectual rigor and inviting illustrations...
...would not dare utter them. While some critical talk probably exists behind closed doors at the presidential palace, political analysts say, free-thinking like Maza's rarely escapes high-level government circles. "It seems that if someone expresses differences in public, he immediately converts himself into a traitor," said Alberto Barrera, co-author of an acclaimed biography of Chavez. "It must not be easy to work with Chavez because he's a very egocentric person. More than collaborators, he wants devotees...
...hammering away at Bush ahead of his Iraq speech while planning a resolution opposing his proposed troop increase in the war. Today incoming Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy held hearings on what he says are executive branch infringements on Americans' privacy. And on Thursday Leahy will have attorney general Alberto Gonzales appear before his panel for a wide-ranging oversight hearing, which the committee's spokesperson says will dig into the civil liberties issues Democrats raised in the campaign...
...abuse by local power holders and years of neglect by the central government. But, by strengthening and keeping faith with our democratic institutions, we intend to break free from this sad part of our history and uphold before our people and the world our unequivocal commitment to human rights. Alberto G. Romulo Secretary of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines Manila...
...resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany's top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...