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...Fellowship on Capitol Hill has the right orientation. "It's a church whose politics is difficult to tell and whose engagement to the community is real," he says. Loconte also says you might look for a church that is involved with the STEP organization, which works with churches to allow their members to mentor at-risk public elementary school kids in Washington...
...DIFFERENT TIME, A DIFFERENT REPORTBased on what little he can divulge of the current Task Force’s findings, Bhaba describes three main divergences from the Brown Report. Rather than further sequestering artistic study to its own department, he expresses the importance of breaking down departmental divides to allow artists access to all Harvard has to offer. Bhabha also stressed the importance of looking at art as a dialogue across cultures, an exchange currently lacking on Harvard’s campus.“We are looking at concerns of internationality and interdisciplinarity,” he says...
...favorite designers include Nicolas Ghesquière for Balenciaga and Alber Elbaz of Lanvin. “Their stuff is really original while still being marketable,” he says. An internship in the buying department of fashion label Gucci proved unrewarding because it didn’t allow Parent to exercise his artistic inclinations, but he enjoyed his work in Shanghai with designer Lu Kun. As a result, Parent has one condition for his future career: “I need it to be creative...
...unacceptable" and called for his release. Russell Brooks, spokesperson for the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs, reiterated the American position after Sinduhije was charged. "It remains our hope that the government of Burundi will work to advance the cause of political freedom and speech in Burundi, and allow all of its citizens to exercise universally recognized rights." The British government made similar comments in an official statement following the detention, saying it "raises concerns about the ability of Burundians to exercise their civil and political rights...
...Good luck with that, responds Terry Miller, director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington. Miller says that while certain common agreements to increase transparency of financial markets may be acceptable, Obama - like Bush - won't "allow large and vital sectors of America's economy that thrive on innovation to be fenced in" by international accords. And while he thinks Sarkozy's efforts to raise expectations about what the summit can achieve are misguided, Miller does see a logic to meeting to discuss the crisis...