Word: apartness
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...months after the official June opening, some exhibits-Shang dynasty daggers and ax heads; a bronze mask, perhaps from the important Sanxingdui find; and Tang ceramics-were still without identification labels. And the collection itself is uneven, though the true masterpieces are carefully set apart from the more mundane offerings. Still, it is tempting to go through the museum wondering what Cernuschi and the curators who followed him could-or should-have bought. Calligraphy from the Han dynasty? Silver and gold ornaments from the Tang dynasty...
...invested in HT Media. "It's worked out very well for us," says T.N. Ninan, editor of the Business Standard. His paper now carries a daily page of international business news from the Financial Times and frequently runs opinion pieces from the British paper, which help to set it apart from competitors...
...standard critical line on director ROBERT WISE, who died last week in Los Angeles at 91, was that his films lacked personality, those visual signatures and obsessive themes that set true auteurs apart from studio hacks for hire. He also had the critical misfortune to direct the Oscar-winning Sound of Music, that melting pile of Alpine slush that was for a long time the most popular movie ever released. But Wise, who broke in as a film editor--earning praise for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and unjustified calumny for recutting The Magnificent Ambersons after Welles abandoned it--mastered over...
...media just couldn't wait to criticize Bush and pick apart his response. Even in this time of crisis, you jump in and politicize the situation. Have you ever heard of pulling together with the rest of the country and keeping your mouth shut for a while? BARBARA WELSH Houston...
...Green Berets pursue them onto Route Barracuda. Fire fights rage from one side of the street to the other, the combatants as close as 55 yards apart. Bradleys from Red Platoon pull forward, pounding the enemy firing positions; then the insurgents shift buildings and fire from new locations. Only after an Apache attack helicopter sends missiles into two insurgent buildings does the firing stop...