Word: apartness
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...this one, a high-walled enclosure in ocher concrete with a minimum of window or entryway cuts in its lower half. The mostly windowless exterior and the Spanish-mission-style walls that surround the entire compound can make the church seem to be holding itself apart from the city. The edgy silhouette is both familiar and new, not a postmodern replica of Spanish missions but a sophisticated recollection of them, one filtered through the jagged memory of the urbanized era that followed theirs. At its skyline it has the excitement of the new, but it beckons you into the past...
They don't have the big media exposure of the Rugrats, the Country Bears or Barney the dinosaur, and they forgo zany costumes and aggressive marketing tactics, favoring jeans and an easygoing, no-frills approach instead. But what really sets these two apart from the rest of the kiddie-pop pack is their interest in the connection between music and the way kids develop. The two dads began their musical career by playing for special-education classes and later expanded their audience to include kids without learning disabilities or physical handicaps. "We started as run-of-the-mill teacher...
Skyways has a comfortable, cozy ambiance accentuated by tiny, cloth-covered tables. It's the perfect place to grab a cup of coffee and watch the world go by. Apart from eat-in meals, they also offer delicious fresh-baked cakes and bread. And it seems the locals are catching on to the wonders of European baking as well. On my most recent visit, a lone Chinese woman came into the shop and ordered a slice of Black Forest cake, tiramisu and a glass of cold milk. Moments later she was forking her way through her plate of dessert with...
...Nidal's organization killed or wounded some 900 people in 20 different countries, making enemies both Arab and Israeli. Most of his victims were Israeli and European civilians, killed in an encyclopedia of terroristic manners: massacred at airports and in restaurants, assassinated in their homes or blown apart in nightclubs and on airliners. Abu Nidal also made a habit of killing moderate Arab and Palestinian politicians, including a number of Yasser Arafat's top lieutenants...
...flip attitudes toward drinking and driving - solely responsible for 25% of France's road deaths last year - it will take longer to alter the macho attitude associating speed with virility. Such changes in culture and mindset, some experts say, will come only with imposed discipline over the long run. "Apart from a total alcohol ban, France doesn't need new laws, regulations or devices - rather, better enforcement of existing laws," says Wolfgang Hubner, director of the o.e.c.d.'s transport division in Paris. "The U.K., with roughly the same population as France, has decreased fatalities through tighter enforcement - which over time...