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...have up to six differently shaped legs, and a canopied armchair that resembles a 21st century hansom cab. He mischievously describes his style as "mediterranean digital baroque," referencing his origins, his artisan plundering of the past and his love of computer games, but Hayón's bespoke approach appeals to consumers as much as it does to gallerists. "Exploration is at the heart of his way of working," says Aram Gallery curator Daniel Charny. "Trying out combinations of forms, technologies, finishes and textures, Hayón weaves the familiar with the new. It's this sense of history...
What's the mission of the Iraq Study Group? The mission is to take a fresh-eyes look at the situation in Iraq to see if we can come up with a consensus, a bipartisan approach and advice to the Congress and the Administration. We've talked to a lot of people. We've met with a representative of the Syrian government. We intend to meet with the Iranian government, the Iraqi government and all the people in our government--the President, the Secretaries of Defense and State and the National Security Adviser...
...idea-that millions of Americans (36%, according to the poll cited) who question the official explanation of what happened on 9/11 are simply unable to deal with the magnitude of the atrocity and the randomness of life-was dismissive and shallow. What about those of us who simply approach life with a healthy dose of skepticism? I would feel much more optimistic about our nation if more people questioned what happened on 9/11. If people had been a little more skeptical, maybe we would have questioned whether Iraq really had WMD, whether the war and reconstruction would pay for themselves...
...While he acknowledges that such an approach could draw the ire of local authorities, Wen notes that federal agencies such as the State Environmental Protection Administration are actually encouraging grassroots groups to expose environmental wrongdoing. "The problem isn't the limited space available for actions in China's civil society," he says. "[There is] room to take action if you are creative. You have to be bold." After all, he says, given the scale of the environmental problems China faces, "it's not as if we have much time left...
...Institute of Politics’ (IOP) 40th Anniversary celebration last Friday, Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 said that the Bush administration’s approach to politics is contrary to values that prevailed when the IOP was founded. Kennedy said that the current administration’s policies were based on the “politics of fear,” citing the president’s approval of domestic wiretapping, the war in Iraq, and human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay. “Their aim was simply to stoke the fear...