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...Marcos and the other 23 Zapatista leaders, their ski masks firmly in place, rode a flatbed truck onto the jammed, sun-baked plaza, then trooped onto a stage whose backdrop was the massive National Palace, which fills an entire city block. Standing on pedestals that flank its main entrance, young Zapatista sympathizers waved red flags...
...libraries, one of museums, and one of office spaces.The current exhibition space is tucked away within the Rose Art Museum, at Brandeis University. The Rose Art Museum is a haven for contemporary art in New England. A water fountain in the next room provides a constant sonic backdrop for the exhibit, which unfolds in a single room. We begin with Deichmanske Bibliothek Oslo III (2000), which, like three of the other photographs in the exhibit, is taken from Hšfers series on libraries. 80 of these pictures were exhibited recently in the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerlandthe selection here only...
...face of external threats, turning at such moments to crisis coalitions uniting parties from opposite poles of the ideological spectrum. Even in tranquil times, the most consistent incubator of Israeli political leaders has been the military - the preeminent institution of national unity and security. This is the backdrop to Wednesday's inauguration of Ariel Sharon's national unity government, comprising not only his own Likud party and a number of smaller right-wing and center-right groups, but also the dovish Labor party he beat in last month's election, and also the country's third-largest party, the ultra...
...This is the backdrop to the case that opened Monday in a Pretoria courtroom, over the intellectual property rights of the international pharmaceutical corporations who manufacture the drugs that could serve as a lifeline to those in the snapshot currently doomed...
...Behind the hype is an eloquent, lyrical tale. The House of Blue Mangoes (Weidenfield & Nicolson/Viking; 416 pages) is the sweeping story of a southern Indian family, spanning a half-century from 1899 to 1947. Against the backdrop of the British Raj, two world wars and the struggle for independence, it chronicles three generations of a Tamil family?the Dorais?and through them depicts the caste tensions that simmer just below the surface in the Indian countryside. Davidar is at his best when he weaves the family's struggles with vibrant images of rural life...