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...plight of their people. Lochan Bakshi Edmonton, Canada A President for the People Re your article "Inside the Mind of Howard Dean" [Jan. 12]: Dean is a sensible, intelligent, moderate former Governor who has proved he can balance budgets and create jobs. He is optimistic and straight talking. His background as a doctor makes him capable of looking for facts, diagnosing problems and prescribing solutions. He will serve as a President for all of us, not just a chosen few. Christy Day Amherst, U.S. Howard Dean lacks the folksy charm that attracts many Americans to President George W. Bush...
...nima de las Cuevas, the mother of El Greco's only son, Jorge Manuel (they never married). Her face is painted with tranquil smoothness, but her lynx fur is created by strokes dragged energetically from the wet paint of the gray wrap into the depthless background. Unlike many contemporaries, he never painted himself. Our only clue to El Greco's appearance may lie in The Adoration of the Shepherds (ca. 1612-1614), which he painted to hang above his own tomb. The central figure kneeling before the Christ child is, some scholars believe, an image of the painter...
...titles. After casually striking up a conversation with him, I learned that he wanted to take a Core class and had enrolled in “Foreign Cultures 63: China’s Two Social Revolutions,” which would also help him learn more about his Chinese background...
...from across the University—but not at FAS, the school that is of greatest interest and importance to our readers. This week, we have finally nailed down a date to meet with Hoffman-Bray—but on the grounds that the meeting will be limited to background information about the budget and finances...
...than a month this winter to schedule an interview with Associate Dean of the Faculty for Physical Planning David A. Zewinski ’76. Both are officials who are directly involved in issues of vital interest to our readers and who can provide the kind of context and background that can’t be summed up in a spokesperson’s two-line sound bite...