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...pond under drizzling London rain. The foreign flora - provided by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew - makes up the "India Landscape," part of the British Museum's "Indian Summer," a five-month celebration of Indian culture. The exhibition's centerpiece is "Garden and Cosmos," a collection of 54 bold 17th and 19th century paintings from the courts of Jodhpur, in the modern-day state of Rajasthan. Never before seen in Europe, the pictures draw on Rajasthani artists' varied approaches to color and form as well as the miniature techniques of the Mughals. While some subjects are classic - scenes from...
When the G-8 summit begins in Italy on July 8, it will undoubtedly garner a flood of attention for its host. But while Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was planning to bask in the results of his bold, last-minute decision to switch the site of the meeting from La Maddalena on Sardinia to L'Aquila, the central city still reeling from April's deadly earthquake, it is the stories of Berlusconi as a party guy that are capturing the imagination...
...Islamic world. "The election wasn't that exciting," says one Indonesian businessman. "But they were peaceful and legitimate. What more could you ask for?" Indeed, with the President winning in all but three provinces, it looks like most of the country is ready to follow him in a bold, new direction...
Wurzelbacher, Samuel "Joe the Plumber" • curiosity of about why Sen. Chris Dodd hasn't yet "been strung up" • proud and profound ignorance of, in this case a bold declaration that the Founding Fathers "knew socialism doesn't work. They knew communism doesn't work," though in fact neither system had yet been invented when the Founding Fathers were alive and knowing things • public office will not be run for by, at least not now, because, "You know, I talked to God about that and He was like...
...Disneyland Hong Kong opened to great fanfare in September 2005, bringing in some 5 million visitors within its first year, according to Euromonitor International. The original theme park was seen as a bold step by Disney to make inroads into China, while Hong Kong hoped it would secure its place as a major tourist destination in Asia. Since then, however, visitors have dropped and losses have grown for the company. Disneyland has struggled even against local theme parks like Ocean Park, which attracts a larger number of visitors with its cheaper entrance fees and larger size. "Disneyland is a good...