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...Although all that survived of the original space were five black-and-white photographs and a couple of sketches, the painstakingly reconstructed caf? succeeds in reviving much of its early 20th century charm. It's airy and open, and features huge bay windows and impressive brass-wheel chandeliers decorated with stylized tulips. The walls are paneled with mirrors and dark wood, and green stripes adorn all the upholstery. On an overcast day, the interior can verge on the austere, but the sun infuses it with a soft greenish-gold tint that puts patrons instantly at ease. Food is fresh...
...many of us students, venturing beyond our department and exploring the connections between our area of study and another is a daunting task. By junior year, with a bit of pluck and brass, most of us have made a few alliances with faculty members. But it is with rare exception that students take seminar-style courses outside our concentrations and make closer connections with members of the senior faculty not in our department. Thus, in the classroom at least, we do not encounter many voices from outside our field...
...other hand, Benedict XVI won't leave any doubt in the minds of other religious leaders where they stand with him. There's often a lot of cotton in interfaith conversation that allows everyone to participate in good faith, but prevents things getting down to brass tacks. Benedict XVI is all about brass tacks. So, while it may not move interfaith dialogue forward in the way that John Paul II did, his approach may define it more clearly...
Just who was this man, and where did he get off telling South Africa's Ambassador how his country should be run? No matter. Randall Robinson, 6 ft. 5 in. of polished brass, kept boring in. Accompanied by several civil rights advocates, including District of Columbia Delegate Walter Fauntroy, Robinson went to the South African embassy on Massachusetts Street in Washington and demanded of then Ambassador Bernardus Fourie that the Pretoria government release its political prisoners and extend civil rights to blacks. Fourie demanded that his visitors leave, but Robinson and the others refused. Arrested, they spent the night...
...gift to the institution of a cool $5 million because he had spotted something that he liked. "I see a college whose focus is clearly directed to individual student development," said Lang as he bathed in the cheerful homage of some 500 educators and well-wishers, while a brass quintet serenaded them with strains of Bach and Gabrieli...