Word: brazile
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...will leave you in this room to rot. Let the game begin." It's Jigsaw's favorite, and only, game: confining his victim in some medieval-looking device made of old found objects (the movie takes its anachronistic notion of production design from Terry Gilliam's Brazil), then telling the prisoner that in a few minutes the device will be activated, resulting in death or its jaw-breaking equivalent, unless the victim can find a key hidden in, say, the stomach of a wounded man in the same room...
...years, vocalist David Byrne never confined his artistic interests to the band's postpunk milieu. Well before the official breakup of the highly influential group in 1991, Byrne[an error occurred while processing this directive] dabbled in writing scores for theater, film and ballet, and directed a documentary about Brazil's candomblé religion. Since then, his work has embraced public art, sound installations, sculpture, drawing and - somewhat implausibly for the man who co-wrote the underground anthem Psycho Killer - embroidery. It therefore comes as no surprise to learn that Byrne is also an accomplished photographer. The subject and location...
...friends are super seniors. Two super senior roommates, Sarah C. Bahan ’06-’07 and Elena M. Krieger ’06-’07 took the first semester of what would have been their senior year off. Krieger interned in Brazil and Bahan worked in Namibia. Bahan and Krieger opted to take time off after considering studying abroad. “We couldn’t do a study abroad program as easily as some of our peers, because we’re science concentrators,” says Bahan...
...were disrespectful to the delegates, U.N. officials and the U.N. as an institution that represents our ultimate hope for peace. Secretary-General Kofi Annan should take measures to avoid such occurrences in the future and uphold the dignity of the institution. José Thomaz Gama da Silva Belo Horizonte, Brazil...
...emerging markets who are seeking better nutrition and, more important, are able to afford it. This group's once predominantly grain-dependent diet now includes meat, milk and cheese, as well as more fresh fruits and vegetables. More than 300 million people in China, probably 100 million in Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia, and millions more in the rest of Latin America and Asia are increasingly beginning to resemble their counterparts in the West in terms of what they eat and how they shop for groceries. There's more emphasis on convenience and packaged foods, and supermarkets are populating the retail...