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Therein lies the beauty of Cruz and Ortiz’s designs: they would be reasonably mundane but for some small tweak that makes them interesting. Their Huelva Bus Station is representative of their spare geometry; it has an aerial outline of a triangular segment cut out of a circle. On two sides the exterior follows that contour, but on the third, the exterior wall curves inwards to create a fluid curve out of an originally straight line. As vehicles enter the terminal, they follow a twisted path around a static circle spoked by bus bays for arrivals and departures...
...idea for Nightfall sprang into existence when Cabot House resident Brooks A. Newkirk ’03 found himself unexpectedly alone for a three-day trip over Thanksgiving Break, after his traveling companion got sick and dropped out. Left with a long bus ride during which to think, Newman decided that Harvard needed an outlet for all the creativity that wasn’t being channeled through the Visual and Environmental Sciences (VES) department. He explains: “This is a club for people who don’t study film, but who love to make films...
...Yehuda market in downtown Jerusalem and blow herself up during rush hour as Israelis shopped for fruits and vegetables in preparation for the Sabbath. When she arrived at the crowded bazaar just after 4 p.m., Israeli police prevented her from entering. She walked down the street, waited for a bus to pull up and detonated the explosives strapped to her body. Within minutes Jerusalem's streets filled with the familiar, sickening sights and sounds that accompany every Palestinian suicide bombing: blood and screams and sirens. As ambulances came for the dead and the injured--the blast killed six and wounded...
...Sharon and expressed his deep regrets over the attack. That day, after consulting with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Powell delayed a planned meeting with Yasser Arafat and threatened to cancel it altogether unless the Palestinian leader denounced the bombings--which last week included a suicide attack on a bus in Haifa that killed eight. "It was a group decision," says a senior White House aide. "This was a turning point." Actually, it was much worse: Powell's mission to the Middle East, which began with lofty hopes and turned bleaker every day, was on the verge of being ripped...
When the gear is packed, Raitt boards the bus. The band travels from venue to venue at night--usually all night. The onboard meal is Indian food; Raitt's desire for leftover tofu was not universal. She presses the spinach dish on everyone. "Try the saag." To unwind, the group plays Name the Worst Band Ever. (Their nominations are strictly off the record.) One by one, Raitt, the other four musicians and two managers slink off to sleep in their separate bunks, each with a curtain for privacy. Raitt loves the routine. "It's like being at camp...