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...international community was quick to respond to Colombia's agony. As President Reagan sent Betancur a message expressing his sympathy, the U.S. dispatched a dozen CH-47 Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters from Panama to take part in rescue operations. Public and private U.S. disaster relief swelled toward $1 million. In Geneva, the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported that twelve countries had contributed $1,250,000 worth of tents, generators, food, blankets and other essentials...
...filmmakers and art directors. But the technology is not restricted to Hollywood and Madison Avenue. The Defense Department has invested heavily in complex simulators that use computer graphics for training personnel in the use of tanks, jets and submarines. In the simulators that help teach pilots to fly the CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, the computer graphics alone can cost $3 million...
...Ghanaian artist El Anatsui makes a dazzling metal cloth, reminiscent of ceremonial fabrics, from thousands of aluminum bottle tops. Mozambican sculptor Gonçalo Mabunda domesticates assault rifles and other weapons by transforming them into furniture. In Le Monde Vomissant (The Vomiting World), Democratic Republic of Congo painter Chéri Samba depicts a starving globe throwing up the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with...
...cannot bring back an extinct species. Rajat Ghai Baroda, India The Mechanics of Democracy Hugo Chavez, love him or hate him, is the democratically elected President of Venezuela [Aug. 30]. I am disappointed to see the opposition cry foul at the results of the referendum on whether to recall Chávez. They got exactly what they wanted: a referendum, a new vote, ample time to campaign and a brigade of international observers, including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Voters supported Chávez's leadership by voting no in the recall referendum. It's apparent that the upper...
...supply overstretched, any hint of disruption becomes a market mover. Oil prices hit $46.65 per bbl. last week - the highest in the 21-year history of New York Mercantile Exchange futures - amid fears of political unrest in the wake of oil-rich Venezuela's recall referendum on President Hugo Chávez. The soaring price might not signal a return to the 1970s oil shocks, but it was enough to cause stock markets to tumble and prompt economic leaders to warn of the threat to global economic growth. Right on cue, here comes Saudi Arabia to save the day. Last...