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...people who are the progeny of two races become curiosities not because they are particularly interesting, but because they are so unexpected. This must be an old and tiresome vulnerability in Barack Obama's life (as it is in mine), and all the more so because he has chosen a public life. One senses that his first book, Dreams from My Father, was meant to diffuse some of this vulnerability. In it he does not merely own up to his interracial background as if to a past indiscretion; he candidly explores it. And his brave self-disclosure succeeds because...
...that the actions of men like Osama bin Ladin appear more purposeful—though no less horrible.It will always be difficult to view the intentional murder of innocent civilians as rational, but “What Terrorists Want” makes it possible to see terrorism as a chosen tactic for an asymmetrical battlefield. By viewing terrorism more objectively, Richardson gives hope that we can develop and implement a plan to overcome it.—Staff writer Eric M. Sefton can be reached at esefton@fas.harvard.edu...
...Richter scale, struck before dawn. Most of the houses in Kembaran were reduced to rubble. In Yogyakarta's immediate region, the disaster claimed nearly 6,000 lives and leveled an estimated 135,000 homes. But Lantip's was unharmed. "We knew then," he says, "that we had chosen the right man to build our house...
...Deco nor the syncretic "Indies" forms that proliferate in the city center - and by eschewing the predictable Modernist box - Prawoto has made a building that resonates with sense of place while seeming up to date. Its entrance is in the style of a limasan, or traditional Javanese house - chosen because the Cemeti is intended to be a "home" for art, not a cold exhibition space. The humble materials used (timber, bamboo, woven bamboo) are welcoming, and natural light floods the premises. Unenclosed verandahs reinforce the connection between the building and the street. "Eko has a special concept that believes...
...part of the campaigns' original reluctance to participate was based on long-standing Republican suspicions about CNN's alleged liberal bias. CNN has promised that the questions will be appropriate for a modern Republican nominating process - although that surely means that the tone and substance of many of the chosen submissions (among the several thousands offered up for consideration) will be a bit more lively and challenging than what journalists and debate moderators typically...