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...brief glimpse into some compelling issues in landscape is provided by two photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto, and a painting by Wayne Thiebaud. For Sugimoto, the landscape is a stark and stripped down depiction of solitude and metaphysical expanse. His black and white photographs contain a palpable sense of isolation and alienation that combine in a deafening silence. The deliberate absence of figures establishes tension between the perceived serenity and implied longing. The elegant simplicity and minimalism is indicative of Sugimoto’s cultural roots in Japanese aesthetics...

Author: By Sarah R. Lehrer-graiwer and Natalia H.J. Naish, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Go Figure: Contemporary Art's Dilemma | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...rescue soon. But the joint exercises are just a warm-up. Abu Sayyaf is more a gang of local kidnappers than a global Islamist terrorist organization. But two larger groups linked to al-Qaeda are in the Philippines. Better-trained soldiers and intelligence agents could help contain al-Qaeda operations inside the country and in nearby Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Fronts | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...absence last year, earning the position of starting point guard. But on Jan. 27 this year, Teasley moved back to the point and Brown settled into shooting guard where she has thrived. The versatility of the backcourt twosome provided UNC with a threat that Harvard could not contain...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Lee-ving North Carolina: Harvard Can’t Match UNC Strength | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

Lord cannot contain her passion for long, grinning from rosy cheek to rosy cheek as she declares, “It’s Rachael Davis.” After hearing the young folk singer on the radio last summer, Lord persuaded her to relocate to New England and uses her own gigs to showcase Davis’ talent. She takes pride in the fact that Davis, who had never played outside of Michigan when they first met, is now up for a Boston Music Award. (Modest as always, Lord fails to mention her own nomination.) When Lord dragged...

Author: By Scott G. Bromley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Presence of the Lord | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

...follow a strong U.S. lead, but he has one great strength in a campaign to win European opinion: he is right on the core issue. Saddam is pursuing dangerous weapons, and getting better at beating sanctions. Downing St. says a detailed indictment is being prepared. Will it contain enough incriminating intelligence to make it persuasive? And can George Bush learn to speak European well enough to sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yankee Stay Home | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

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