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...otherwise limited Picasso and Dali collections, the Reina Sofia Museum did not meet the standard of excellence set by the Prado. Its twentieth century art collection lacked both quantity and quality. In contrast to the Prado, where the walls seemed more a collage of masterpieces than a museum display, the Reina Sofia’s wall space greatly exceeded the necessity for a small, growing collection. Inaugurated only in 1992, the young museum’s disproportions portrayed an atmosphere of scarcity. Indeed, within the context of these imbalances, the majority of the pieces in the museum?...
...repeated. (This deprecation of the magnitude of the U.S. Bomb program suggests how ineffective a demonstration would have been.) Only after the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on Aug. 8 and the second nuclear attack on Nagasaki on Aug. 9 did Emperor Hirohito, in an exceedingly rare display of direct political command, overrule some of his own military leaders, who advocated an apocalyptic fight to the finish. Citing the unprecedented destructive power of the atom bombs, he declared, "I swallow my own tears and give my sanction to the proposal to accept the Allied proclamation"--which called for Japan...
...uncomfortable message for the illegal collectors and dealers. The skulls may have been smuggled out of reach of the p.n.g. authorities, but locals believe their protective spirits travel with them. In their new resting places, looking out at comfortable Western living rooms from expensive display cases, ancient malevolent magic may yet be brewing...
...these chocolate or plastic?" Diane Schlamadinger, 38, asks incredulously as she eyes a display of fancy chocolates in yellows, greens and pinks. She samples a dark truffle that oozes ganache, and she moans with delight. Schlamadinger and her cousin Natalie Ruiz, 21, have wandered into the new Ethel's Chocolate Lounge in their Chicago neighborhood. The pair ooh and ah over the plush pink furniture and giggle about the writing on the walls ("Is it a tryst if it's with a truffle?") before settling into chairs on the brick patio with two iced mocha drinks. "Oh, my gosh," Schlamadinger...
...hand." How can such young men be persuaded to identify with the place in which they live? The Muslim Association of Britain, which helped organize the "Don't Attack Iraq" antiwar marches in 2003, thinks that the more Muslim youth participate in the democratic process, the more they will display allegiance to Britain. The association has tried to mobilize Muslims to vote, an aim shared by Chris Doyle, director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding. Doyle thinks Muslims need to pool their resources - locally, regionally and nationally - to increase their clout. The Muslim community, he says, "is beginning...