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...Leonardo as a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and scientist. Yet if one is to judge by the self-advertising letter he sent to Sforza in Milan in 1481, he didn't rate his skills that way. Before anything else, he listed his strategic ingenuity: he could design portable bridges, drain moats, bombard strongholds, design and cast siege cannon, make fireproof ships, and so on and on. Not until item No. 10, the last on his list, did he get around to saying that in painting too he could "do everything possible as well as any other." There may have been...
...outstanding student,” Strickland said. “One of the things that impressed the entire board most, though, is his goal to return to Tennessee and work on a state level affecting policy and education to hopefully stem what some perceive as a brain-drain in the South, particularly in the [BGLT] community...
...step with mainstream public opinion that even Republican legislators are questioning how wise the president’s plan is. But, as the pattern predicts, the debate on Capitol Hill is not about whether cutting taxes makes any sense, but about how much money to drain away from the federal budget. The Democrats are once again playing into Bush’s hands, guaranteeing another tax cut in an awful, tax-slahingly right-of-center counter proposal...
...students who, in spite of their accomplishments, are inconvenienced simply because of their national origins—decide not to remain in the U.S. because of similar trouble in acquiring visas, he says, the nation could suffer as a whole, inducing its own “brain drain...
...face of it, nuoc mam is rudimentary to make. Alternate layers of fish with salt, and leave them to ferment for at least four months. Drain the vat from the bottom, pour the sauce back into the vat and wait another few months. Then drain again. This first pressing, as prized as extra-virgin olive oil, is called nhi and is usually reserved for dipping bowls at the table. On Phu Quoc, they douse everything from vegetables to french fries in salty nuoc mam nhi. Second and third pressings are used for cooking...