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...consider porn harmless when it produces images as bad as those that came out of Abu Ghraib. To be sure, there are many aspects of pornography that are distasteful and destructive. The sort of violent pornography that treats women exclusively as subordinate objects, for instance, reveals a disturbing element of sexual desire. Yet, however tacky or disgusting we may find it, we should recognize that most porn is just the extreme end of a gradient of objectification that occurs regularly in society—involving both men and women. Movies, ads, casual flirting—all can sometimes involve...
...With a ballet entirely driven by plot, most of the scenes harnessed an element of drama, which, though artfully rendered, often distracted from the dancing itself. As the character who drove the plot, Molina also had the strongest performance. His turns often lacked energy, but his leaps more than made up for it. Molina consistently out-danced Cornejo, despite her clear talent and clean technique...
...cease-fire, which the ambassador suggested might have come at the behest of Tehran. (Iran may also have had a hand in brokering a truce between the two key Shi'ite militia groups, Sadr's Mahdi Amy and Badr Brigade of the Supreme Islamic Council, which is a key element of the Iraqi government...
...Prado approaches its 188th birthday, its $215 million expansion - one element of a plan that has seen the renovation of Madrid's three major art museums - reaffirms the city's importance as a European arts capital. And, not incidentally, it makes the museum friendlier to the more than 2 million tourists who pass through its doors each year. "The relationship between museums and society has changed," says Miguel Zugaza, the Prado's director. "Before, museums were the preserve of the few, but now they're massively attended. We had to change to match that." By adding a new entrance...
...that the votes to override a veto are in place. Many journalists, however, are far from satisfied with the law—and rightly so. Some claim the law does not go far enough, while others say it has too many exceptions written into it. But the most egregious element of the bill is its overly narrow definition of who is a journalist that excludes, among other groups, the collegiate press. Specifically, the House bill only covers people who engage in journalism “for a substantial portion of the person’s livelihood or for substantial financial...