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...hotel is the crown jewel of the Palm Jumeirah, a monumental feat of land reclamation. In the shape of an Arabian date palm, it is the first in a network of man-made islands that is altering Dubai's landscape, adding 1,200 miles (2,000 km) of additional beachfront property to a desert city-state whose natural coastline is a mere 37 miles (60 km). The $20 million extravaganza aims to nail down Dubai's reputation for luxurious excess - an ambition that seems almost anachronistic now that ill winds from Wall Street and the collapse in oil prices...
...libraries with which he made his name. Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall, which opened its doors in 2003, finds its beauty in playing with linear and curved planes, blurring the line between art and function. The fashion and design pieces inspired by his work are attempting the same feat. They are also broadening Gehry's place in the cultural lexicon in time for his 80th birthday early next year. Roger Vivier's faceted evening clutch and Louis Vuitton's hand-curled cuff seem at first glance more like sculptures than wearable pieces. Fredrikson Stallard's King Bonk chair takes...
...rolling on the floor, waving of arms, and moaning seem too much to digest and at times almost comical. Still, credit should really be given to the actors, as this is not an easy play to execute. Hell, Medina is forced to remain cross-eyed the entire show, a feat that gives me a headache just thinking about it. And though Mrs. Venable’s madness is certainly not easy to portray, Aykroyd delivers her long monologues stuttering in a heavy southern accent all the while remaining incredibly understandable. The cast’s grasp on the play?...
...stop there. What follows - the 'forget' part of the toilet experience - is the long and costly process of sanitizing the water that was clean before you answered nature's call. In the developed world, the flush toilet is our only direct link to the enormous - and exorbitant - engineering feat that is the modern urban sanitation system: the sewers, filtration plants, water treatment facilities, and finally, treated water disposal channels that send the scrubbed water into our rivers and lakes...
Repeating that feat will be difficult when facing Harvard’s stellar offensive and defensive lines, one of the best combinations in the Ivy League...