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...audience, absorbed by Sketches of Frank Gehry, Sydney Pollack?s very fine documentary about our era?s master builder. There are critics? represented in the documentary by a rather shifty-looking academic?who would resist that rather grandiose description of Gehry. But the truth is that the great buildings of his maturity are utterly inimitable. You can?t even pay him an homage; it would look like plagiarism. So one is stuck with the notion that he is some kind of genius, but one who, unlike, say, Frank Lloyd Wright, is somewhat discomfited by that term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schickel on Movies | 5/12/2006 | See Source »

...During his follow-up inspection of the Kirkland and Eliot kitchen, Parker wrote that “Building Manager Francisco Medeiros has sealed off routes of mouse entry into the cafeteria. Fine mesh screening was used for each radiator unit...

Author: By Shifra B. Mincer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Mouse in the House | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...look out over middle America and say, “Well, Buffy, I guess they’re just too dumb to vote Democrat. If only they realized that Republicans are using social issues to delude them, then they’d have healthcare and everything would be fine.” But at least rural voters get something for their vote. They may get hurt by Republican economic policies, but they get a government that holds the values they hold and hates the people they hate. It may not buy healthcare, but it’s something...

Author: By Samuel M. Simon | Title: What’s Wrong With Mamaroneck? | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...Press Secretary, along with hundreds of informal gaggles at the White House and dozens more as Ari Fleischer's deputy before that. McClellan said he joked to the traveling staff: "If at any point you don't see me on this trip, don't worry about it. I'm fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Press Secretary's Final Answer | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...fine to welcome immigrants and support their rights. But why do we attack our own government so loudly, and yet remain so silent on how their government is failing them? For a good liberal, there's nothing more damning than looking culturally insensitive. And Vicente Fox knows this; he knows that half of America will never dare criticize anyone who speaks another language. So he pushes his poor our way, knowing we good liberals will only rise and applaud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blame Mexico: the Mess Starts at Home | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

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