Word: forte
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...HAVE ACCUSED PRESIDENT BUSH OF "MORAL VACANCY." WOULD YOU CONTRAST HIM WITH A GUY LIKE SHERMAN? There's a passage in the book about the inability to understand death, when Sherman is giving a kind of a soliloquy. His troops have taken a fort just before entering Savannah, and they lie down to sleep beside the dead bodies of the Confederates who were defending the fort. He's drinking a cup of wine, smoking a cigar and thinking about the difference between sleep and death, and how hard it is to understand death. Some people make the effort to understand...
...Nadahama Garden Baden?which follows recent Ando work like the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas and Tokyo shopping complex Omotesando Hills?is a 2,000 sq m facility in the architect's hometown of Kobe, its striking curves exemplifying Ando's beautifully original approach to form. Environmental and civic responsibility were key considerations in the construction. Under-floor pipes, filled with discarded scalding water from a local power plant, are used to heat treatment rooms and spa pools. Meanwhile, special plumbing allows pool and bath water to be drained and used by emergency services when necessary?an important...
...branch of the entertainment business. In addition, Lévy's European-ness draws him, like generations of other Old World observers, to all that is grotesque and egregious in the U.S. In his 25,000-km tour Lévy makes sure to visit a gun show in Fort Worth, a "partner-swapping club" in San Francisco, the gigantic Mall of America near Minneapolis, the Kennedy assassination site in Dallas, a Nevada brothel and two evangelical megachurches. He even gets into Guantánamo, which - having by now seen several U.S. prisons, as did De Tocqueville - he finds representative...
...Holding down the fort, Gates remained at Harvard—even though Princeton had extended him an offer...
...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, and Tokyo shopping complex Omotesando Hills - is a 2,000-sq-m facility in the architect's hometown of Kobe, its striking curves exemplifying Ando's beautifully original approach to form. Environmental and civic responsibility were key considerations in the construction. Under-floor pipes, filled with discarded scalding water from...