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...often that an artist working in Africa receives international attention. But William Kentridge, raised in Johannesburg, has bridged the continental gap with his visceral animations of South African life. Incorporating diverse media into his surreal films, Kentridge examines—with disturbing intensity—how ordinary people can become deadened to the violence and inequity around them. Tonight at 6 p.m., he will discuss his work at the Carpenter Center in a lecture called in “In Praise of Shadows...
...stall deliberation over potentially problematic candidates until they are back in the driver's seat in January. Appropriations will take on critical weight as the end of the year deadline approaches; Congress was supposed to have approved spending bills by October 1st, and will be forced to use stop-gap measures if funding isn't in place by the end of their session...
...piece reminiscent of her bestselling book The Overworked American, Schor decided to tackle a more accessible topic: fashion. In her chapter entitled “Cleaning the Closet: Toward a New Fashion Ethic,” Schor attempts to find a happy medium between materialism and minimalism, filling the gap between thrift stores and Prada boutiques with well-made clothing produced by socially equitable relationships. She acknowledges that “a growing number of young people critique their generation’s slavish devotion to Abercrombie, North Face and Calvin, preferring the thrift shop aesthetic...
Romney waged a come-from-behind campaign in the past month, steadily closing the gap in the polls until the two candidates were locked in a statistical dead heat on the eve of the election...
...would be hard for most to understand how attacking Cleland, who is a well-respected war hero who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, would win Chambliss points in military-oriented Georgia. Nevertheless, since Chambliss has been on attack mode, he has been steadily closing the poll gap. Across the isle, Democrats across the nation have run similar ads trying to scare senior citizens into believing that Republicans wish to dismantle Medicare and Social Security...