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This cover shows unwavering focus, from the main title in giant gold block letters to the artistic rendering of the man himself looming over the authors’ names. Then there’s the red background, a not-so-subtle homage to the “little red book.” Apparently it’s a national bestseller, and Time Magazine seemed to like it. Plus, who wouldn’t want “the unknown story” on one of the world’s all-time most notorious dictators...
...look of a visionary grown weary of waiting for the world to catch up with the future he has so long been inhabiting. Truth is, most of the time Eno can't stop smiling at the thought that that moment may finally be upon us. Behind him on a giant wall-mounted plasma screen is his latest reason to be cheerful. Layers of gorgeous, intensely colored abstract images appear, morph and dissolve into one another then fade away into something entirely new. Entitled 77 Million Paintings, this is the state of Eno's "generative art," the term he coined...
...lending new texture to Turkey's traditional image as the meeting place of East and West. Celal Hasnalcaci, a local manufacturer of denim jeans for export, prays five times a day but adorns his office walls with photographs of young women striking provocative poses in low-cut jeans. Giant billboards on the main street downtown flog everything from bras to i-Pods. The region is at once a heartland of Muslim conservatism and Europe's biggest supplier of lingerie. "Business is business," says Hasnalcac with a shrug...
...miles of new harborside walkways. Diller and Scofidio have used the same wood to create a wide outdoor staircase that doubles as a bleachers-style seating area. It's located just under the ICA's major exterior flourish, a fourth floor that cantilevers 80 ft. into space like a giant diving board. The hope is that the stairway will become a gathering spot like the Spanish Steps in Rome. It won't have the advantage of being surrounded by Rome, but unlike the sunbaked and overcrowded Spanish Steps, it will have a sheltering overhang and a harbor view...
...Even that goal can sometimes seem beyond reach. In the aftermath of the Thanksgiving Day suicide bombings in Sadr City, many residents were asking why the U.S. forces had failed to stop the bombers, generally believed to be Sunni jihadis. After all, American soldiers had recently been raiding the giant Baghdad slum, attacking Shi'ite militias that enjoy a great deal of popular support there. Inevitably, some Shi'ites put two and two together - and got 22: On Saturday a cleric representing Moqtada al-Sadr, who enjoys demigod status in Sadr City, accused the U.S. of ganging up with Sunni...