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...heads of neighboring Central Asian states in his capital of Astana earlier this month, there was a certain whiff of power being flexed, albeit arriviste power. The occasion was marked by the inauguration of the Palace of Peace and Accord - a 62-m-high pyramid of steel and pale gray granite, designed [an error occurred while processing this directive] by Norman Foster, with stained-glass panels by the artist Brian Clarke. Its art and sculpture were chosen to represent the world's major religions, to underscore the religious tolerance and respect that has been firmly established in a multiethnic country...
With a CPA's gray suit and harried face, Black built a fan base as a commentator on The Daily Show. This HBO hour displays his grousing wit and splenetic temperament in full fulmination as he rails against the world and the heavens too. (He's no fan of the Old Testament God.) On his Washington stage, Black naturally has opinions about George W. Bush, who makes him very angry. He's also miffed at the Democrats for not finding a candidate who could defeat Bush in 2004: "It would be like finding a normal person who would lose...
...mostly flushed back down the drain, but some of them manage to crawl out of the pipes and into the bathrooms,” he wrote, adding that FAS is now testing environmentally friendly treatments that can be poured down drains. —Staff writer Katherine M. Gray can be reached at kmgray@fas.harvard.edu...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad isn't one for ceremony. We are waiting in a villa outside Havana when Ahmadinejad strides in without notice, taking even his aides by surprise. He is wearing blue-gray trousers, black loafers and the trademark tan jacket that even he calls his "Ahmadinejad jacket." He mutters something to himself as he settles into an aging leather chair with bad springs. For a moment, he seems irked by the chair, perhaps because it makes him seem even smaller than his 5 ft. 4 in., but soon he's smiling, prodding, leaning forward to make his points...
...Staff writer Katherine M. Gray can be reached at kmgray@fas.harvard.edu...