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...Benito Mussolini seemed like a worthy member of the first Axis of Evil, until the country got a close look at him in the newsreels, comically soaking up the ovation of his people with his fists on his hips and his chin thrust out and that odd little party hat perched on his head. It was only then that we started to ask, Is this guy kidding or what? Nikita Kruschev was similarly supposed to scare the daylights out of us, and he did for a while. Then he took off his shoe, whacked it on his desk...
Many architects would say Orwell was talking through his hat. Le Corbusier described the school Gaudí designed as part of the Sagrada Família project - its roof an ingenious, wave-like structure - as "a masterpiece." Norman Foster has called Gaudí's methods revolutionary. Spain's best-known architect, Santiago Calatrava, shows Gaudí's influence in his use of trencadís (broken ceramic tiles) as decoration, his use of arches, and his primary source of inspiration - nature...
...perform her title duties. “It was frustrating because sponsors had recruited me to enter the competition and I won overwhelmingly,” Poage says. “But knowing I had won was enough for me.” She says she may throw her hat in the pageant ring again, once she’s finished with school...
DRAWING LOTS Heirs gather items of relatively equal value--for example, all items in the home with an appraised value of $800 to $1,000. Then each heir draws a number out of a hat. The person drawing No. 1 gets first pick. Each heir in turn chooses something from the group. After the first round of picks, the routine starts again, with the person who drew No. 2 picking first, and so on. The total number of items has to be divisible by the number of heirs--for instance, if there are three heirs, the number of heirlooms should...
Corriero’s natural hat trick came in the first period, scoring three goals in a row after Crum opened the scoring a minute into the game...