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...Davis as Mackenzie Allen, a Vice President who comes to power when the President dies of a stroke, in the drama Commander in Chief, debuting Sept. 27. That's fair enough. Given the prejudice she would face, the nation might feel safer with a female leader possessed of great height, athleticism (Davis nearly represented the U.S. in Olympic archery) and robust, bee-stung lips. I look forward avidly to the Jolie Administration...
With the score 0-0 late in the first half against Costal Carolina on Friday, the 6’2” Altchek showed that height is not his only advantage. After the ball deflected off a defender’s head, he beat Chanticleers goalie Aaron Weant to the ball and thus had an open net for the easy score...
...agency's response has had its flaws. At the height of the New Orleans flooding, the Red Cross followed government orders to steer clear of the Superdome and New Orleans Convention Center, leaving starving people stranded. A few posers have slipped through the cracks: a Georgia woman is in county jail for scamming the charity out of $1,300 in relief funds. In Mississippi, victims have complained about a lack of Red Cross presence. In Houston, it ran out of debit cards that could be used for cash or supplies and had to write checks by hand...
...color) glazed terra-cotta sculpture of an elaborately dressed man with bulging eyes, a handlebar moustache and full beard. Obviously he is not Han Chinese, and that's what makes figures from the vibrant Tang dynasty so interesting. During this period, trade along the Silk Route was at its height, and foreigners, like this Central Asian carrying a cornucopia-shaped wine vessel, were welcomed and valued. Xi'an, the Tang capital, was a prosperous, cosmopolitan city, as a small sculpture of an African entertainer demonstrates. This openness extended to women, too: an enchanting group of eight confident-looking young female...
Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies Gary Urton and first-year archaeology graduate student Carrie J. Brezine used a new database to study patterns on the strings, known as khipu. The strings were used as a recording system in the Inca Empire, which reached its height in the late 1400s in what is now Peru...