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Mixing glass with cement may seem strange, but that is what Aron Losonczi, a Hungarian architect, has done to create a transparent concrete called LiTraCon. Glass in the form of fiber optics allows light to filter through the material, creating a surreal effect. Available in sheets 2 in. or more wide, LiTraCon is as strong as regular concrete and can be used for walls, flooring or sculpture. It is on display at the National Building Museum in Washington through...
...from the get-go, Cserny exhibited little of the typical freshman restlessness towards Cambridge. Given her tour of duty with the Under-20 Hungarian National Team, in fact, Cserny opted to stay with the team for a year and defer her studies...
George Soros is what people mean by the word moneyman. The Hungarian-born investor has a fortune estimated at $7.2 billion. He has been among the world's largest philanthropists, giving away some $4 billion over the decades. But after 9/11 he turned his attention--and his checkbook--to U.S. politics. Soros, 74, says he was unnerved by such Bush Administration rhetoric as Attorney General John Ashcroft's claim that people who raised concerns that the Patriot Act was a threat to liberty were aiding terrorists. Before Campaign '04 was over, Soros had become one of the largest political contributors...
...vote set for this week. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi nominated Foreign Minister Franco Frattini to replace Rocco Buttiglione, who had angered parliamentarians with his comments on gays and women. The Latvian government replaced its much-criticized nominee, Ingrida Udre, with diplomat Andris Piebalgs. Amid a minor reshuffle that saw Hungarian Laszlo Kovacs moved from energy to tax, Neelie Kroes - the embattled Dutch candidate for Competition Commissioner - kept her post...
...Buttiglione is gone, national leaders will have to decide how much more recasting the Commission needs. Berlusconi, who is said to favor Foreign Minister Franco Frattini for Italy's slot, doesn't want Buttiglione to be the only casualty. Other possible candidates for replacement include the proposed Energy Commissioner, Hungarian Foreign Minister Lászlo Kovács, whose "professional competence" and "aptitude" were found inadequate by the relevant committee; the proposed Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes of the Netherlands, whose extensive (and, until recently, not fully disclosed) business ties have come under fire; the Danish nominee for Agriculture Commissioner...