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...while Sunni civilians inside the walled-off area lament the inconvenience and the effect on the local economy, their greatest fear is for the long-term survival of their community. They worry that the wall isn't about security at all, but is rather an effort to fence them in while Shi?ite militia clear the rest of the neighborhood of its Sunni residents...
...academic abattoir at Quincy and Mass Ave. nonetheless teems with students, pale and wretched beneath the library’s oppressive fluorescence. The overcrowding does wonders for the place’s Dantean ambiance, but it forces us to consider why people are so compelled to return to Lament (I hope this catches...
...many traditional animators lament the decline of hand-drawn animation with each computer-generated box office hit, the gap between classic and cutting edge has never been wider. But by picking up a new technology, Sert Practitioner in the Arts at the Carpenter Center Munro Ferguson uses elements of each medium to put the artist back in animation. Using a device known as SANDDE (Stereoscopic Animation Drawing Device), Ferguson is able to create three-dimensional “hand-drawn” images in real time. Developed by cousin and partner Paul Kroiter, the technology allows animators to do what...
...that he was such an admirable man before he became so personally situated on this dilemma.He was a great spokesperson for the farmer...he was regarded as a savior for the little man of this country. That’s one of the reasons I admire him, and lament his being painted so ludicrously in the Scopes Trial, not that he didn’t deserve it.THC: Where do you stand on the debate over teaching evolution in public schools?EA: I’m one of the minority. I believe in Darwinism.THC: Is that really the minority...
...strong religious credentials, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, and both spend far more time talking about good works than about sin, although each has the requisite positions on abortion and gay marriage. Indeed, it was Huckabee who reminded me of Chesterton's lament. "I'm a 'grace' Christian," Huckabee told me over lunch recently, "not a 'law' Christian. The Second Commandment--do unto others--is the basic tenet of my faith. And so I believe that life begins at conception, but I don't believe it ends at birth. I believe we have...