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...formidable. Rodin had rethought the human body more thoroughly than any sculptor since Michelangelo and made it the vessel of passions-pain, pathos, ecstasy-that the increasingly insipid conventions of 19th century statuary could not contain. That is immediately apparent in his magnificent Saint John the Baptist, a lean, striding nude who bears no attributes of the saint-no lamb, no staff-so that the saint's spiritual force is expressed entirely in the headlong power of his anatomy...
...sure sign of Hamas's emergence from the shadows is its new media office in central Gaza. Thickset, bearded men lean against the walls, watchfully. The only furniture in the otherwise empty suite is a brand new desk, behind which sits Sami Abu Zuhry, a trim 38-year-old history Professor recently named Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip. Abu Zuhry rejects suggestions that Hamas wants to take over Gaza now the Israelis are gone. "We don't want control," he says. "We want elections...
...Katrina's damage was multiplied a thousand times by the breach of the levees. This is a classic case of the penny-wise, pound-foolish policies of modern politicians and bureaucrats. The problem is not limited to the Bush Administration. Driven by concepts like cost cutting and lean government, shortsighted budget officials may save a few billion dollars, but they end up losing $50 billion when tragedies must be dealt with later on. Anil Kumar Aleti Hyderabad, India...
With a tall Starbucks coffee in hand, Showalter casually strolled up to me wearing a green corduroy blazer, a black collared shirt, pink pants, white shoes, and rock star sun glasses atop his meticulously coiffed hair. Lean, friendly, and stubbled, Showalter is the perfect hybrid of laid-back cool and offbeat metrosexual...
...Ariel Lee Singapore Katrina's damage was multiplied a thousand times by the breach of the levees. This is a classic case of the penny-wise, pound-foolish policies of modern politicians and bureaucrats. The problem is not limited to the U.S. Driven by concepts like cost cutting and lean government, shortsighted budget officials may save a few billion dollars but end up losing $50 billion later on when tragedies must be dealt with. Anil Kumar Aleti Hyderabad, India The pictures of New Orleans showed that the people most affected were black, poor, vulnerable or sick. Was that the reason...