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...television this month that he would be "extremely disappointed" if the initiative were defeated. He pointed out the obvious paradox that Geneva is home to the U.N.'s European branch, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Trade Organization and two dozen lesser-known entities. "Can Switzerland really stay on the sidelines of the global community?" he asked...
...speak, about Arab culture. This he does with engaging humor and scant respect for many Arab governments. He intersperses juicy recipes and equally juicy stories about growing up in Nablus and attending conferences around the world as an adult. He explains how to make falafel, tabbouleh, baba ghanoush and lesser-known dishes. At the same time, the reader picks up knowledge that is not strictly culinary. For example, that baba means coquettish and ghanoush is, roughly, dissolute - adjectives that seem unlikely for an aubergine purée but which Jamal explains in a delightful story about his aunt's unmarried...
Many other arms stretched the same way: Indian, Persian, Arab, Mongol, Turkish, Chinese. There were also lesser-known tribal groups, like the Kushans, a Central Asian nomadic lot who around the start of the Christian era controlled northern India, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, using the Kabul region as a summer vacation spot. For all their power, the Kushans handled cultural and religious diversity better than those who have ruled Afghanistan in recent decades. Cambon says they showed "an extreme tolerance and true eclecticism if we bear in mind the diverse origins of the divinities that appear on the reverse...
...first half of the concert—the planned concert, that is—showcased the pieces that appear in Night Songs, starting with a triad of love songs by the lesser-known Austrian composer Joseph Marx. Radiant in a green Gianfranco Ferre gown, Fleming began with a theatrical interpretation of Marx’s “Nocturne,” and concluded the section with a powerful, expressive “Pierrot Dandy.” Thibaduet’s interpretation of Liszt’s “Ballade No. 2 in B Minor...
...works chosen for floral interpretation included such museums stars as John Singer Sargent’s “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit” and Paul Gauguin’s “Women and a White Horse,” but also lesser-known works such as a small ancient Greek “Head of Aphrodite” from the 4th century B.C. and a delicate gold Indonesian crown from the 13th century. Although using furniture as the basis for floral interpretation might seem difficult, a surprising number of arrangements dealt with cabinets, chairs, silverware...