Word: lites
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...poor, who are more likely to join the military for a better job, Rangel has joined with South Carolina Democratic Senator Ernest Hollings to introduce a bill that would reinstate the draft, which ended 30 years ago. "We're going through a period of what I call patriotism lite," says Rangel, a decorated Korean War vet. "Put a flag on your SUV, but when it comes to making a sacrifice, you hold the coat while someone else does the fighting...
Violence, debauchery, popes, emperors, gods, martyrs, a cardinal's mistress - Titian's work encompassed them all. He had talent to burn and his sensuous paintings were a must-have for the élite of Renaissance Europe. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) became Venice's official painter in 1516, and was top in Europe until his death in 1576 aged (he claimed) ninetysomething. "Titian," a banquet of his major works harvested from leading European and American galleries, can be savored at London's National Gallery from Feb. 19 through May 18, and - in slightly different form - at the Prado, Madrid, from June...
...both Gazprom-media and NTV. The 36-year-old New Yorker didn't have any media experience, but had worked as a manager and investment banker in Russia since the early 1990s, during which time he had made a name for himself among Russia's business and political élite. Jordan made NTV behave for a while, and the sale of 49% of the company to Evrofinans bank put the network on a firmer financial footing. Still, says Yuri Shchekochikhin, deputy chair of the State Duma's Security Committee, "Putin realized that under Jordan, NTV oriented itself to the Union...
...FARC guerrillas ripped through the club's 11 stories, killing 35 people - including six children at a piñata party - and injuring 173. The El Nogal blast was the most devastating attack of the rebels' new urban terror campaign and the first to hit the capital's élite. Londoño and Colombian authorities hope the attack will prompt the world to change tactics too, and regard Colombia's guerrillas as terrorists. Reason: police say the guerrillas are aided by terror groups like the I.R.A. and Spain's Basque separatists, ETA, who could turn Colombia into a South...
After several months of deliberation, students, faculty and administrators hashed out a new system which Paganelli describes as “preregistration lite...