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...former Soviet city, the capital of Bishkek is surprisingly lush and green. A stroll around town reveals numerous tree-filled parks surrounding large public buildings ranging from the monstrously Soviet to the stately. These include a functioning, if not always full, opera house. Another surprise is the abundance of Soviet relics still on display. Near the deserted State Historical Museum?inside, a gory ceiling mural depicts class warfare?Vladimir Lenin zealously points the way forward...
Will our current obsession with shared open spaces and lush private ones look silly years from now? Will future owners rip out these projects, shaking their heads at our excess ("A second oven! What were these people thinking?")? Bet on it. Economic and demographic changes inevitably shape the way we live and the homes we live in. The rapidly increasing number of people age 60 and older, for instance, is already dictating changes in bathroom design and raising other livability issues...
...mother is dying fast. Ask about food and the villagers say that, born in the year the rains first failed, Saifudden has never tasted fruit, vegetables or meat. Ask about water and their anger boils over. "They're killing us here," says Akbar, pointing over the horizon to the lush plains upstream. "They're taking all the water. I haven't seen water in our ditches for four years. And all for chaars...
...their way to scrag him for getting too uppity. In a punishment crueler even than nasal elongation, the snappers all filed a single picture for the front pages - one with Benigni's face obliterated. By opening night, Benigni's grin was everywhere again. The film is beautiful, the music lush and memorable and the text duly honored. If Benigni ends up being hanged by the reviews, it will be for the crime of forgetting to bring enough of himself to Pinocchio. But Give a Little Whistle for this: In Italy, at least, the cricket gets squashed...
...their way to scrag him for getting too uppity. In a punishment crueler even than nasal elongation, the snappers all filed a single picture for the front pages - one with Benigni's face obliterated. By opening night, Benigni's grin was everywhere again. The film is beautiful, the music lush and memorable and the text duly honored. If Benigni ends up being hanged by the reviews, it will be for the crime of forgetting to bring enough of himself to Pinocchio. But Give a Little Whistle for this: In Italy, at least, the cricket gets squashed...