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...million unemployed Germans are understandably concerned because their country has become a powerful magnet for foreigners seeking asylum. The number of refugees streaming in -- and looking for work -- rose a record 71% last year, to 440,000. Now there's a proposed solution: a high-tech incarnation of Berlin's infamous Wall. Intended to control immigration from Poland and the former Czechoslovakia, the "electronic wall" (as critics now call it) will consist of mobile radar and infrared units similar to those used in other Western countries. Testing begins next month...
This is a school with little going for it: no special government programs, no foundation grants, no major benefactors. It is not a magnet school, not a school for gifted children, not special in any way -- except for the extraordinary things that go on inside. America's abject inner-city schools may yet be rescued by a new commitment from Washington or by the bold reform movement gathering strength in the think tanks and universities. But in every city there are schools like this one that are not waiting to be saved, which offer a case study...
...Ribera's known career lies outside Spain. He emigrated to Italy, that artistic magnet of the 17th century, when he was hardly out of his teens and spent most of his life in Spanish-ruled Naples, doing commissions for the Italian church and expatriate Spanish grandees. He rapidly became the unchallenged star of Neapolitan painting and remained so until his death in 1652. Until recently, his art stayed in a sort of limbo; very few visitors to the Prado would ever turn out of the traffic stream headed for Velazquez to take a good look at the great Riberas, like...
Nice guy on the move. Ultimate coalition builder and social magnet. Great thick brillo-hair...
...Green Magnet School, now signed on sub Pop, also graced T.T.'s with their presence. Their hard rock grooves and melodic vocals may bring them mass success given the current rage for various former labelmates. Regardless, they gave the audience 15 minutes of pleasure. On the down side of things, Meltdown featured absurd, pretentious vocals and silly heavy-metal lead guitar. And the Vancouver duo Mecca Normal's set was too long. The guitarist did evoke some interesting sounds from his guitar with his rapid, jerky arm movements, but his partner did not add much with her less accomplished guitar...