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...prepared a nearly full-scale reproduction that gives an idea of how the painting looked before the colors faded. Predictably, there was a radiance in some passages that?s lost to us now, but what?s interesting is how little the picture has been diminished by the decay of mere pigment. The fascination of La Grande Jatte is not just a matter of color and light. It lies in Seurat?s endlessly absorbing and ambiguous notion - to show modern men and women bearing the signs of their daily life into eternity, so that even their pettiest, most comical vanities become...
...That's no mere fancy. In a study of the 2001 election, Wolfers and economist Andrew Leigh, of the Australian National University, found that while pollsters differed on the outcome and the winner's vote share, punters' money was solidly on the government. And in marginal contests, the favorite won in 43 seats out of 47. Polls are certainly useful, Wolfers says. But "the media would serve the public better by reporting on betting rather than polls...
...short interview, he blamed the Iraqis for their country's electricity shortage, even though the U.S. created the situation; said he is "very thankful" that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD), even though this was one of the main justifications for the war; implied that the mere possibility that Saddam Hussein might have acquired WMD was a sufficient reason to go to war, even though such a broad premise would warrant attacking many other nations; and claimed that Saddam's regime was working with al-Qaeda operatives, even though there is no evidence for that claim...
...short interview, he blamed the Iraqis for their country's electricity shortage, even though the U.S. created the situation; said he is "very thankful" that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD), even though this was one of the main justifications for the war; implied that the mere possibility that Saddam Hussein might have acquired WMD justified the war, even though such a broad premise would warrant attacking many other nations; and claimed without evidence that Saddam's regime was working with al-Qaeda, even though there is no substantiation of that claim. I was almost expecting Franks...
...afflictions as Parkinson's, diabetes and spinal-cord injury. On the other are the forces of reaction and superstition who, slaves to a primitive religiosity, would condemn millions to suffer and die. Or as Reagan subtly put it, the choice is "between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology...