Word: miasma
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...shark, leads to the double-height circular conference room, now staffed with Saatchi icons. Offices that once held bureaucrats - each with its own unique marble fireplace - now contain single works like Hirst's giant (full) ashtray. It's not the only work that assaults the senses: the miasma of Wilson's 20:50 is all-pervasive. The work is genuinely terrifying; the waist-high oily surface is so reflective that it's invisible as you look "down" into the roof and the sky. The art all has immediate impact - and a dark side. Is this the equivalent of a mild...
...huge challenge is not to slide into the miasma of Afghanistan's impossible politics. Diplomats say an ambush of U.S. special forces earlier this month in the province of Khost, in which Green Beret Sergeant Nathan Chapman was killed, may have been in reprisal for the U.S.'s backing an unpopular local warlord there, Pacha Khan Zadran. Zadran has enemies within his own tribe, including one who claims to be Khost's new governor and whose 500 fighters captured part of Khost last week. Twice now, Zadran's foes say, he has called in U.S. air strikes on his enemies...
...taunting game officials, but rather than recoiling from the resulting fines, he thrives on the publicity they bring. Two weeks ago, he was fined a record $500,000 for claiming he wouldn't hire the league's top ref to "manage a Dairy Queen." The expected media miasma followed, and this time Dairy Queen decided to horn in on the action. With mock indignation, the chain invited Cuban to spend a day dishing ice cream to see just how challenging it could be. So last week, surrounded by television cameras, newspaper photographers, circling helicopters, hordes of fans, the Mavericks' mascot...
...huge challenge is not to slide into the miasma of Afghanistan's impossible politics. Diplomats say an ambush of U.S. special forces earlier this month in the province of Khost, in which Green Beret Sergeant Nathan Chapman was killed, may have been in reprisal for the U.S.'s backing an unpopular local warlord there, Pacha Khan Zadran. Zadran has enemies within his own tribe, including one who claims to be Khost's new governor and whose 500 fighters captured part of Khost last week. Twice now, Zadran's foes say, he has called in U.S. air strikes on his enemies...
With Weld in the driver's seat, the once ridiculed Beacon Hill became a beacon of hope for residents attempting to escape the infamous Taxachusetts. The State Senate was overhauled as Weld waded through the miasma of budget debacles left by the late, great Michael S. Dukakis. Praise of Weld in the ultra-liberal Boston Globe simply became ubiquitous. A champion of abortion rights and an advocate of gay rights, Weld strode about the State House continually shocking his Republican supporters and constituents. Seemingly, there was nothing he could do wrong. Massachusetts had found her messiah...