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...seat-of-the-pants introduction to America's highway misery, try rattling down the joint-jangling Southwest Freeway in the shadow of the Washington Monument. On this long-neglected strip of pavement, a washboard ripple effect experts call rutting jiggles the front wheels into a dervish dance. Farther along in a newly rebuilt section, potholes already lurk, like so many blacktop booby traps...
...fire. But when Camille Paglia comes to town, they fall silent in hurt shock, too noble or too scared to reply. Or else they go whimpering to whimpering to Daddy for protection, "Daddy" is Harvard University, formerly a bastion of male arrogance and exclusiveness, now suddenly transformed into a monument of civility and scholarly courtesy...
Constancy has not been a hallmark of Bush's political style. His position on taxes, for example, is a monument to political expediency. In 1980 he opposed Ronald Reagan's supply-side theories as "voodoo economics," then promptly jettisoned that belief in exchange for a place on the G.O.P. ticket. In 1988 he vowed to lower the deficit without raising taxes, only to reverse himself two years later when he signed the 1990 budget deal. That agreement raised all kinds of taxes -- and still failed to lower the deficit...
...vocal beauty, but no singer today is as versatile. So when Deutsche Grammophon set out to recap his two decades with the label, there was plenty to choose from. The first of 10 CDs of highlights to be released this year is Arias, Songs & Tangos. It is a monument to his vigorous musicianship. Over time Domingo's voice has become darker and richer, his style more fluent and less mannered. The only regret: his masterly Otello, recorded for RCA and EMI, cannot be included...
UNESCO hopes to recruit several thousand demobilized soldiers to help guard the monuments and begin clearing out the water system. As more tourists pour in and new facilities are built, the pressure on the provincial authorities to provide funds for the monuments will increase. But Narasimhaiah of the Indian archaeology team has some advice for scientists interested in restoration: "You have to love your monument. It should be like the relationship between a doctor and a patient. If a doctor doesn't have faith in his patient, he will never cure him." And if nothing else, the monuments of Angkor...