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...contest was the brainchild of Toshiko Mori, the first female chair of the GSD architecture department. “Toshiko is a true believer in promoting projects for students, getting our hands into architecture and involving us in the campus,” says Elizabeth Ghiseline, student coordinator of the competition. Though some GSD students feel the final product looks “unfinished,” Kevin Cahlin, facilities manager of Gund Hall, reports that it has “grown on me more and more—the fence is definitely creative, good use of color...
...their "Queen of Hearts," today's Britain shows a cooling of the national Diana obsession; while a recent survey of Britons, commissioned by the History Channel, named Diana's death the 20th century's most important British event, another poll suggests many are slowly moving on. British polling firm Mori Research found rising approval ratings for Prince Charles, the Queen and even Camilla Parker-Bowles (whom Diana nicknamed the "Rottweiler...
...Monarchy, argues that "there is a perfectly rational case for simple abolition." Indeed. The Queen's formal powers, which include picking the Prime Minister and dissolving Parliament, are flagrantly undemocratic. Some 68% of Britons think the royal family is out of touch with ordinary people, according to a MORI poll; only 39% believe the monarchy will last another 50 years. But that is not the only conundrum built into the Queen's role. She keeps her job only if she doesn't exercise any of its powers. She believes she received her calling from God, yet must measure her success...
...rival ITV channel an interview about his grandmother rather than the BBC. It turned out, however, that the interview had been allotted purely on the basis of a rotation system, and that the film was pooled and available to all. Just the same, said Robert Worcester, chairman of the MORI polling organization, "a big chunk of the British public believes the BBC has let the side down...
...decisiveness and capacity to lead. Now the task of standing shoulder to shoulder with George W. Bush risks turning Blair into a contortionist. As Bush marches with apparent enthusiasm toward a war with Iraq, the British public is grabbing Blair by the ankles and saying, "Slow down." A new MORI poll for TIME shows a sharp drop in public approval of Blair's handling of the response to Sept. 11, from 71% in November to 52% now. Only 34% of Britons think their government would be right to join the Americans in stepping up military action against Iraq; 56% think...