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...Beyond the overt animal rights conflict, however, the situation may not be so simple. The latest round of controversy followed a story that El Mundo, a conservative daily lately devoted to accusing the Socialist government of undermining Spain's traditional values and identity, ran earlier this week. Yet TVE's decision is more than two years old and arguably has more to do with a 2004 code that prevents violence on public television during hours when children are likely to watch than with an anti-bullfighting agenda...
...past few years, loosened the state's grasp on the airwaves, establishing for the first time an independent committee to run the national station and opening the dial to new, private stations - forcing TVE to compete as never before. Bullfighting may still attract a sizeable audience share (El Mundo puts the average at 16%), but these days TVE is more likely to save its bidding power for universally popular offerings like soccer matches...
...Mundo Insolito A cute shop in which the owner, Daisy, sells Indian dresses she designs herself. I particularly like the extra-flat straw sandals (11 Calle I. Macabich...
...scion of toreros. Mehdi comes from nothing." However far Savalli has come, a glittering future isn't guaranteed. Savalli is still learning. "Mehdi is a populist, someone who uses his style to connect with the audience," says José Miguel Arruego, bullfighting critic for Mundotoro.com and El Mundo newspaper. "Aficionados who look for something more exquisite are less excited about him." At the Las Ventas fight, Alfredo Peña, a veterinarian from Madrid who regularly attends bullfights, agreed. "Bullfighting is like painting or poetry - it's an art. And though Mehdi is good, he's not yet an artist...
...Seinuk, de 73 a?os, tiene en su haber suficientes rascacielos de renombre, incluido el famoso L?piz Labial de Philip Johnson; el Trump World Tower, considerado como el edificio de apartamentos m?s alto del hemisferio y la torre angular Hearst, de Norman Foster, todav?a en construcci?n. Pionero en el complejo mundo de la ingenier?a de edificios altos, Seinuk fue uno de los precursores del uso de un concreto m?s fuerte en Nueva York, un avance que ha ayudado a subsecuentes generaciones de ingenieros a construir m?s alto sin tener que hacer bases m?s anchas. "Mi trabajo?, dice Seinuk, ?siempre ha estado...