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Italy had a moat to ward off invaders, but Federico didn't need one. He was that kind of powerful. Urbino is now a university town with a population of just 15,000, and maneuvering through its narrow, walled streets takes about five minutes, even in a van the size of Pavarotti. We entered the palace and immediately realized that this was not just another of the extravagantly fussed-over behemoths that dot Italy like diners on Route 66. Standing in the Cortile d'Onore, with its perimeter framing a perfect square of sky, you feel the exuberance of Renaissance...
Jamal Abu Samhadana meets visitors in a narrow first-floor room in the Gaza Strip town of Rafah, in a dwelling lit only by a small, battery-powered fluorescent strip. He proffers a misshapen right hand for a shake. Shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell broke Abu Samhadana's forearm in 2001. His hand looks caved in, his wrist bends grotesquely and his skin is unnaturally smooth and hairless, as though the limbs had been melted. For a tough guy like Abu Samhadana, such disfigurements are badges of authenticity. "Luckily," he says, "I shoot with my left hand...
Wide discounts can be attractive to buyers who believe the discount will narrow. But hefty discounts can also be alarming to large shareholders like Harvard, prompting a push for liquidation...
Eastman’s brief notes that the framers of the Constitution held a narrow view of the federal government’s spending powers. Moreover, President Madison, who played a key role in the drafting of Article I, vetoed a bill to construct roads and canals in 1817 because he did not believe that the Constitution permitted Congress to undertake spending projects that serve a “local or state benefit...
...This will make the street very narrow, not to mention ugly, and would have 100 percent of the trucks making noise right outside K Entry,” she wrote, referring to the Dunster House entryway that directly faces Cowperthwaite...