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...entitled ‘Monument.’ “This is in reference to one of the prisoners, who found a piece of high-tensile wire and, with no tools, created a beautiful blanket pin.” Stopforth pauses, and traces the unbroken line of the object with his hand. “It’s an extraordinary manifestation of how individuals under extreme conditions find a means to express their desire to create.” Stopforth reaches out and touches the surface of the piece, and encourages his audience to do so as well...
Still, while most Japanese may not care for the meat, many object to calls to stop whaling. "I couldn't care less if I don't eat another whale until the day I die," says Kenji Yamashiro, 35, a systems engineer in Tokyo. "But I don't like to be told what I can or can't eat by anyone other than my doctor...
...opened a nearby air base and an influx of battle-weary and pleasure-hungry troops turned a quiet fishing village on Thailand's eastern seaboard into an R. and R. playground. Though the soldiers went home in the 1970s, Pattaya remained a preserve of anything-goes hedonism?and an object of either love or loathing, depending on whom you asked. Now the city, already Thailand's second biggest tourist draw with more than 5 million visitors annually, is poised for another reinvention, and once again it's the result of its proximity to a landing strip?in this case...
...Guild of America, which represents scriptwriters, says their residual amounts to less than half a cent. For its part, ABC states that its contract allows the network to pay unions for downloads based upon previously agreed rates covering VHS videotape sales, a position that SAG and WGA leaders naturally object to. The industry powerhouses are expected to face off in arbitration, but talks could linger into the next year or so when the unions' current contracts run out. If things really heat up, it could even result in a strike...
...Authorities don't object to the world-is-my-classroom approach. So long as parents appear to be committed to their child's education, getting registered as a home educator is usually a formality. "The few who are knocked back," says Colleen Strange, Sydney-based founder of the Home Education Association, "haven't the slightest idea what they're doing." Registration comes up for renewal every year or two - when, in most parts of Australia, a bureaucrat will pay a visit to check that the child is making progress. It may be interesting to ponder how much you've retained...