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...Many were novice demonstrators. "This is the first time I've ever been to a rally," said Mine Okcuoglu, a 29-year-old banker, attending with her mom. "I felt that I had to do something because the government is taking Turkey in a direction I strongly object...
...find it anywhere," he quips as we later scarf Chinese takeout in his high-ceilinged Malate apartment. I find it impossible to disagree. Manila's aesthetic isn't perfect, and that's its attraction. There's an ironic local expression that sums it up: Frankenstein. It describes an old object or concept injected with new life through fresh components-"antique" chairs bolstered by new arms and legs, jeepneys revamped with transplanted motors and fresh paint jobs (a new MTV program, Pimp My Jeepney, is in the works), to ukay-ukay, or rummage-sale, vintage clothes stitched together with modern materials...
...excluding members because of race, the Cherokee are engaging in the very practices they object to in the U.S. They are acting as an overbearing authority determined to tell you the freedmen who they are, who their ancestors were, and with whom they identify. If that’s self-determination, then maybe the Cherokee Nation and their sovereignty need to be reevaluated...
...Sackler Museum—a twenty-first century audio guide geared towards the student body. The project, funded by a grant from the Office of the Arts, is intended to encourage student visitorship at the Sackler.Students who volunteered to contribute to the podcast were asked to choose an object in the museum and reflect on what makes it most interesting to them. They were then to summarize their interaction with and thoughts on the object in a two- to four-minute segment. “The podcast is not meant to be an authoritative art historical review of the Sackler...
...President Bush and Senate Republicans say they object to the Democrats' draft authorization because of provisions like making the overall intelligence budget public and creating a statutory inspector general for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Bush said last Thursday that unless these and other provisions that add Congressional oversight of the intelligence community are stripped from the authorization, he will veto...