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...post. White-haired and goateed, Kolvenbach has kept a low public profile during his quarter-century reign, but is widely praised for his skills in reestablishing good ties with the Holy See after the run-ins with top Vatican officials of his predecessor, a charismatic Basque-born progressive named Pedro Arrupe...
...Culture is not simply reflected in the nationality of its creative spirits, but also in the capacity of a country to welcome other cultures. France has a considerable lead here, having opened its arms to so many such creative spirits from all over the world. Many of Pedro Almodóvar's and Emir Kusturica's films, as well as those by African filmmakers, are jointly produced by our country...
...story line with a sense of urgency, no easy feat when you’re filming a movie about the Middle East in China and most of the dialogue is in a language you don’t understand. Composer Alberto Iglesias, who has worked on a number of Pedro Almodóvar’s films, crafts original songs for the film’s soundtrack that complement the movie’s fluid cinematography remarkably well. In the end the movie works, chiefly because of its success in highlighting the novel’s strengths...
...Republican contenders pitched their candidates in a debate held in Sever Hall last night. Bucking the national trend, Rep. Ron Paul (R.-Texas) drew the greatest support. Of the roughly thirty students in attendance, half were cheering for the libertarian congressman. The chair of Harvard Students for Ron Paul, Pedro L. Teixeira Jr. '09 drew sustained applause when he defended Paul against charges from opponents that he was a radical. “Apparently being too radical means you're in favor of obeying the Constitution, you're for the rule of law, and you're for following the Founding...
...wonder good steak is hard to find: it's going extinct, along with the elderly cattle it comes from. For years I have been chasing down the secret to the ultimate steak, and I had reason to believe it lay somewhere in northern Spain. So Madrid-based food writer Pedro Espinosa agreed to meet me deep in the Basque hills surrounding San Sebastián, from where we would eat our way cross-country to El Capricho, a restaurant near the tiny town of Jiménez de Jamuz in the northwestern province of León. We knew that...