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...swayed. "Most people want to do the right thing, wherever it is," says the restaurateur, "and old-growth forests are a global issue." With several polls showing overwhelming national opposition to the clear felling and woodchipping of giant stands of Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest hardwood trees on the planet, swinging urban voters like MacLulich are in hot demand - even in the traditional Liberal seat of Wentworth, which includes Vaucluse and other well-heeled eastern Sydney suburbs, and where sitting member turned independent Peter King has already promised a private member's bill on the issue...
...Tokyo National Museum was one of the country's most underachieving art institutions. The art wasn't the problem. With more than 110,000 Japanese works ranging from prehistoric clay artifacts to 20th century masterpieces, it's one of the most impressive collections of Asian art on the planet. But visitors complained that the 1930s imperial-style building was poorly lit, the signage and explanations were inadequate, and the gallery floor plans were confusing. But now, after a first-class refurbishment wrapped up in August, all that has changed. New skylights and lighting configurations have given the place a brighter...
...likeable everywoman. Gary Sinise, as Telly’s therapist, is appropriately authoritarian, with a dose of compassion and an otherworldly magnetism, while her husband, ER’s Anthony Edwards, with the benefit of limited screen time, appears to be phoning in his support from another planet. Dominic West plays Ash Correll, the father of another “forgotten” child and Telly’s partner in revealing conspiracy, with self-confidence in his bearing and sufficient limits on his emotional pull...
...Let’s Go’s troubles began in the 1990s, when Lonely Planet guides crashed bookshelves, stealing Let’s Go’s crown as the top-selling budget brand, according to industry experts...
...given freedom of movement to billions. Before the automobile, the life experiences of most of those who lived in the rich world were limited--as in much of the poor world they remain--to neighborhood and family. When shot through gas turbines on wings, oil has shrunk the planet in a way that was once the stuff of science fiction. Neither of my parents ever flew; both my children had flown 30,000 miles before they were 2 years...