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That's exactly what happened in October 2000 in the southern port of Aden, when an al-Qaeda suicide squad drove a boat laden with explosives into the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 American sailors. Earlier this month, Pakistani officials arrested Ramzi Binalshibh, an al-Qaeda operative from Yemen who U.S. investigators believe helped plan the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. officials also say al-Qaeda used Yemen's honey trade as a cover to raise cash and smuggle weapons...
...Orleans owes its concentration of antiques to its European heritage--it was settled by the French in the 1700s and later occupied by the Spanish before becoming part of the U.S.--which brought many dealers to the area from those countries. Its standing as a port city and a major Southern trading center stimulated the growth of the business. And the city's culture and music has attracted many people in the arts with an affinity for antiques. Says Peter Moss, co-owner of Keil's Antiques on Royal Street, which was founded by his great-grandmother Hermina Keil...
Last Sunday, amid the ancient trees and proud Halls of Harvard Yard, carnival popcorn machines spewed the overwhelming smell of cooking canola oil and rows of port-a-potties stood ready to receive hundreds of impatient movie-goers. It was University President Lawrence H. Summers’ latest wholesome activity for the Harvard community: Movie Time. Even intermittent rain could not deter the fanatics, who regard watching Ferris Bueller to be a religious experience (especially when Matthew Broderick showers), the bored, who opted not to do their tutorial reading and, of course, the inevitable free-loader types who came...
...Port-O-Potties were lined up next to Widener. The popcorn poppers were scattered through the laughing crowd. On a giant screen over the steps of Memorial Church, Matthew Broderick outwitted his high school principal. It was Movietime...
...white highlights that produces the effect of bright light reflecting off the landscape. White also shows up from behind the sketchy greens, reds and pinks in Matisse's Interior at Collioure (circa 1905), giving an appropriate Mediterranean airiness to the scene. In Derain's Boats in the Port of Collioure (1905), green dabs are laid on a field of white, which shows through as light jumping off the waves. In Germany, Van Gogh and Matisse inspired so-called Expressionism, and the Merzbacher collection has 40 examples from the two groups of artists that pioneered the movement. The first, based...