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...taken a prime parcel at the heart of the city, along the Seine at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, and artfully hidden a world-class museum in it. His Musée du Quai Branly is perhaps the most radical expression yet of Nouvel's self-proclaimed pride in being "an architect of context." Its northern face, shielded from the road along the Seine by an immense transparent glass screen, exactly echoes the river's bend; on the west, it seamlessly abuts five late 19th century Hausmannian apartment buildings with a grace that leaves their courtyards intact. And along...
...minor threat compared with brutal deflationary shocks. They started with the collapse of the Mexican peso in the mid-1990s. In 1997, much of eastern Asia's flourishing economy was leveled. Next were Russia, Turkey and Argentina; Brazil teetered on the brink. By early 2001, Silicon Valley, the pride of the U.S. economy, was crashing, while entire sectors of the so-called New Economy disintegrated...
...Catalan Pride on the Pitch I was disappointed by Franklin Foer's essay about European football, "Homage to Catalonia" [May 22]. Foer said that over the years, his view of the Barcelona club "has grown ever more romantic," owing to its anti-Franco traditions. If he was willing to link football with politics and religion, he should have written at least a couple of lines about Athletic Club de Bilbao, the last romantic soccer team worldwide. It's not that I don't like Foer's favorites, Arsenal and Barcelona, but he should have mentioned that Athletic Club de Bilbao...
...have larger breasts than some," she says with a smile that hovers between Hollywood pride and knowing self-deprecation. "And running is not good for them...
...began, prompting loud laughter and applause from the seniors, who were crammed into Memorial Church in caps and gowns. In his speech, Summers joked that he and his “classmates” will no longer eat Harvard food or live in Harvard housing. And he noted with pride that Harvard’s football team has never lost to Yale while the Class of ’06 was here—or while he was president. Continuing to describe the parallels between himself and the graduates, Summers said, “We think some professors did well...