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...recent days, Chicago has gotten a makeover of sorts. The tops of many of the buildings that make up its iconic skyline are decked out in the Olympic colors of blue, red,yellow, green and black, while placards hoisted along its streets proclaim the slogan, LET FRIENDSHIP SHINE. It's all in preparation for this weekend's visit of 13 representatives from the International Olympic Committee, whose judgement could make or break Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games. (See the top 10 sports moments...
...noise levels mean they are rarely used for the call to prayer? What should a mosque attended by Muslims from different parts of the world look like? The boldest of the new mosques try to answer such questions but are also powerful statements of intent. "Islam wants to proclaim itself," says Hasan-Uddin Khan, an architecture professor at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. "These new mosques are saying, 'We are here, and we want it to be known that we are here...
...think it is fair to say the looting of the Iraq museum is symbolic of the chaos in 2003. Perhaps it is another reason why the Iraqi government felt so strongly about opening it to proclaim, if you will, "The chaos is over." Or that the chaos has been controlled to the extent that we can control chaos...
...then green jobs. It is a massive agenda for President Barack Obama's first year in office, and already some in the environmental community are worried that their agenda will be sacrificed. Global-warming issues face particularly tough obstacles, especially at a time when the prophets of other crises proclaim more-imminent doomsdays. Obama, says Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, "is taking on an awful lot of sacred cows all at once, and these are cows that have sharp teeth and are going to bite back." (What exactly is a green-collar...
...colorful t-shirts of Everything’s Jake still proclaim that “Life is Good,” but the harsh business climate has not borne out the optimism of their mantra. Everything’s Jake—an outdoor apparel store that carries “Life is Good” merchandise—will shut its doors permanently this weekend after two and a half years in the Harvard Square Garage. Store owner Glen Tompkins said that the closing was “just another sign of the times.” Everything?...