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...Sydney in the early '70s, they were derided as "rubbish." It's taken European eyes to turn them into fine-art gold. Czech artist and anthropologist Karel Kupka began amassing barks in the '50s, and his collection will feature in the African and Oceanic art museum opening at Quai Branly, Paris, in 2006. Meanwhile, a Mawurndjul survey is planned for Basel's Museum der Kulturen next year...
...spaces with great views that make superb?and free?locations for private parties. For breathtaking backdrops, the banks of the Seine rank high. Parisienne Am?lie Nusse and 14 of her twenty-something friends threw a bachelorette's dinner?complete with tables, linen, candelabras and evening gowns?on a cobblestone quai of the Ile Saint-Louis. "We wanted something original with a superb view," she recalls. "It was a beautiful evening. We watched N?tre Dame light up and the sun set over the old bridges." Further north, the Canal St.-Martin attracts a bohemian, red-checked tablecloth crowd, while the Pont...
...great views that make superb - and free - locations for private parties. For breathtaking backdrops, the banks of the Seine rank high. Parisienne Amélie Nusse and 14 of her twenty-something friends threw a bachelorette's dinner - complete with tables, linen, candelabras and evening gowns - on a cobblestone quai of the Ile Saint-Louis. "We wanted something original with a superb view," she recalls. "It was a beautiful evening. We watched Nôtre Dame light up and the sun set over the old bridges." Further north, the Canal St.-Martin attracts a bohemian, red-checked tablecloth crowd, while...
...central role" - Chirac had previously said "the central role" - for the United Nations in Iraq; that appears more compatible with Washington's desire to limit U.N. involvement. Bush's call last week for a lifting of U.N. sanctions against Iraq was greeted with some consternation at the Quai d'Orsay: officials there had long predicted that the Americans would recognize the need for U.N. action on that front, but hadn't expected Bush to acknowledge it so soon or so imprecisely. It will take some artful diplomacy to finesse an end to the sanctions: the U.N. will have to declare...
...strategic game progresses, terms such as ANATHEMA, ETHANOL and the mysterious QUAI grace the table. TINTED becomes TRIDENT, BOOST becomes ROBOTS, and Eisenkraft becomes more upset by Daniels’ lead. After his opponent makes a clever move and then an insincere apology for it, Eisenkraft retorts, “That’s okay, I slept with your sister.” Daniels scores again, to which Eisenkraft adds, “And your brother...