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...civilization, that it is civilization’s lasting contribution to the world. All that is left of Greece and Rome is their “glory” and “grandeur,” their literature and architecture. Dylan Thomas put art’s raison d’être lyrically when he wrote, “A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around...
...there is one proposal that teams are not prepared to accept: the FIA's suggestion that all cars use an identical engine built by a single manufacturer. The idea, backed by FIA President Max Mosley, has drawn fierce criticism, with Ferrari arguing that it would undermine the sport's "raison d'être, based principally on competition and technological development." If it happens, Ferrari and other big teams say they would consider abandoning Formula One. Perhaps, as has been suggested in the past, a few big teams might even set up rival races. "Why would Toyota want to use somebody...
Each year the Tony awards, in an effort to reverse a seemingly inexorable ratings decline, drop a few more of the actual awards from the live telecast (on CBS Sunday evening at 9 p.m. EDT). The goal, of course, is to make room for the program's real raison d'etre: excerpts from the Broadway shows it is busily trying to sell to tourists planning summer trips to New York. But there are 26 little statuettes to be given out tonight, and I have a special stake in reminding you of that. I'm one of the 796 Tony voters...
...have a huge impact on the superdelegates," said Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a Clinton supporter who has helped raise more than $8 million in pledges of private funds to finance new contests. And if Clinton could pull ahead in the popular vote, he added, it would undercut "the whole raison d'etre of the Obama argument: How do you turn your back on the will of the people...
...after he won reelection by a margin of over 20% raises the possibility that abstention was compounded by some supporters actually voting no. If, as interviews in Caracas this week suggest, more people in barrios disagree with Chavez's political agenda, that's worrisome for a man whose political raison d'etre is defined by alleviating poverty...