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...materials. A lifelong devotee of Swiss modernist Le Corbusier, Tange shared many of his idol's best and worst tendencies-his buildings could be brutal, cold and impractical, and have never been as well-loved as they are well-respected. A tireless theoretician and teacher, Tange's four-decade reign as one of architecture's brightest stars launched the careers of numerous disciples who continue his modernist mission-as he described it, to seek "the union of technology and humanity." By Jim Frederick...
Fast-forward a few months to this past Saturday, and the apathy continues to reign...
...prickly side of "Hank" Greenberg helped bring his reign to an end last week. Faced with continuing probes by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, the AIG board thought it best to stop antagonizing regulators and pushed Greenberg, who will turn 80 in May, to resign. Otherwise he might have survived the mess, which centers on a deal that AIG cut with General Re, a company that insures insurers. Investigators say AIG bought insurance from Gen Re and accounted for it in a way that overstated revenue...
Vaughn’s story, “To Reign in Hell,” follows the Escapist’s helper Big Al as he is bribed by The Escapist’s rival, a nefarious organization known as The Iron Chain. In the end, Big Al helps the Escapist triumph, but there is the clear indication that maybe, for a strongman like himself, evil might have been the right path. By adding moral ambiguity to a classically structured narrative, Vaughn makes the comic compelling even to modern audiences...
...early death; in Cairo. The C.T. scan, for which Tut's body was removed from its sarcophagus for the first time since its discovery in 1922, revealed no sign of head wounds, ending speculation that a blow to the head had ended the 19-year-old King's brief reign circa 1352 B.C. "We don't know how the King died, but we are sure it was not murder," said Egyptian antiquities expert Zahi Hawass. "We should not disturb the King anymore...