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...first cultural fault line he's straddled. In 2002, he made it into the New York Times for exhibiting the compacted car wreck of expatriate art critic Robert Hughes, who'd narrowly survived a collision in Western Australia. For Post-Traumatic Origami, Kesminas placed 68 kg of crushed metal in a plastic vitrine with a beer can and fishing reel, among other objects. He still laughs at the memory: "Robert Hughes is really the champion of Modernism. Here he is in a cube. It's perfect." Nor was it much of a leap from his court-jestering with the Histrionics...
...teaching for nothing at the University of Zimbabwe, helping stone carvers sell their work in the U.S., working with hiv/aids educators and teaching tour groups about Zimbabwean culture. I am sorry that the great people of Zimbabwe have had to endure their government's horrific behavior. After President Robert Mugabe goes and the turmoil settles, Zimbabweans will come back even better, especially if they conquer hiv/aids. Richard L. Kimball, FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA, U.S. One thought after reading Alex Perry's story about being jailed in Zimbabwe: by quoting his main interrogator and mentioning that several wardens asked for help...
...Footsteps of R.F.K.? The only people nostalgically looking for repeat performances by surrogates for Ronald Reagan and Robert Kennedy are political junkies and ideologues like Kristol [April 9]. People in the street are looking for something promised by both of these dead icons but delivered by neither: peace, prosperity and a better future for the next generation. Anyone who thinks that the President's most important job is giving inspirational speeches - the main talent shown by both of these icons and by both of Kristol's presumptive successors - is a damned fool. David P. Vernon, TUCSON, ARIZONA, U.S. Tense Times...
Kelly L. Lee ’07, Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07, Maura A. Roosevelt ’07 and J. Claire Provost ’07 had planned a coordinated protest in which each would consecutively interrupt the speaker, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, by yelling specific complaints from the audience...
...council unanimously approved the measure ordering the Office of the City Manager to “provide full salary and benefits...in addition to their military combat pay, to all city employees who are now actively serving in Iraq or being deployed to Iraq.” City Manager Robert W. Healy could not be reached for comment in his office after the meeting. Decker said the difference in pay was likely due to confusion about who had authority to dictate salary. “In my perspective, it’s about policy,” Decker said. Under...