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...manuscript has been on tour in New York, Milan and Rome since its purchase by the Microsoft chair two years ago. The document features sketches by the artist and his theories on evolution...
This is the ultimate nightmare scenario. The Pharaohs built their pyramids, the Emperors built Rome, and Napoleon built his Arc de Triomphe--all, at least in part, to make the permanence of stone compensate for the impermanence of the flesh. But big buildings and big tombs would be a poor second choice if the flesh could be made to go on forever. Now, it appears...
First, my classes this semester are consistently challenging, both in reading and in lectures. I am learning about the themes of American women writers, the scope of African-American literature, the range of California authors and the Rome of Augustus. Sated with a reasonable amount of sleep, I find myself arguing in my head with the professor during lecture and later going to office hours. I write notes in the margins about books I should check out from the library--and then I actually check them out. My mind spins during lecture with links to other books I have read...
...ROME: All roads leading to the Palazzo Margherita are clogged with well-connected Italian-American legislators. The triumvirate of contenders: ex-Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini, ex-New Jersey Representative Frank Guarini and Pennsylvania Representative Thomas Foglietta...
...agreement through. Then, on a whirlwind tour of South Korea, Japan and China, she will stress American strategic interests in Asia while walking a tricky three-way tightwire linking Seoul, Beijing and Pyongyang over the recent defection of North Korean Hwang Jang Yop to the South. In Rome, Albright gave the world a sneak preview of what she terms her "people-to-people" style of diplomacy, shaking hands with American tourists and posing for photos with French schoolchildren. Nor did her punchiness wane inside government buildings. Capitalizing on her reputation for straight talk, the Secretary of State told Italian leaders...