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...apartment buildings with a grace that leaves their courtyards intact. And along the southern exposure, where the public will begin entering the complex this week, Nouvel has given the museum just the right height and density to make accomplices rather than minions of the apartment buildings across the narrow Rue de l'Université. But however sensitively it segues into its surroundings, there is nothing conventional about Nouvel's $258 million museum complex. "When you look at it, you may not know what it is," he muses. "But you know it isn't a social-security center...
That includes protecting the company's turf. In 1987 Silvio Conte, a Congressman who represented the Massachusetts district where Crane is based, introduced the Conte Amendment, which was passed by Congress and bars foreign suppliers unless no domestic source exists. A Crane competitor, the British paper manufacturer De La Rue, has threatened to complain to the World Trade Organization about the unfair advantage the Conte Amendment gives Crane. Congress also threw up a hurdle for Crane's American competitors. By setting the contract's length at four years, the law makes it difficult for companies without extremely deep pockets...
...Rhythm Method Remains "Condom fight: the Vatican strikes back" [May 8] reported that the Roman Catholic Church is not changing its position and will not condone condom use under any circumstances. As a former Catholic, I rue the day when I confessed to a priest that I used birth control after having my fifth baby. That man said I was sinning and read the riot act to me. He had a lot of nerve! The church's policy against artificial contraception is nothing short of medieval. Mary Thomas Garden Grove, California, U.S. The Fruits of Colonialism Re "Exit strategies...
...Walking away from the Seine and left into Rue de l'Universit?, the AIAC creates a subtle impression at first. The grey building tones into the area's fin-de-siecle streetscape, until you discern the scarification marks sandblasted onto the fa?ade. Then looking up, you begin to make out the painted ceilings inside; Yunupingu's stars flash. "It's something that you discover slowly, little by little," explains MQB deputy director Philippe Peltier, a member of the AIAC's curatorial team. "You really have to read the building and the pieces inside...
...along the Seine from the Eiffel Tower to the historic Marais district. After sampling the sights of the Boulevard St. Germain, one of the world's most elegant shopping streets, enjoy the Marais' narrow streets and renovated mansions, much in vogue now among the Parisian in crowd. In the Rue des Rosiers, sample some of the capital's best Jewish food. Cost: $1.70. Journey time: about 30 min. Rome: Take Linea 3 (normally a tram route but partially serviced by a bus until the fall) from Trastevere for a tour of ancient Rome and neighborhoods ranging from Testaccio, featuring some...