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...MILWAUKEE MUSEUM OF ART ADDITION Throughout Europe, the Spanish engineer-architect Santiago Calatrava is famous for elegant bridges and public buildings that are descendants, in their different ways, of London's 19th century steel-and-glass Crystal Palace, the greenhouse-exhibition space that signaled the beginning of pure engineering as the new form of beauty. For his first completed work in the U.S., Calatrava provided a showstopping new addition for the Milwaukee Museum of Art. His low-slung extension is crowned by a supreme statement, the upward arc of his brise de soleil. It's a sunscreen with "wings" made...
...millennium sticklers - did have 365 days. Just as the tragedy prompted incredible acts of heroism and charity, so too were the cataclysmic events in the U.S. partially counterbalanced by humanity's usual triumphs and pratfalls. Two great skyscrapers are gone, but other great buildings were erected, such as Santiago Calatrava's winglike art museum in Milwaukee, a celebration of light, beauty and space. Author J.K. Rowling's wizards came to life on the screen and people flocked to theaters for a little levitation. A 15-year-old boy from Nepal climbed the world's highest mountain; a 60-year...
Taliban fanatics need martyrs and victims the way cars need gasoline. The war in Afghanistan will create more Islamic extremists so the U.S. and its Muslim allies like Pakistan will be in even more danger. SANTIAGO CARDENAS JR. Hialeah...
...money isn't in the translating--a labor-intensive commodity enterprise with slim margins. The profits are in the value-added services: managing the logistic and engineering headache of converting software, websites and other products for users from Seoul to Santiago. The process, in industry jargon, is called localization, and as more American companies market in disparate parts of the world, it's become an increasingly complex task outside their core competency. "Two-thirds of American companies now handle their own localization," says Robert Johnson, head of BGS's parent, Bowne & Co., the large financial printing firm. "That's about...
...founding father, created wealth. His character and background have been discussed in detail, so we know who he really was. I cannot doubt the good intentions of the younger Kennedys, but I would ask them all to go home or go to work, like real people do. MANUEL BLANCO Santiago...