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...tagasode painting theme?literally "Whose sleeves are these?"?a 17th century meditation on an empty kimono. The original poem inspired numerous still-lifes of clothing and fashion accessories suggesting the essence of a beautiful but absent woman. One example in the exhibition, an anonymous 17th century six-fold screen depicting richly embroidered kimonos on a gold background, shimmers with Klimt-like sensuality...
...guests—including dozens of college-age volunteers and staffers—spent the long night milling inside the Atrium, sipping champagne and mint juleps, and bobbing their heads to the succession of country bands brought in to keep the audience entertained. Voting returns were projected onto large-screen TVs sitting atop a star-spangled...
Harvard students were among the supporters at the Kerry rally who waited for hours in cold temperatures and periodic rain, watching large-screen TVs as pundits first declared a Bush victory in the key state of Ohio, then called the race undecided...
With the John F. Kennedy Forum filled on all three levels, the IOP hosted a festive gathering complete with Christmas lights, American flags and popcorn. Big-screen TVs showed CNN throughout the night, muted only to broadcast incoming phone calls from political leaders and strategists...
WILL THE MACHINERY WORK? Electronic voting machines were supposed to have provided a seamless voting process this time, but they have only fed concerns about snafus on Election Day. The touch-screen machines, which will be used by about 30% of voters, have been shown to be vulnerable to tampering, to break down and to lose votes or record none at all. Worse, in every state where they are used except Nevada, the machines produce no paper trail of votes. And e-voting machines can't do recounts. On a second go-round, they simply repeat the outcome they offered...