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...dawn that the aging strongman is more likely to choose his own retirement date, and that his regime won't necessarily retire along with him. And that's prompted growing concern in Washington that the longstanding embargo may actually be functioning to deny the U.S. influence over the shape of a post-Castro Cuba. Increasingly urgent calls for more U.S. engagement with people on the island has challenged the CANF and other exiled groups to find new ways to make their own voices heard in shaping the future of Washington's Cuba policy. The Latin Grammy debacle suggests that...
Party affiliation helped shape lawmakers' reactions. Republicans on both sides of the issue expressed mild disappointment but are sticking by their guy. Some Democrats are asking for a vote to sweep aside Bush's narrow compromise...
...makes cases no Russian wolf would want to chew. Igor Pantelic, part Croat, part Dutch, was using glass fiber to repair speedboats when a musician friend suggested the material would be good to encase his cello: strong, light and capable of being molded to the peculiar shape of each instrument. Today, Pantelic numbers among his clients Yo-Yo Ma and Anner Bylsma, he of Servais fame. Pantelic is modest, saying his work "is just plastic and stinking chemicals." But one aspect of what he does would have applied equally to Stradivari: "I have no one between me and the customer...
...Although you can see it only on close inspection, a gondola is actually asymmetrical, flatter on one side and more curved on the other. "I always say it's because the gondola builders drink so much," Price jokes, though he then explains that the shape is similar to that of an airplane wing, only on its side and in water. It's all related to the way in which a gondola is powered - pushed forward with one oar by one person. The boat naturally veers right because of the asymmetry. But the gondolier rows from the right, which pushes...
...Riedel family glassmaking tradition dates back 10 generations, to 17th century Bohemia. The present-day design concept is basic Bauhaus: form follows function, in this case a form that brings out the best in its contents and can even help disguise a fault or two. The volume and shape of the bowl, the thickness of the crystal and the rim's outward flare or inward curve and finish all help determine which of a wine's several layers of aromas develops first or most fully. It was Claus Riedel, designer and ninth-generation owner of the family firm, who first...