Word: sharpness
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When she scheduled this week's trip to Europe, Condoleezza Rice no doubt expected another round of the transatlantic bonhomie she has come to enjoy as U.S. Secretary of State, as the sharp antipathies of the Iraq war have dissipated. Instead, Rice will find European publics and politicians full of fresh anger about how the U.S. is conducting the war on terror: not just old complaints about Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, but new ones about cia "black sites" in Europe that allegedly house secret prisoners, and an active program of shuttling captured terrorist suspects around using European airports...
...students will be tempted to toss back shots of hard liquor in their own rooms without supervision. Clearly, the fact that Yale’s decision to allow kegs didn’t lead to an increase in alcohol-related incidents this year (on the contrary, there was a sharp decline) only bolsters this argument. Hopefully Harvard, along with Captain Evans and his minions, will follow Yale’s lead next year at the Game and strive to create a safe tailgating atmosphere without impeding upon harmless student revelry by enacting absurd rules that are then strictly enforced. This...
...most beautiful stained glass window I’ve ever seen was one in which the different colors of glass were melted together, free from the defining black lines, to depict a sunset over the ocean. The horizon was sharp at the edges, but the pane blurred as the blue water and the yellow and red sky reflected the orange sun in the center, the colors spilling over each other in a fantastic display. Our eyes take in the world as a blur. It is only in our minds that lines are created in order for us to perceive...
...rise. And some of the best pieces are made from recycled bottles. Los Angeles design studio Artecnica has introduced tranSglass, an environmentally conscious line of glassware that has landed in MOMA's tabletop collection. London-based artisans Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden have molded and handcrafted the hard, sharp, clean forms that retain the original colors of the shards fished from the Dumpster...
...MUPPET SHOW SEASON 1 SESAME STREET was always a bit of a grownups' show in short pants, but this variety series, debuting in 1976, truly transcended demographics with its wacky skits, musical numbers and sharp show-biz humor. It's also fun as a field guide to '70s celebrities (Avery Schreiber! Mummenschanz!). Season 1 takes a while to hit its stride--the corn crop is heavier than usual in the early episodes--but by the end, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew et al. are fully fleshed, or rather fuzzed...