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...that the band hasn't toned down its idealism to fit today's junk-rock, glam-rap times. In fact, the performers have amped it up. During the North American leg of the Elevation tour, the band showed footage of Charlton Heston defending his views on firearms followed by stark footage of a small child playing with a gun and violent scenes from Vietnam as a sarcastic introduction to the song Bullet the Blue Sky. The new album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, takes its title from a song dedicated to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Burmese resistance...
Udé also utilizes the self-portrait in the “He Series,” a collection of three photographs of Udé assuming provocative poses in full costume and makeup against a stark white background. Udé’s hair is teased into a bouffant, and his eyes and cheeks are painted in a dramatic rainbow of hues, producing an overall appearance in which Udé appears to be channeling Diana Ross...
...divide stood in stark relief Tuesday, when, in a neck-and-neck primary whose see-sawing lead recalled election-night coverage of Florida last November, Burg appeared to edge out current defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer - pending the outcome of a recount, and the efforts of both men's lawyers. At stake: the direction of the party that led the Jewish state into the Oslo Accords but is now the junior partner in a coalition led by a fierce opponent of that peace process...
Though 2000 captain and offensive tackle Mike Clare has departed, Harvard will bring back four starters and numerous experienced back-ups from last season’s offensive line. Seniors Steve Collins, Danny Kistler, Jason Hove, and Justin Stark all should provide holes for Palazzo while giving protection for Rose...
Koolhaas has promised that the two structures, his first completed projects in the U.S., will provide a "stark contrast" yet "merge completely with the casino experience." One is an exhibition space that boasts on its ceiling (which opens like shutters to admit light) a campy version of Michelangelo's Creation from the Sistine Chapel. The other museum is a Guggenheim collaboration with Russia's great Hermitage that will feature shows drawn from both institutions. Koolhaas is one of the world's most influential architects, a man brimming with ideas about how cities are shaped by shopping, entertainment, the pleasures...