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...large part to practical considerations. "The essence of Babylon is scattered," she says, noting that museums in 13 countries from Austria to Saudi Arabia loaned items for the show. Noticeably missing are treasured artifacts from Baghdad's National Museum of Antiquities, which are currently locked away in underground steel vaults...
...explosion was apparently "deliberately directed" at a U.S. military recruiting station, the Armed Forces Career Center, situated on the triangular space dubbed "Military Island". No one was inside the steel and glass-paneled facility at the time of the blast, which cracked the front door and shattered a window. The building, which is positioned across the street from a police station and jointly houses Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine recruiters, has been the site of anti-war demonstrations. Late Thursday, Politico.com, citing congressional insiders, said that eight House Democrats were mailed a letter and photo of the Times Square...
...same weight as that of the senior citizen concerned about losing her drug benefits to an overly ambitious tax plan, the concerned father who doesn’t want his daughter to think that the only way to become president is to marry one, and the recently unemployed steel worker who just can’t bring himself to vote for such a frigid you-know-what. Far from elegant (or even reasonable), the process by which we make our most important political choices is a sticky web of policy, identity, and a strong thirst for likeable leadership; our inability...
...vendors and tennis courts remain absent from the Yard. But Harvard’s precious few acres are there for students, not for tourists—and they have been the site of endless instances of public discourse throughout the centuries. Certainly chalk is no more foreign than black steel trash cans or Poland Springs delivery trucks, both of which enjoy free access. Chalk does not disrupt the equilibrium between artifact and organism that the Yard currently enjoys; it would, if anything, enhance...
...peace deal was struck Thursday between Kibaki and Odinga, establishing a coalition government. But some Kenyans fear the violence is not yet over, blaming century-old land disputes. "We have been making arrows since we were attacked a month ago," Sylvester says, amid the sound of hammers clanging against steel nails. "It's for our own self-defense." "We cannot know the time of day when they [the Kalenjin, another rival tribe] will come. If they catch you off guard, you're dead," says Samuel, 25, holding a bundle of ready arrows...