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...have seemed an incongruous sight—bedecked in his lavish, though traditional, gold attire with trademark sunglasses, the leader of Libya humbly laid his head down on the table at the African Union summit in Ethiopia in a gesture of diplomatic defeat. The normally confident Gaddafi was facing stiff resistance to his newest geopolitical plan, the United States of Africa. Unsurprisingly, many African nations have reacted coolly to Gaddafi’s plans for a politically united Africa, with the relatively wealthy and stable nations of South Africa, Ethiopia, and Kenya taking a prominent role in the opposition...
...cooperation to combat terrorism can succeed without recourse to phantom prisons, extra-legal trials, or morally questionable extraordinary renditions. President Barack Obama has said that he will seek to shut Guantanamo, address detainee charges of kidnapping and torture, and return terror suspects to federal court systems, where convictions and stiff sentences may be difficult to obtain...
...Bantams, seven out of the nine matches were decided in four or five games.“You can be fit, but if you are not mentally strong, you can still lose the match,” Bajwa said. “This team stood up to a very stiff challenge from Trinity and should be very proud,” he added.The Crimson came into the match with momentum, having defeated No. 8 Stanford, 8-1, on Jan. 23. The team can only revel in its victory for two days before it continues its brutal stretch of scheduling. Harvard...
...Drybrush, used by Wyeth's mentor of the miniature, Albrecht Dürer, as early as 1450, is more like drawing than watercoloring in technique. The artist works over still wet washes of water-soluble pigment with a brush dipped in concentrated color and squeezed almost dry. The stiff bristles, flattened and frayed looking, add textures of weight and depth. "I use it for the grass on a hill, for example, or the bark of a tree," says Wyeth. * The National Gallery of Norway in Oslo has the 1959 tempera, Albert's Son, by donation from former...
Penny LaneGood service stil deserves a 15%-to-20% tip. Too steep? Then pick a cheaper place. "Don't stiff the waitstaff," she says...