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...want this to be the symbol of total modernity,” Simpson says. “We want it to be totally...
...charges remind Wall Street that it is not off the hook yet. Several big firms settled charges that they had slanted stock research to win investment-banking fees. But other probes continue. If convicted, Quattrone would face a 10-year-maximum prison sentence-and a life sentence as a symbol of a decade's greed...
...answer, the trauma of denial that I had been raised with would be transferred to him," says Egoyan. "I understood that I wanted to talk about how this trauma lives on today." So Egoyan decided to make a movie - and cast in the title role a potent symbol: Ararat. Physically, Mount Ararat is located in western Turkey. Symbolically, the twin-peaked mountain dominates the geography of the Armenian soul. It represents eternal Armenia - its history, political identity and religious traditions dating back to the biblical Flood. Egoyan, 43, who was born in Cairo to Armenian parents, says "the film...
...annually to the top, and a huge titanium wing-shaped roof projecting from behind the famous equestrian statue of Archduke Albrecht out over the street below. Although not yet in place, the wing will provide a visual link between the two levels as well as a bold, easily identifiable symbol of the union of old and new that defines the museum. The museum's shop, a chic, spacious room with black stained cherrywood furniture, gray leather seating and a two-color marble (travertine and rosso levanto) floor, was designed by Briton Callum Lumsden, while its elegant café-restaurant - with...
...shot dead” surfaced, and the department rescinded its invitation. Speculation arose that Summers had pressured members of the department to snub Paulin. Immediately, members of the Harvard community organized on both sides of the issue. Some praised Summers for preventing a well-known anti-Semite and symbol of hate from infecting the campus with his presence. Others castigated Summers for censoring Paulin. They advocated what they called “free speech.” Of course, this phrase was adopted for rhetorical purposes because most Americans hold the 1st Amendment dear. Free speech is a juridical term...