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...love with Beijing, Western fears have intensified. At closed-door briefing sessions on Africa sponsored by intelligence agencies, I've found nearly every question focuses on negative aspects of China's rise - whether it will undercut efforts to promote better governance in Africa, and whether China's thirst for oil will push out Western firms while boosting Chinese weapon sales to Africa. In part to shore up its position there, the Pentagon has launched a new Africa Command, its first unit designed to focus on the continent...
...recently, shock-art has had a little extra spice added. In their thirst for authenticity, artists are increasingly trying to bring real acts of cruelty and horror into the art gallery—Shvarts’ miscarriage extravaganza is just one example. In Nicaragua, Costa Rican artist Guillermo Habacuc Vargas found himself a stray dog, tied it up in the corner without food or water, and let visitors watch it die (though there remains speculation over whether the dog was removed before it actually expired...
...When I worked with him, he whipped it out at least 20 times to scribble something in it,” Shier says. “He kept you on your toes because he is inquisitive about basically everything.”As Eisele’s thirst for beer had yet to be quenched, he pursued a second independent study course the fall of his senior year.Craving a biological rather than chemical approach to beer, Eisele was directed to Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Andrew Berry to develop a reading list on food and taste pairings. Berry added...
...engaging and imaginative way, to a society which markets any number of recipes for human fulfillment." Said he: "I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the Gospel, continue to thirst for authenticity, goodness and truth." Key to all this is prayer itself, which can even address the nagging vocations shortage in America by allowing a would-be priest to know that it is his destiny. "If they know how to pray, they can be trusted to know what to do with...
...offer the other. Miss Pettigrew’s task: help Delysia choose between her three lovers, two of whom are sleazy egomaniacs. The third, Michael (Lee Pace), is a passionate and genuine piano player who has known Delysia for years. The choice is obvious, but Delysia’s thirst for entrée into society blinds her from true love. With her shiny curls and flouncing skirts, Adams’ portrayal of Delysia makes this film delightful. We can’t help but wonder how someone could be so adorable and so frustrating at the same time...