Word: toweritis
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These are rather disturbing, but here in Spain, they are just two of many bin Laden and Twin Tower jokes that have been circulating since Sept. 11. I think that their insensitivity can be attributed to the Spanish sense of humor—they don’t take anything, aside from their food and wine, too seriously. But though the Spanish are probably the most gracious and welcoming people I have come across (besides the Irish), there is also an undercurrent of anti-American sentiment here, as in all of Europe...
...THERE In a straightforward account to author Daniel Paisner, Richard Picciotto of the New York fire department describes four hours spent trapped in the World Trade Center's North Tower...
...Grimshaw's 19th century nightscapes to John Piper's records of war-torn London. Duncan Swann feels part of an "urban landscape" movement that includes people like Campbell, who mentions among his influences Jock McFadyen, Frank Auerbach and David Hepher, from earlier generations. Hepher is known for graffiti-scrawled tower blocks, McFadyen paints rundown roadside bars and sports stadiums, while Auerbach obsessively records the environs of his London studio. Swann, 33, will start a postgraduate course at London's Royal College of Art in a few months. He studied European finance and accountancy at Leeds Metropolitan and worked for Goldman...
...Ivory Tower Discipline...
...African-American studies never saw itself as being an ivory tower discipline—it was going to be real,” says Monroe H. Little Jr., director of the Afro-American Studies Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis...