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...inevitable, substantial fees should be imposed on corporations and nations that profit from what ought to be considered world heritage. Moneys collected could aid biodiversity conservation and ameliorate poverty. But it's more likely that we will see the traditional unholy alliance of nationalism, greed and business as usual. Fred Drumlevitch, TUCSON, ARIZ...
...woman with a bright orange "police" armband then began barking "You can't stay here!" at the gawkers, while impressive-looking male colleagues formed a human cordon to make sure the smaller group from the bus was insulated from the assembled crowd. Suddenly, this no longer looked like the usual arrival of tourist buses and their cargo of bustling sightseers...
...character 60 years later in Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers. Gasping for air, a tube up his nose, a good man making needless apologies to a loving son, George was doing what many an actor finds himself doing: rehearsing his own death. It was just pretend - his usual consummate acting job. Dying on film, he lived again...
...Near East, Egypt, and the prehistoric era of the Greek Cycladic Islands. The faded sculptures are placed next to their colored counterparts. This stark contrast between the typical white marble statues and the color-renovated versions forces viewers to break their own pre-established mold of what is considered usual and unusual in ancient art. Now in color, the sculptures are brought closer to the reality that we encounter everyday, where blue and brown eyes, red lips, flushed cheeks, and colored garments are not only presumed but utterly normal. WHOLE NEW CONTEXTS Adding color to two models of the same...
...Saturday night, Britain's political leaders look to be itching to start a brawl. British political life is always fractious at this time of year - it's when the major parties hold their conventions in rapid sequence - but this fall the insults are flying faster and nastier than usual. The atmosphere is febrile. Politicians of all stripes believe there's a good chance that Gordon Brown, 56, who in June took over as Prime Minister from Tony Blair without a fresh mandate from British voters, will early next week call a snap poll on November 1 to add legitimacy...