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...equilibrium in the face of nonstop criticism from his opponents. Is it because the media are afraid that he really might be great - this straightforward, plainspoken man from Texas? Carroll Hoke Wichita, Kansas, U.S. Klein analyzed Bush's reliance on his gut reactions more than on tortured reasoning. I wonder how much that is true of us all. Is our reaction to Iraq a knee-jerk response to Bush himself rather than a mature reflection on that troubled country? I supported the war, after following Middle East affairs for more than 20 years, because my abhorrence of Saddam Hussein...
...imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder views of Yushan ("Jade Mountain") National Park are worth every tentative step. October to December see conditions at their best, and beds at "base camp" - the Paiyun Hostel, located a 9-km hike from the Tatachia Recreation Area, near the Jade Mountain Scenic Highway - should be booked for this time...
Ideally, defamiliarization can be an act of transcendence, making commonplace human rituals nearly sublime by elevating them to the realm of art. However, defamiliarization worked both ways, Boym argued. As a tool of Stalinist propaganda, art could lend a sense of wonder and exaltation, as in the harvest painting that declared the Stalinist slogan, “Life has become better. Life has become merrier.” The actual subject of the painting, a communal dinner in rural Russia, would itself have been unremarkable. But when metamorphosed into a massive genre painting as a monument to Stalinist benevolence, such...
...learned that being a third-generation survivor by definition means self-doubt. I wonder what it would have been like for me, what I would have done if I were there. I feel obligated to bear witness, to amass all the information I can so I can impart it when there are no survivors left...
...wonder how many of the 119 applicants recently rejected by Harvard Business School (HBS) for hacking into the admissions website were actually to be admitted. If the number is significant (and I suspect it is, by HBS’s reluctance to disclose it), then it’s time for HBS to admit the obvious—that its process admits people that HBS Dean Kim B. Clark ’74 calls “unethical at best...