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...kangaroo? Maureen E. Boyle ’08: “I’m going to guess the obvious one, although I’m sure this is a trick question. So, I’ll just guess manatee.” 5. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Boyle: “A 3-pound woodchuck. Then the answer is definitely 30 pounds of wood. Yeah, I’m sure about that one.” 6. If Barbie’s so popular, why do you have...
...same ethnic divisions and territorial disputes that fueled the 1999 war still linger, as do the international differences on how to manage them. Upon arrival, however, I was more interested in the past eight years of Dani's life. On the living-room couch of the wood-paneled house where he lives with his parents and three sisters, everyone gathered around as we flipped through a photo album and the three-ring binder that holds all the diplomas and certificates he's earned. Here was the proof that his mother, Naile Ilazi, who never got past elementary school, had raised...
...That man is Eko Agus Prawoto, a 49-year-old Yogyakarta architect trained locally and in the Netherlands. He is belatedly winning plaudits for his blend of contemporary design, sensitivity to local conditions and use of materials - bamboo, coconut wood, terracotta - that are sustainable, often recycled and highly suitable for regions liable to geological disturbances and flooding. Immediately after the quake, this self-styled "village architect" used Japanese and Indonesian aid money to build more than 130 shelters. He hoped the design of the rough-and-ready structures would serve as models for local villagers, encouraging them to give...
...Sinfonia With an octet of gently glowing valves and a varnished-wood finish, Union Research's Sinfonia ($4,600) looks more like a piece of designer furniture than an amp. What it has in style, it matches in audio quality. This 30-watt-per-channel amp will smooth over the rough edges of any sounds you feed it. www.ukd.co.uk...
...years. Comparing the light of Los Angeles to the light of Rome, Govan took down the wall. He also weighed in on the placement of key sculptures and, when it came to the gallery floor, encouraged curator Mary Levkoff to look at the ebony stain on the wood floor the director was having refurbished in his own home...