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...caused by a stroke. Her death and life launch Docx’s intense portrait of his characters and the Russian roots that tie them all together. It is a portrait, above all, of the strength of his characters’ familial bonds, which only fully manifest themselves following Maria’s death. The fallout from her death changes the lives of her children in huge and unexpected ways, wrenching them out of their jobs and relationships.Maria’s death brings Gabriel and his sister Isabella to St. Petersburg, the seedy seat of their family?...
...statement above, however, also reflects the sentiments of Bush’s own administration. These words, spoken by former Attorney General John Ashcroft, illustrate a fresh outrage that has been largely overlooked amid the manifest “Bush fatigue...
...poses between the arches, to see and be seen. Upstairs, a senior in a tight scarlet dress balanced on one foot to adjust her shoe as she stared at Albert Bierstadt’s 1863 “Lander’s Peak.” It was American manifest destiny at its finest: a ray of sunlight bursting through the clouds above a towering range of imaginary mountains. Her date slouched against a pillar nearby, his hands in his pockets. In front of him was a framed shipwreck chalked on brown paper. Another couple lounged between the Ionic columns...
...attitude of the public and the efforts of the government are slowly changing Japan. Partly, that is because of the concept of mottainai, which literally means "what a waste" and is manifest in an almost reflexive desire to conserve and reuse. Centuries before there was an environmental movement, the Japanese embraced origami, an art form - originally from China - based on the notion of creation without cutting. Fashion designer Issey Miyake adapted the concept 30 years ago in apparel made with a single piece of cloth, cut so that no pieces wind up in the garbage...
...country is to avoid decadence and decay, he argues, the Chinese must emulate the ferocious independence of the wolves and the nomadic Mongols who lived in harmony with them. And not just the Mongols but the Europeans also. "The stories of the wolves are Chinese stories but they manifest the Western [European] spirit. Nomadic people are prone to explore, fight, and develop commerce, like what has happened in the West," he explains. "While farmers have a narrow minded attitude that puts themselves in a cage. That's why, even if Chinese people were given democracy, they wouldn't want...