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...reveal a newfound confidence in the manipulation of space, distance and three-dimensionality. By contrast, Okyo's tiger paintings demonstrate a lingering Primitivism. Because there were no tigers in Japan at the time, scholars believe Okyo used tiger drawings, tiger skins and house cats as models, which would explain why his tigers' facial expressions are surprisingly docile and cute...
...Austria, according to diplomats, is not likely to stand alone. Rejection now, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told TIME, would seriously damage Europe's credibility and "fuel hostility toward Europe across the Islamic world." Still, the dire warnings have stoked disenchantment in Western Europe - and forced Turks to explain themselves - again. "We are not talking about being full members now," said Gul. "We are just talking about negotiations. And these will take time. We are realistic. It will take years." The Turks, in any case, have accomplished plenty already. A full 40 years after applying for E.U. membership, the ruling...
...this was the kickoff for a general election expected next year. More video footage of British hostage Kenneth Bigley pleading for Blair's help, this time wearing a Guantánamo-style orange jumpsuit in a cage, kept Iraq's chaos in the newspapers. The cumulative burdens helped explain Blair's surprise pre-operative pledge to quit before the end of his next term - assuming he gets re-elected - probably around his 10-year mark in office. This officially starts his transformation to lame duck. At least he'll have somewhere to retreat to: the Blairs have just bought...
...using advanced technology to convert liquid from the River Thames into Dasani, a transparent form of water, which for precautionary reasons has been made unavailable to customers.” No one from the company was present to acknowledge the award, but Hershbach used his chemical expertise to explain the magnitude of the achievement. Dasani, he said, had twice the legal limit of toxic bromates...
Yeah. I worked on Wall Street this summer. At an investment bank. That’s a company that deals with money. What did I do? Eh… I’d try to explain it to you, but you just wouldn’t understand. It’s very complicated. I spent a whole ten weeks learning about it, and men of my expert status don’t waste time hobnobbing with the uninitiated hoi polloi. Just know that I did something so hardcore that not only was I in possession of extremely sensitive and confidential...