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...three-panel photograph entitled “Stella Searching” shows an elderly woman, rake in hand, staring upward while standing in a neat and orderly lawn. The middle panel pictures a single old and brittle leaf attached to a branch. The top panel depicts a gray storm cloud with a bit of sun peeking from behind it. The orderliness of the lawn suggests that Stella, the old woman, is attempting to control her life. Stella stares at the lone leaf, which represents her fate, in a vain attempt to master it. Its lengthy distance from Stella may point...
Rabat, 25 miles from Kabul By the standards of this soporific war, the front line at Rabat was quite lively this week. A rocket exploded in front of the trenches as we approached, sending up an impressive cloud of gray dust, and a few bullets from a Taliban position 500 or so meters away whistled lazily through the air. The Taliban do this about 5:30 every evening, a local commander said...
...ceiling, lending support to students who would otherwise fall during their post-party drunkenness or the bumpy ride around campus. An imitation-leather strip of padding rests above the shuttle’s exit to protect taller students from injuring their heads. The red, plush upholstery on the gray seats almost matches the four no-smoking signs that breathe life into the shuttle wall’s mundane stretches of white paint and window. Such simplicity balances the external power of this ten foot, seven inch long monster...
Caitlin C. Gillespie ’05 sports a deliciously soft tan coat with stylish front pockets and contrasting trim ($15). She wears it here paired with a basic gray shirt from Marsh Landing ($5). For those days when you simply must frolic in the snow, Caitlin models a luxuriously warm, gray wool coat ($26) and button-down blue shirt ($9), complimented with matching blue gloves ($3) and a tasteful yellow scarf...
...become his trademark. "If I don't use red, the painting seems somewhat deadened," he says. But he adds, "No tone can fight against another tone. There must be harmony." In a painting he completed this year, Composition on a Red Background, he contrasts his reds with calmer gray and brown tones. Meanwhile, his bronze sculptures are marked by empty spots that, Fukuda explains, are meant to convey airiness. For well-known critic Alberto Beutenmuller of Sao Paulo, the traditional Asian side of Fukuda's work reflects a spirit of "not wanting to lose roots or customs...