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...raisiny bits of the bun, is usually considered nice - nice but dull, all muted colors, leafy parks and elegant 19th century mansions. But look past the main tourist draws: the Viking Ship Museum; the 14th century Akershus Fortress, which has guarded Oslofjord through nine sieges; the sculpture garden with Gustav Vigeland's 14-m-tall Monolith, a phallic column of 121 writhing human figures. The city has plenty of other artistic, architectural and even culinary gems - the raisins in the bun. You just have to know where to walk. Step one: cross the Aker River. Before the 1624 fire that...
...like this. Naturally, he eventually wins freedom and makes his way back to London, only to learn that he's been stripped of his 00 status. His quest for redemption and his effort to unmask the traitor take him into the arms of three women and the crosshairs of Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), an audacious diamond tycoon bent on (what else?) world domination. (The writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade had the good sense to ditch the small-potatoes bad guys of recent films, like the one bent on conquering the media sector.) Bond's trials, at the hands...
...Austrian artist Gustav Klimt were around for his 140th birthday on July 14, he'd probably be a happy man. A controversial artist whose erotic and sensual works were once scorned for their "unclear ideas through unclear forms," Klimt is now enjoying a splash of dead-artist celebrity, with his influence popping up in ads, restaurants and even shoes. O.K., maybe he wouldn't be that happy. --By Heather Won Tesoriero
...school is funded by a charity that is linked to the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, a group responsible for innumerable attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians. In the lobby, the custodian keeps a Karl Gustav machine gun in his desk drawer. Two of the girls in Qawasmeh's school have been injured in the fighting that broke out 1 1/2 years ago. Shireen Rajabi, 8, has a scar above her right eyebrow; she says a soldier hit her with his rifle butt at a checkpoint...
...talk, a 2002 Gustav Pollock Lecture in Research and Government, was co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Institute of Politics...