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...been used in Asia since 4000 B.C. It is based on 12 temperaments represented by 12 symbolic animals - rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig (the dragon being the well-known favorite). After 12 years, the cycle restarts, matching the length of Jupiter's solar orbit. (Read "China Not So Bullish About the Year...
...transition wasn't quite perfect. But from a political perspective, Obama took three significant steps to make his entry into the Oval Office as smooth as possible - and to extend the customary honeymoon period granted to new Commanders in Chief by a considerable length...
...poll published in The New York Times, Americans believe in Barack Obama's ability to change the course of the economy, health care, and the war in Iraq, but they understand that it may take at least two years to see some results. In terms of the length of the recession it is a capitulation of sorts, an admission that the financial straights in which the economy finds itself has no ready solution. (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama...
...Even when Wyeth is admitted into the canon, he's held a bit at arm's length. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City owns his most famous canvas, Christina's World, which it acquired in 1948, soon after it was painted, for just $1,800. But while the picture is always on display at MoMA, it's consigned to what you might call an anteroom on the margins of the more respectably modern galleries, a salon des refuses that it shares with Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad. Seeing Christina splayed across her field of grass...
...millions who will descend on Washington to experience Obama’s powers of renewal, FM brings those lucky enough to be in the Registrar’s good graces a map to navigate the crowds, balls and bars. National Mall: For the first time ever the entire length of the National Mall will be opened to the public during the inauguration. Formerly a staging ground for the day’s parade, it will be flanked on either side by giant TV screens allowing everyone to view the swearing-in ceremony. But those in attendance should be wary: according...