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When Condoleezza Rice boarded the plane for Europe last week, it marked the first time in almost two years that an American diplomat had come to the Continent accompanied by good news out of Iraq. As the newly minted Secretary of State began a weeklong tour of eight European countries plus Israel and the West Bank, she was relieved that the Iraqi election had seen an unexpectedly high turnout and relatively low violence. Rice also brought with her a reassuring message: "President Bush has emphasized his desire to reinvigorate our relations across Europe," she said at the British Foreign Office...
...town. "There is a fragile but durable beauty in you, Madame," purrs the smitten swine, to which Kwan Mei says, "Perhaps I'm as aged-looking as the Great Wall." No, she is fetching in her improbable gear. Anthony Chan observes: "Even as the rebel leader in the rice fields, Kwan Mei wears a silk suit with handwoven buttons...
...Wabi-sabi in the home, according to Lawrence, is "flea markets, not warehouse stores; aged wood, not Pergo; rice paper, not glass. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather and loving use leave behind." Although at first glance it may seem a bit shabby chic, a style that cultivates a worn patina, it differs in attitude, asking that we "set aside our judgments and our longing for perfection" and concentrate instead on "the beauty of things as they are." It celebrates the tiny flaws that make everything?your mismatched kitchen chairs, a worn teapot...
...general, while The Wabi-Sabi House: The Japanese Art of Imperfect Beauty, by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, helps you apply the principles of wabi-sabi to the place where you live. Wabi-sabi in the home, according to Lawrence, is "flea markets, not warehouse stores; aged wood, not Pergo; rice paper, not glass. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather and loving use leave behind." Although at first glance it may seem a bit shabby chic, a style that cultivates a worn patina, it differs in attitude, asking that we "set aside our judgments...
...sharp Venezuelan shortfall, "as this could have serious consequences for our nation's security." Other Senators are urging the Bush Administration to mend fences with the democratically elected Chávez, whom it accuses of trying to destabilize Latin America, as Castro once was. But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, at her confirmation hearings, showed no signs of softening on Chávez, calling him a "negative force" in the hemisphere. Chávez, who claims that Bush backed a failed 2002 coup attempt against him (the Administration denies it), called Rice "an illiterate" who "seems to dream about me." Washington's bigger...