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Piano and Foster have been building tall for much of their careers, but until recently many of the others worked closer to the ground. Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, reclines like Venus on her couch. Calatrava's Olympic Stadium in Athens, seen by billions on television during last summer's Games, is a voluptuous, low-slung bowl. But in recent years, even these architects have been moving into the vertical mode, taking their mambo wiggles and thunderbolts with them. The square-shouldered glass-and-steel boxes of Modernism are giving way to silhouettes that once seemed inconceivable...
...played out dramatically in March, after the Madrid commuter-train bombings. Keelty was asked during a TV interview whether a similar attack could occur in Australia. "The reality is," he replied, using a trademark phrase, "if this turns out to be Islamic extremists responsible for this bombing in Spain, it is more likely to be linked to the position that Spain and other allies took on issues such as Iraq." Prime Minister John Howard disagreed, dismissed any link between Spain and Australia, and maintained that Australia was not at greater risk of terrorist attack because of its involvement in Iraq...
...also begin to think that you've been there, done all this, before. But The Sea Inside, a movie from Spain, takes the issue of euthanasia to a new level of cinematic artfulness. Ramón is played by the great Javier Bardem, who disguises his relative youth (he's 35) but does not hide the sparkle and sadness of his eyes, the irony the invalid finds in his condition. Ramón's body may be essentially dead, but his spirit--angry, calculating, humorous, demanding--is wonderfully alive. The strikingly beautiful Belén Rueda is Bardem's equal as the lawyer...
Even after the holidays, there will be plenty of fresh ways to eat, drink and be merry. New ORIEL WINES will be making a marketing push in '05 to promote a single label that provides wines from all over the world (including Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Chile and the U.S.). The idea: you won't have to remember the name of some obscure region or château when looking for a moderately priced good wine; instead, you can rely on one brand that does the choosing for you. As for edibles, in the coming months raw fish...
...While Spain's new government is trying to end its patriarchal traditions by allowing women to head the monarchy, the private sector is ahead of the curve. Ana Patricia Botín, 43, a financial veteran, is executive chairwoman of Banco Español de Credito (Banesto), and when her father Emilio retires as chairman, she may take over the parent firm, family-controlled Grupo Santander, which is Spain's biggest banking empire. Botín, who speaks five languages, has learned how to face those who charge nepotism. "I started at the bottom," she says. "Nobody has given me anything." Indeed, Bot?...