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Coincidentally, last week another sleepy little institution, Harvard Law School, displayed good manners by accepting a somewhat less spectacular but still welcome $3 million from alumnus Reginald F. Lewis, boss of the biggest black-owned business in the U.S. -- the food conglomerate TLC Beatrice International Inc. Even though the gift is the largest individual donation to the law school ever, there was no rush to dub the place the Reginald F. Lewis School of Law (not for $3 million, anyway); instead, the school's international law center will be named in his honor...
Some important items from the original show, such as the 12th century ivory- inlaid minbar, or high preacher's throne, from the Kutubiyya mosque in Marrakesh, were also deemed too fragile to travel. When the Spanish authorities refused to lend one of the spectacular amphora-type "Alhambra vases," with its luster glazes and formalized handles like angels' wings, another was lent by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. But even in its truncated form, "Al-Andalus" is not an exhibition to miss...
...Since it's not U.S. Post Office property, it can be used for on-campus mail," Nathans said. "The savings are really quite spectacular...
Paradoxically, Perot's spectacular rise has been fueled by his image as an anti-politician, even though he has shown an intuitive mastery of political skills. While some experts -- and his rivals -- contend that a man who lacks years of hands-on government experience stands no chance of cutting through the gridlock in Washington, Perot's supporters have made his very lack of an electoral resume into a virtue. Other candidates debate proposals for coping with the deficit and various complex issues. Perot vows that he can solve problems that have baffled other politicians "without breaking a sweat," often adding...
Hollywood's latest version of these old D.C. Comics characters is no surprise. Take any story, film executives reason, no matter how stale, and make it larger than life. Finance a dark and spectacular Gotham City, recruit the most seasoned stars and fill the screen with more special effects than the eye can follow...