By KENNETH CHANG
The vibrant sky color can be seen on pottery, murals and other artifacts produced by the Maya people of Central America centuries ago and the unusual, durable pigment remains vibrant today long after other colors have faded away.
It was also the color of Chaak, the rain god, and of human sacrifice.
When the […]
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Sipson Journal By SARAH LYALL
SIPSON, England — The fortunes of this little village have long depended on the fortunes of Heathrow Airport, just a couple of miles away. But just as it has lived for Heathrow, Sipson might have to die for Heathrow.
If the government goes ahead with its plans to build a […]
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By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
WASHINGTON — Just a month after President Bush and Democratic leaders hailed their bipartisan agreement on an economic stimulus plan, the two sides went to war on Thursday over how to prevent widening damage from the housing crisis.
Senate Republicans, lining up with President Bush, blocked a Democratic bill that […]
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By JIM YARDLEY
BEIJING — China is studying how to move away from the country’s one-child-per-couple restriction, but any changes would come gradually and would not mean an elimination of family planning policies, a senior official said Thursday.
The official, Zhao Baige, vice minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, told reporters at […]
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Art Review By HOLLAND COTTER
PHILADELPHIA — You really should come down, a friend e-mailed me this summer from Mexico City. She meant, come down for the Frida Kahlo centennial, with a retrospective at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and displays of memorabilia at Casa Azul, the Blue House, Kahlo’s home. You should come, she […]
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Fashion Review By CATHY HORYNÂ Paris
WHENEVER Nicolas Ghesquiere, the designer of Balenciaga, presents a collection, fashion writers and buyers always seem to fall into a swoon — myself included. It has happened three or four times in the last few years that a new language was born. Or so we declared […]
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