...six years in prison but is suffering from heart disease and has been hospitalized over the past weeks in Tehran. He is a close ally of Mir Hossein Mousavi , the main opposition candidate who says was robbed of the presidency through massive...

In this article: Kian Tajbakhsh, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehran, Defendant, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

...respected film maker who won international acclaim with his 2001 Afghan picture " Kandahar." He is also one of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi's most well-known and vocal supporters overseas, having left Iran around five years...

In this article: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mirhossein Mousavi, Iran, Detainee, Green Movement, Fascism, Afghanistan, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Kandahar

...that it was not the government's role to endorse "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer," as Washington had described it. Thomas Jefferson , who once called for a "separation of church and state," said it was against his principles. He linked...

In this article: Thanksgiving, God, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Michael Novak, Sarah Josepha Hale, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, John Quincy Adams, and George W. Bush

...of Exmoor and Dartmoor since the Bronze Age (imagine how many torrents they have withstood) as of the fabulous futuristic edifices of the great Santiago Calatrava , the Leonardo da Vinci of modern bridge building. Each bridge is a monument to...

In this article: Santiago Calatrava, Stari most, London, Recession, and Herodotus

...than themed Vegas resorts. Pieces include an 84-foot silver serpentine sculpture depicting the course of the Colorado River , designed by Maya Lin of Vietnam Veterans Memorial fame. That hangs above the front desk of the Aria Resort &...

In this article: MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, Revenue, Crystals, and Mandarin Oriental

...says 65 leaders enrolled for climate talks Reuters - Greenpeace activists hang banners at the Sagrada Familia Temple, designed by Antoni Gaudi , in Barcelona … By John Acher John Acher - 27 mins ago COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sixty-five...

In this article: Copenhagen, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Barack Obama, Denmark, Jose Manuel Barroso, United Nations, Barcelona, Fossil fuel, Global warming, and Liberal Party

By Fredrik Dahl and Hashem Kalantari Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said Sunday the reform movement would not be cowed by the hardline government's harsh methods as riot police prevented a demonstration by moderates taking...

In this article: Mirhossein Mousavi, Iran, Islamic, Hillary Clinton, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

...and Cup division championship games at Midwood Field. 10:30 a.m. - No. 1 Automotive vs. No. 2 South Bronx 12:30 p.m. - No. 3 Thomas Jefferson vs. No. 4 August Martin Offensive player to watch: QB Maurice Edwards Defensive player to...

In this article: Thomas Jefferson, South Bronx, and George Washington

BRASILIA , Brazil Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor. </p><p>The daily newspaper O Globo reports that Niemeyer is working on a...

In this article: Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil, O Globo, Surgery, Brasilia, United Nations building, Rio de Janeiro, and New York City

It's calendar season, and design fans have lots of options: Taschen's celebration of Antoni Gaudi , Pentagram's popular typographic extravaganza for font freaks, and Blue Ant Studio's annual (and free) print-it-yourself calendar depicting...

In this article: Antoni Gaudi, Hammer Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Los Angeles

...and are critical of such projects as the new Calatrava Bridge over the Grand Canal. Building the bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava , ran well over projected costs and did little to ease the lives of average...

In this article: Grand Canal, La Fenice, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Santiago Calatrava, Veneto, and Marghera

Frank Gehry : The Houses by CH Contributor Beginning with an insightful quote, Rizzoli's newest architectural book Frank Gehry : The Houses illustrates his philosophy that "You can learn from the past, but you can't continue to be in the...

In this article: Frank Gehry, Philosophy, Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Finland

...editorials are those things printed on the left hand side of the editorial page, beneath the picture of Jefferson 's statue, beneath a Jefferson quote about reason and truth and error, and beneath a list of The Cavalier Daily's leaders. The...

In this article: Thomas Jefferson, The Cavalier Daily, United States, Virginia Military Institute, Thomas Jackson, Virginia, and The Wall Street Journal

...and the San Francisco skyline. Below, a permanent exhibit at the Museum of Chinese in America. (Photos By Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times; Maya Lin Studio/Moca (Below) Text size - + Between 1910 and 1940, a million immigrants passed...

In this article: Maya Lin, Chinatown, Angel Island, United States, San Francisco, and Lafayette Street

...Drive remains a hole in the ground. Many of the firms that worked on the project have filed liens against Shelbourne, including Spire architect Santiago Calatrava , who is seeking payment of more than $11 million. While in Chicago last month,...

In this article: Bank of America Corp., Garrett Kelleher, Chicago Spire, Santiago Calatrava, Shelbourne Development Group Inc., Chicago, Allegation, Lien, Recession, and Tax

...went through probably a dozen iterations. And you bring the client along. I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation and lays it down and that's it. But that's...

In this article: Thom Mayne, Cooper Union, New York, East Village, Pritzker Prize, Columbia University, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Manhattan

...hole in the ground. Many of the firms that worked on the project have filed liens against it. That list includes Spire architect Santiago Calatrava , who is seeking payments of more than $11 million. While in Chicago last month, Calatrava said...

In this article: Bank of America Corp., Santiago Calatrava, Garrett Kelleher, Chicago, Lien, Recession, and Shelbourne Development Group Inc.

...tall, undistinguished buildings that cluster round the entrancing Copan Building, the world's most beautiful skyscraper, designed by Oscar Niemeyer. They lurk on the eight-lane urban motorways. Their people keep a watch on the shopping...

In this article: Sao Paulo, Gilberto Kassab, Jesus Christ, London, Brasilia, Sandwich, Unemployment, God, and Oscar Niemeyer