Sacred Grounds

For U.S. capital, some useful hot air ; New Hirshhorn boss jolts Washington with project for a tall inflatable hall
International Herald Tribune; 12/17/2009; 1226 words; ...stillness of a set from an Antonioni film. Since the Hirshhorn is part of the Smithsonian Institution and stands on such sacred ground, any permanent addition would require the approval of the conservative Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital...

Akbar and potatoes bound ancient Incas to Indians
The Hindustan Times; 12/14/2009; 822 words; ...out by the Spaniards) and conquerors (Spanish) on a common ground", the envoy said. "He bridged the colonial and the cultural...Konark in Orissa, it will emerge to touch the spire of the sacred sun temple of the Incas in Cosco - the ancient capital of the...

The new form of socialism.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot; 12/14/2009; 878 words; ...wealth from the industrialized West to the Third World. On what grounds? In the name of equality -- wealth redistribution via global...With socialism dead, the gigantic heist is now proposed as a sacred service of the newest religion: environmentalism. One of...

Mullins admits fly in ointment after Hurricane suffers cough
The Independent - London; 12/14/2009; 1020 words; ...round yesterday. "My only worry was the ground," said his trainer, Henry Daly...to local heroes; the former was won by Sacred Kingdom and the latter by Good Ba Ba...Easy winner of his first hurdle race on ground similarly testing to today's and, lightly...

Paris-based Indian dancer brings ballet, Bharatnatyam, Kathak together
The Hindustan Times; 12/13/2009; 856 words; ...diverse dance forms from across two continents to meet on a common ground than fuse together to form a new fusion genre," she said...show. It is woven around 'Hung' (the first two of three sacred chants 'Hung Hung Ring') - the 'beej (core) mantra' of...