People & Faces
Mick Keelty's Potato Face ...If Keelty is concerned by the public's lack of gratitude, he keeps it close to his chest. But then Keelty rarely betrays his private feelings, at least in public. He wears his sombre, pale, Irish-potato face like a mask...
Ségolène Royal not an elephant...There's a reason that the leaders of France's Socialist Party are called "elephants": They live forever....
Architecture
Dubai: skyline on crack...The Dubai skyline is like no other. Silhouettes of cities come into being over the course of centuries. Here, where a few buildings rose from the dirt 15 years ago, countless structures now crowd the land and gasp for what space remains....
India Unleashed...On India's National Highway 56, the poverty is piceresque and everyday life is a near-death experience. Rickshaw wallahs strain at their pedals, hauling tin trailers crammed with school children....
The foyer....According to one industry analyst, Nine is like the foyer of a 1980s international hotel...
Nature
Mystic River....The Franklin is beautiful. Beautiful as we saw it first from the towering height of Mount McCall: a bright ribbon of water frilled with white, lacy rapids...
Cities and Architecture : India Unleashed
The opening of Christopher Kremmer's Good Weekend (13 May 2006) profile of Indian politician Rahul Gandhi not only sets the scene for the article but establishes a metaphor for Gandhi's political struggle.
On India's National Highway 56, the poverty is picturesque and everyday life is a near-death experience. Rickshaw wallahs strain at their pedals, hauling tin trailers crammed with school children. Rampaging trucks loom over them, horns trumpeting, while their cargoes of bananas sway recklessly.
On a baked-earth back road nearby, the political education of Rahul Gandhi is continuing; it is a struggle for survival almost as desperate and dangerous as the highways mayhem.
Note how the short sentences and the clustering of images in the first paragraph creates a rhythm that reflects the hectic chaos described. The second para with its longer more complex structure creates a linked contrast with a reflective tone leading into the main part of the article.
