Farquhar and his team are not proposing the complete restoration of the original design, but its stabilisation and restitution in various degrees of ruined-ness. This is both practical and true to the tempestuous spirit of the place. “Our role is not to make people like it,” says Farquhar. “That would be the least interesting thing you could do. This is a contested site, and we want to work with that.” “Everyone has acknowledged,” he also says, “that this is its last chance.”
Museums Faulted on Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art
By PATRICIA COHEN
Critics assert that museums have backtracked in recent years on
returning art to the heirs of Jews whose property was seized by the
Nazis.
Students Clash With Police in Unrest After Announcement
By NATE SCHWEBER
The demonstrators congregated outside Penn State’s administration building on Wednesday night before stampeding into the tight grid of downtown streets.
Joe Paterno to Retire at Season's End
The Penn State football coach had come under fire for his handling of the sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the university.
Prosecutors are seeking a six-year prison term for the crime, plus restitution.
檢方正尋求對此犯罪求處6年徒刑，外加還錢。
An Iranian research institute claims it used Advance Micro Devices Inc. Opteron microprocessors to build a high computing performance system. The claim is but one more piece of evidence that the U.S. trade embargo on Iran has little impact on the country’s importing of high-tech equipment.
伊朗一個研究機構聲稱，它利用超微公司（AMD）的Opteron微處理器打造出一套高運算效能的系統。這項宣示，只不過再次證明美國對伊朗的貿易禁運，對該國輸入高科技設備沒有造成太大衝擊。(陳成良)
Looting and Restitution: exhibition in Berlin
More than 60 years after the end of the war, the restitution of cultural
treasures looted from Jewish families is still a controversial topic.
The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/
When talks for the return of the artifacts stalled last year, Italy threatened to impose a cultural embargo against the museum. “There was a moment last summer when we really were on standby,” said Catherine Hess, an associate curator of sculpture and decorative arts at the Getty who helped organize the exhibition. “No one knew what would happen if the cultural embargo went through.” Finally, an accord for the restitution of 40 artifacts was brokered in August.
Minimum living standards: public consultation
Under embargo until: 22.00hrs 1 July 2008
Minimum living standards: public consultation shows what people find acceptable
embargo
noun [C] plural embargoes
an order to temporarily stop something, especially trading or giving information:
They have put an embargo on imports of clothing.
The police asked for a news embargo while they tried to find the kidnapper.
embargo
verb [T] embargoing, embargoed, embargoed
to officially stop trading with another country:
They are planning to embargo oil imports. ━━ n. （pl. ～es） （船舶の）港内出入禁止; 通商禁止 ((on)); ((一般に)) 禁止.
lay [put, place] an embargo on / lay [put, place] under (an) embargo （商船の）出入港を禁止する; （貿易などを）禁止する. lift [raise, remove] an embargo from （商船の）出入港禁止を解く; （貿易などを）解禁する.━━ vt. （船舶の）出入港を禁止する; （通商を）禁止する; （船・商品を）没収する.
Definition of restitution
Pronunciation: /ˌrestəˈt(y)o͞oSHən/
nounOrigin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin restitutio(n-), from restituere 'restore', from re- 'again' + statuere 'establish'━━ n. 返還［却］ ((to)); 賠［弁］償 ((of)); 回復, 復権.
make restitution 賠償する ((of)).loot Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
(usually of large numbers of people during a violent event) to steal from shops and houses:
During the riot shops were looted and cars damaged or set on fire.
looting Show phonetics
noun [U]
the activity of stealing from shops during a violent event:
There were reports of widespread looting as football hooligans stampeded through the city centre.
loot Show phonetics
noun [U]
money and valuable objects that have been stolen, especially by an army from a defeated enemy
looter Show phonetics
noun [C]
stampede[stam・pede]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[stæmpíːd]
[名]
1 （家畜などが）驚いてどっと逃げ出すこと；（群衆などが）なだれを打って逃げ出すこと, 総くずれ；どっと押し寄せること
There was a stampede to the exits.
出口を目がけて人々が殺到した.
出口を目がけて人々が殺到した.
2 ((米西部・カナダ))スタンピード：年一度のお祭り.
3 ((米北西部・カナダ西部))ロデオ.
4 ((米))突発的な大衆行動.
━━[動](自)(他)（…から）どっと逃げ出す［出させる］((from ...))；敗走する［させる］；（…に）総くずれになる；急いで…させる((into ...))；どっと押し寄せる.
［メキシコ・スペイン語estampida］tempestuous
Line breaks: tem|pes¦tu|ous
Pronunciation: /tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs
/
Definition of tempestuous in English:
ADJECTIVE
1Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflictingemotion:he had a reckless and tempestuous streak
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