From the editor's desk.
The year 2004 invites the worldwide Catholic theological community to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of four towering theologians all of whom were born in the year 1904: Yves Congar (d. 1995), Karl Rahner (d. 1984), Bernard Lonergan (d. 1984), and John Courtney Murray (d. 1967). In...

Reims: Adel Abdessemed : Habibi.
Adel Abdessemed. Habibi (<< Mon Chéri >>). Le Collège, Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Champagne Ardennes, Reims. 22 janvier--25 avril 2004 Installation en lévitation, Habibi (2004) donne le ton à la première exposition solo consacrée en France à Adel Abdessemed. Cet artiste est né en 1971 à...

FRANZ WEST.
GALERIE GISELA CAPITAIN Franz West's exhibition "Plakatentwurfe"(Poster designs) began with instructions from the artist: "As in my earlier PaBstucke," West states in a wall work directly next to the entrance, "the designs are not merely for reception but rather for interaction." At once both invitation and interpretation,...

The lakesiders.
Winnie Liesenfeld visits France where a flooded village has turned out to be a haven for passing birds ROGER BUTARD, A RETIRED FARMER, is one of 64 residents from Nuisement aux Bois, a small village in the Champagne region of eastern France. In 1974, when the authorities...

Late Iron Age sacred space in western Europe.
ALEXANDER SMITH. The differential use of constructed sacred space in southern Britain, from the late Iron Age to the 4th century AD (British Archaeological Reports British series 318). 278 pages, 25 figures, 79 maps. 2001. Oxford: Archaeopress; 1-84171-213-2 paperback 35 [pounds sterling]. STEPHANE VERGER (ed.). Bites et...

Obituaries.
Byline: The Register-Guard Orville Rhoades The funeral will be held April 27 for Orville Lee Rhoades of Eugene, who died April 19 of cancer. He was 83. Rhoades was born Sept. 13, 1918, in Waco, Neb., to William and Hilda Olson Rhoades. He...

Break out the bubbly for a sparking holiday season.
Byline: SIMPLY WINE By Roger Rutan The Register-Guard With the holiday season almost upon us, it's time to think about what wines you will be serving at your Thanksgiving dinner table and the many other events to follow. For many wine lovers, this is the...

Civic Agendas and Religious Passion: Chalons-sur-Marne During the French Wars of Religion, 1560-1594.
Civic Agendas and Religious Passion: Chalons-sur-Marne during the French Wars of Religion, 1560-1594. By Mark W. Konnert. Kirksville, Mo.: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1997. 182 pp. $40.00. In the last decade of the religious wars, France was divided by two opposed religious confederations made up of the...

The Wine Guide.
Go for broke * I was 24 when I bought my first case of real French Champagne, as a holiday gift to myself. It was the most expensive purchase I had ever made, and on its face illogical. How could I - a struggling writer living on...

Diversity is answer to "French paradox." (survey shows that the French have a diverse diet that includes all the food groups, which probably counters the effects of a high fat intake)(Brief Article)
Why do the French. who turn up their noses at low-fat diets. have lower than expected rates of heart disease than Americans? The key to what nutritionists call the "French Paradox," may lie in the widespread diversity of the French diet, according to a study from the University of...