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Legend portrays some Hungarian-Jewish musicians as belligerent extroverts, like the late conductors Georg Solti, nicknamed ?the screaming skull? by his Chicago Symphony musicians, and George Szell, dubbed ?Doctor Cyclops? by his Cleveland Orchestra ensemble.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:46:50 GMT - (Forward)
For Wenham's 'Aunt Sarah,' life was too short
Everyone's life has a story. In "Lives," we tell some of the stories of North Shore people who have died recently. "Lives" runs Mondays in The Salem News. WENHAM and mdash; This will probably be the last time Maria Saverina DeFlorio's name appears in a newspaper. Don't feel sorry for her about that. Say this for the girl and mdash; she had a darn good run.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:43:51 GMT - (The Salem News)
Midtown High-Rise, Flight Plans Included
Edward W. Browning planned a runway on the roof of the 1913 World?s Tower Building at 110 West 40th Street for airplanes.
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:41:21 GMT - (New York Times)
Decorous Beauty of Chinese Classic Dance
"Chinese classical dance is very difficult to find in China. That's why I encouraged my students to come watch the show."
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:45:45 GMT - (The Epoch Times)
The Reader, Stephen Daldry, 123 mins, 15
After a glut of festive frivolity, the detox programme that is the Oscars run-up begins with Stephen Daldry's spare, sober The Reader. Based on the 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink, The Reader features the uncomfortable pairing of sex and the Holocaust ? but don't worry, this is not The Night Porter, although it is perhaps just a step away from being Last Tango in Nuremberg.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:28:13 GMT - (Independent)
A life in broadcasting: The BBC
Genetic medicine has taught us that, when people become seriously ill, it's frequently the result of a tendency inherited at the moment of conception. And the terrible infirmities suffered by the British Broadcasting Corporation during its 81st year as a public institution - telephonic bullying of an elderly actor, scandal over massive salaries, fury over the voting on a pro-am dance show - ...
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:29:36 GMT - (Guardian Unlimited)
Dana Canedy's 'Journal for Jordan' embraces a son while mourning the loss of her career soldier husband in Iraq
Just a few months before 1st Sgt. Charles King was deployed to Iraq in December 2005, he and his fiancee, Dana Canedy, faced some daunting decisions: Where he wanted to be buried if he were killed; how she could...
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:34:18 GMT - (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Jeff Simon's ten best movies of the year
The really great movie performers and their performances came two by two in 2008, just like animals on Noah's Ark. They didn't just give one magnificent performance in 2008; they gave two, at least.
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:41:18 GMT - (The Buffalo News)
More stars please, not freak shows
FOR all of tournament golf's obvious and seemingly insoluble problems in Australia, the three weeks that now constitute the visible part of the Australasian PGA Tour proved something of an unexpected, if minor, success.
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:35:08 GMT - (The Murray Valley Standard)
The Secret of the Grain
Abdelhamid Aktouche, left, and Hafsia Herzi, in window, in ?The Secret of the Grain.? The man in the sweater is unidentified.
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:29:36 GMT - (2007) (New York Times)