Q: When is an opera not an opera?
Here Comes the Show Boat! Broadway musical? Or opera in disguise?
Tag Archives: and
Press: A General Loses His Case
The four women and two men walked silently to their red leather armchairs in Room 110 of the Federal District Court Building in lower Manhattan. As dozens of reporters and spectators listened intently, the clerk asked Jury Foreman Richard Zug, an IBM computer specialist, if the panel had come to a decision
High Manxiety
You would not think that TV would be a sphere of life where men feel endangered.
Letters: Mar. 24, 1967
Girls for All SeasonsSir: There are no words to describe the immense pleasure and happiness your cover story on Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave [March 17] gave me. Having seen Georgy Girl three times and Morgan! once, I can understand why the world is in love with these two fantastic artists.SUZANNE R
Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge
In 11th grade, Allante Rhodes spent 50 minutes a day in a Microsoft Word class at Anacostia Senior High School in Washington. He was determined to go to college, and he figured that knowing Word was a prerequisite.
Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I used to tell my daughter stories about a family of mer-cats–kitties with fish tails–who lived in the East River and how they were persecuted by a mean purple octopus. I spent considerable time and effort coming up with nonviolent ways for the mer-cats to defeat the octopus at the end of each story
Medicine: WHY BE A DOCTOR
Why do men and women become doctors? Out of love for their fellow humans
Who Really Owns the Roads?
Pennsylvanians had been clamoring for a new road between Philadelphia and Lancaster for years, but the government just couldn’t afford it. So in 1792 the state chartered a company that would build the nation’s first private turnpike–62 miles of stone and gravel–in exchange for the right to collect tolls
‘Eco-Therapy’ for Environmental Depression: Go Jump Off a Pier
Depressed people often need someone to hug. On occasion, that someone may just be a tree
Caffeine and Pregnancy: How Risky?
Several studies suggest a link between caffeine consumption and risk of miscarriage. But the cause and effect has never been clear: does caffeine increase a woman’s risk of miscarrying, or do women who are already at low risk for miscarriage tend not to drink caffeine?