RECOMPOSED: VIVALDI – THE FOUR SEASONS Max Richter (Universal) It’s easy to see why classical purists have given Max Richter’s take on Vivaldi most noted work a lukewarm response.
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FOREIGN POLICY: Brown’s Bomb
“They own. you know, the banks in this country, the newspapers
What It Means to be American — and Muslim
It was evening rush hour in New York City. 42nd St
After the Tucson Shooting, Arizona Addresses Mental Health
Tucson, Ariz., has regained a semblance of normalcy four months after the crime that drew worldwide attention.
Medicine: Legal Abortion: Who, Why and Where
THE last thing that Valada Penny wanted was a baby. At 22, the beautiful black woman already had one child by a teen-age marriage.
Religion: A Change on Birth Control?
At least four-fifths of the 76-member pontifical commission on birth control favors a change in the Roman Catholic Church's traditional prohibition against mechanical and chemical methods of birth control. Ending three years of study on the question, the commission last week presented its findings to Pope Paul VI
Spain’s Stolen Babies: A Nation Confronts Its Dark Past
It has been four decades since Pilar Maroto lost her newborn son, but tears still fill her eyes when she speaks of him. She perfectly remembers the moments after his birth in April 1972, when she heard his first cry and then, later, the sudden, devastating news that her little boy had died.
How Obama’s Secret Iran Talks Set Stage for a Nuclear Deal
President Barack Obama has a personal stake in the outcome of Monday’s meeting in Vienna between Western and Iranian nuclear experts on the future of Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium.
Financial fraud 101 — accounting for criminals
When Sam Antar was cooking the books for his company, he used a number of complicated accounting tricks to dupe auditors. But some tactics were simple
Hairy Heroes: Canine Lifeguards Hit Italy’s Beaches
The dog days of summer have hit Italy hard this year. For my own family beach holiday on the enchanting island of Sardinia, the surprise star was Totò, a pint-sized, black-and-white, eight-month-old mixed-breed from Naples who our friends brought along in a house we shared near the southern town of Pula