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'Round About the Earth' traces a history of ambition and colorful personalities
-------------------- Round About the Earth Circumnavigation From Magellan to Orbit Joyce E. Chaplin Simon & Schuster: 560 pp., $35 -------------------- A trip on a 140-foot sailboat helped inspire Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin to write...
Tags: Travel, Science and Technology, Around The World Sailing, Sailing, Petroleum Industry
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America's eyes and ears, and funnybone: Chris Erskine
Sometimes what I think the Pulitzer committee is after, humor-wise, isn't just one epic exposé, as per last week's gem on rotten-tomato fights. It's a body of hard-hitting work. That's what leads me to this steamy parking garage in Burbank, looking for...
Tags: Conan O'Brien, Conan (tv program), Trials, Talk Shows (genre), Entertainment
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Review: 'American Canopy' by Eric Rutkow should get out more
Special to the Los Angeles Times-------------------- American Canopy Trees, Forests and the Making of a Nation Eric Rutkow Scribner: 407 pp., $29 -------------------- Every book has its quirks. In the case of the newly published history "American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the...Tags: Science and Technology, Weyerhaeuser Company, Ecosystems, Boston, Global Change
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BROADWAY REVIEW: Audience subscribes to 'Newsies' charms
NEW YORK —There is something uniquely appealing, entertainment history reveals, about urban urchins in cloth caps, be they Parisian waifs, London pickpockets or unflaggingly optimistic New York orphans. If they sing and dance and have lost a...
Tags: Music, Newsies (musical), Clifford Odets, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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Statue of Liberty marks 125 years, hosts naturalization for 125
Nation NowThe United States celebrated the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty with the naturalization of 125 new citizens from 46 nations on Friday, a ceremony of unity that temporarily put aside the political and geographical changes... -
Sayles stays rooted in change
Tribune newspapersLate on a weekday afternoon, we called John Sayles, the independent's independent, the pragmatist's pragmatist. He was on the outskirts of Boise, in the passenger's seat of a rented Prius, beside Maggie Renzi, his longtime partner and producer. He's tall,...Tags: O. Henry, Coney Island, Star Wars (movie), Jurassic Park (movie), Mark Twain
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"A Moment in the Sun" by John Sayles
Literary Editor"A Moment in the Sun" By John Sayles McSweeney's, 968 pages, $29 John Sayles may be better known as a filmmaker ("Lone Star," "Eight Men Out" and my favorite, "Return of the Secaucus 7") than as a novelist, but this drama spanning five years, and...Tags: Mark Twain, Elizabeth Taylor, William Randolph Hearst, John Sayles
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Chauffeur Guilty In Andy Warhol Rip-off Scheme
wpix.comA man accused of stealing a classic Andy Warhol piece from an aging millionaire, was found guilty in Manhattan federal court Monday, according to the US Attorney in Manhattan Preet Bharara. James S. Biear, 50, was found guilty of ten counts including...Tags: Andy Warhol, WPIX, Fraud, Lawyers, Real Estate
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America's voice of liberty
ESTHER SCHOR is professor of English at Princeton University and author of a new biography, "Emma Lazarus."THIS WEEKEND, Emma Lazarus, whose eloquent words are engraved in the Statue of Liberty, will be honored with a stone in the Poet's Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. The timing is auspicious because 10 days later, when...Tags: Politics, Emma Lazarus, Google Inc., Princeton University, Judaism
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Pulitzer donates Picassos and other treasures
The Harvard Art Museum has received a gift of $45 million and 31 major works of art, including three paintings by Picasso.
Harvard University on Friday announced the gift from class of 1936 alumna Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a former curator at the museum and...Tags: Harvard University, Education, Roy Lichtenstein, Arts and Culture
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