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OPINION; Like the Video? I Wrote the Book
THE first time I’d ever heard that there were video previews for books was when I was told I had to make one. A few months before my own book was to be released, my publisher advised me that official book trailers were now routinely posted on YouTube as a promotional device. I was skeptical, but remembering how instrumental video was in
THE first time I’d ever heard that there were video previews for books was when I was told I had to make one. A few months before my own book was to be released, my publisher advised me that official book trailers were now routinely posted on YouTube as a promotional device. I was skeptical, but remembering how instrumental video was in
Rangers Fan Flight Makes Trip From La Guardia to Newark
At exactly 10:19 a.m. on Saturday, three minutes after the free Delta- New York Rangers Fan Flight took off from La Guardia Airport ’s nearly deserted Marine Air Terminal and immediately banked hard left, an auburn-haired flight attendant turned on a loudspeaker and, with a slight Southern drawl, said, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are
At exactly 10:19 a.m. on Saturday, three minutes after the free Delta- New York Rangers Fan Flight took off from La Guardia Airport ’s nearly deserted Marine Air Terminal and immediately banked hard left, an auburn-haired flight attendant turned on a loudspeaker and, with a slight Southern drawl, said, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are NATIONAL BRIEFING | MIDWEST; Missouri: More Help for Joplin From the Persian Gulf
Joplin is getting another big boost from the United Arab Emirates as it rebuilds from a tornado that killed 161 people last year. Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba was in Joplin on Friday to announce that the United Arab Emirates was donating $5 million to Mercy Hospital for a pediatric section and a neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital was one of
Joplin is getting another big boost from the United Arab Emirates as it rebuilds from a tornado that killed 161 people last year. Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba was in Joplin on Friday to announce that the United Arab Emirates was donating $5 million to Mercy Hospital for a pediatric section and a neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital was one of The Founder of TreeHugger and His Apartment of the Future
IT may be that the house of the future is an apartment — at 420 square feet, a very small apartment — in a century-old tenement building on Sullivan Street. Shiny and white, it has movable walls that allow it to morph from one room into six, as well as expandable furniture and filtered, or “country,” air, as the owner,
IT may be that the house of the future is an apartment — at 420 square feet, a very small apartment — in a century-old tenement building on Sullivan Street. Shiny and white, it has movable walls that allow it to morph from one room into six, as well as expandable furniture and filtered, or “country,” air, as the owner, IT’S THE ECONOMY; Who Wants to Buy Honduras?
Shortly after the 2009 coup that overthrew Manuel Zelaya, Honduras’s newly elected president, Porfirio Lobo, asked his aides to think big, really big. How could Honduras, the original banana republic, reform a political and economic system that kept nearly two-thirds of its people in grim poverty? One young aide, Octavio Rubén
Shortly after the 2009 coup that overthrew Manuel Zelaya, Honduras’s newly elected president, Porfirio Lobo, asked his aides to think big, really big. How could Honduras, the original banana republic, reform a political and economic system that kept nearly two-thirds of its people in grim poverty? One young aide, Octavio Rubén The Power Players of New York: Economic Sector
A prime example of the rise of New York's tech companies from economic engine to civic presence is the board of the New York City Investment Fund. When the fund was founded 16 years ago to funnel city elites' energy and money into public projects, its board was filled with the usual do-gooders from the real estate, financial and legal industries.
A prime example of the rise of New York's tech companies from economic engine to civic presence is the board of the New York City Investment Fund. When the fund was founded 16 years ago to funnel city elites' energy and money into public projects, its board was filled with the usual do-gooders from the real estate, financial and legal industries.- Latest Articles
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Amanda Burden, Planning Commissioner, Is Remaking New York City 20-May-2012
AMANDA M. BURDEN, in a sheath dress, impossibly thin and with a blond bob reminiscent of the “Mad Men” ’60s, wore a serene smile as she oversaw a recent public hearing in a drab hearing room near City Hall. “Today, I am thrilled to vote on the department’s latest sustainability initiative,” said Ms. Burden, the
Topics: Amanda Burden, Planning Commissioner, Is Remaking New York City
AMANDA M. BURDEN, in a sheath dress, impossibly thin and with a blond bob reminiscent of the “Mad Men” ’60s, wore a serene smile as she oversaw a recent public hearing in a drab hearing room near City Hall. “Today, I am thrilled to vote on the department’s latest sustainability initiative,” said Ms. Burden, the
Topics: Amanda Burden, Planning Commissioner, Is Remaking New York City
Alex Kurtzman Directs Chris Pine in ‘People Like Us’ 20-May-2012
Santa Monica, Calif. WHEN Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were hired to rewrite the sequel to a yet-to-be-released reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, they were given one major directive. Mr. Kurtzman refers to it as “the big idea.” “It’s one of those things that, well, we really have to plot around it,” he said
Topics: Alex Kurtzman Directs Chris Pine in ‘People Like Us’
Santa Monica, Calif. WHEN Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were hired to rewrite the sequel to a yet-to-be-released reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, they were given one major directive. Mr. Kurtzman refers to it as “the big idea.” “It’s one of those things that, well, we really have to plot around it,” he said
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Greece and Germany in War of Words Over Euro Crisis 19-May-2012
BERLIN — A telephone conversation on Friday between Germany ’s chancellor and Greece ’s president became the latest flashpoint in the war of words between Berlin and Athens in the unfolding crisis over Greece’s membership in the euro. All sides agree that Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone with President Karolos
Topics: Greece and Germany in War of Words Over Euro Crisis
BERLIN — A telephone conversation on Friday between Germany ’s chancellor and Greece ’s president became the latest flashpoint in the war of words between Berlin and Athens in the unfolding crisis over Greece’s membership in the euro. All sides agree that Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone with President Karolos
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OP-ED COLUMNIST; Here Comes Nobody 20-May-2012
WASHINGTON I ALWAYS liked that the name of my religion was also an adjective meaning all-embracing. I was a Catholic and I wanted to be catholic, someone engaged in a wide variety of things. As James Joyce wrote in “Finnegans Wake:” “Catholic means ‘Here comes everybody.’ ” So it makes me sad to see the
Topics: OP-ED COLUMNIST; Here Comes Nobody
WASHINGTON I ALWAYS liked that the name of my religion was also an adjective meaning all-embracing. I was a Catholic and I wanted to be catholic, someone engaged in a wide variety of things. As James Joyce wrote in “Finnegans Wake:” “Catholic means ‘Here comes everybody.’ ” So it makes me sad to see the
Topics: OP-ED COLUMNIST; Here Comes Nobody
Revisiting a Decline in Minority College Basketball Coaches 20-May-2012
African-Americans have long dominated college basketball on the court. The same cannot be said for the sideline. The number of minority coaches in N.C.A.A. Division I is declining. The latest race and gender report card released in 2010 by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport showed that 21 percent of coaches in Division I men’s
Topics: Revisiting a Decline in Minority College Basketball Coaches
African-Americans have long dominated college basketball on the court. The same cannot be said for the sideline. The number of minority coaches in N.C.A.A. Division I is declining. The latest race and gender report card released in 2010 by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport showed that 21 percent of coaches in Division I men’s
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ESSAY; The Voice 20-May-2012
My audiobook listening takes place during my morning exercise, which means I spend a good seven hours a week listening to books — far more of them, in fact, than I read in print these days. If you’d encountered me on the street recently, you might have seen me trotting along, laughing aloud to David Sedaris’s “Barrel
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My audiobook listening takes place during my morning exercise, which means I spend a good seven hours a week listening to books — far more of them, in fact, than I read in print these days. If you’d encountered me on the street recently, you might have seen me trotting along, laughing aloud to David Sedaris’s “Barrel
Topics: ESSAY; The Voice