Caricature of Louis IV, by Thackeray. 1875. China announced that Hong Kong will not be allowed to elect its next leader in 2007, contrary to the city’s Basic Law, which… President George W. Bush ...

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From Long Island, which was published last month by Scribner. When Martin entered, the bar was empty. Jim served him a bottle of Guinness, then went into the stockroom at ...

From public statements made by Andrew Cuomo since 2000. I am a Muslim I am a Catholic I am sort of the Antichrist I am black I am gay I ...

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We conventionally use the period to punctuate a finished thought. But Rosmarie Waldrop, one of the most innovative poets in English, deploys the period as a rest, often musical, in… Helen Ouyang on ...

For the great relief of having you to talk to, a painting by Liorah Tchiprout, whose work is on view through September 13 at Fernberger in Los Angeles. Courtesy of the artist and Fernberger, Los ...

From an interview with the journalist Randall Sullivan that was conducted by Finn Cohen and published in the April issue of The Sun. randall sullivan: When I was young, I ...

From messages sent to NASA’s “Ask an Astrobiologist” Web page. David Morrison, who responds to the questions, has received more than 5,000 messages related to “Doomsday 2012” and the planet ...

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