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...Krause), Arrau, 83, is equally at home in the Transcendental Etudes, the Brahms sonatas and the Beethoven concertos, lavishing on each his pellucid tone and his hardy technique. The Beethoven concertos have long been a specialty, and he recorded a memorable set in 1964 with Bernard Haitink and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. This ''Emperor'' was recorded in Dresden in late 1984 and is vintage Arrau. Like Schnabel, Arrau believes that the best interpretation is the one that lets the music speak most directly to the listener. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2. Christopher Hogwood conducting the Academy of Ancient Music...
...Through all this, Amis had few allies save the very high-profile McEwan, who won the Booker Prize for the 1998 novel Amsterdam and whose book Atonement resulted in last year's Oscar-nominated film. In November 2007, he wrote a letter to the Guardian arguing that "vilification" was not the appropriate response from those who disagreed with Amis' writing...
...said about another, gorgeous, 50-plus actress, "If she's had work, it's great work." (The other major character in the film is New York City, playing the role it filled in Hollywood comedies of the '30s and '40s: the capital of glamour and sophistication. Today, Old New Amsterdam is pushing 400, and it still looks fabulous...
...This research has a lot of direct implications for such things as whether power corrupts," says Galinsky, who collaborated with researchers from VU University Amsterdam and Radboud University Nijmegan...
Much has changed since Richard Hoare opened his bank under the sign of the golden bottle in London in 1672. Insignia have given way to street numbers. Amsterdam, London's great trading rival in the 17th century, has long been eclipsed by New York City. And much of Hoare's own competition has been gobbled up by bigger banks. Amid it all, Hoare's bank has remained unshakable. With a bottle still hanging outside its central London premises, the U.K.'s last family-owned private bank has stuck to what C. Hoare & Co.'s current CEO Alexander Hoare calls...