Word: autumns
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...guitarist John Scofield, to steer the listener through 10 intricate, moody melodies. The tempo rarely rises above a moderate shuffle, giving Lovano and Scofield space for lush, lilting solos, while Johnson, pianist Eliane Elias and drummer Joey Baron conjure a swirling, hypnotic soundscape--the perfect backdrop for a rainy autumn afternoon. --By Romesh Ratnesar
...autumn night in 1786, the legendary German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quietly steals out of Karlsbad on horseback...
...agreed to completely dismantle its nuclear programs, both military and civilian. But Hill needed assurances from the other delegations?China, Russia, Japan, South Korea?that they would not help North Korea get the reactor until international inspectors verified that Pyongyang had kept its word. So at a lavish Mid-Autumn Festival party on Sept. 17 hosted by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Wu Dawei, Hill went to work. According to a U.S. official, in between the Dynasty-brand wine, mooncakes and calls to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was in New York buttonholing foreign ministers...
...events?denuclearization first, then discussion about a reactor. But according to an aide, Beijing refused. After input from Hill and others at State, the Secretary realized that if Washington stood its ground, it could end up blamed for the failure of the talks. While Hill worked the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, Rice proposed having individual countries issue side statements on sequencing, so that U.S. allies could present a firm front against Pyongyang. "We thought it was important," Rice told TIME, "that other states make clear that there is a sequence here and that the light-water reactor is an issue...
Forget the turning of the leaves in Hibiya Park?the real sight to behold in Tokyo this autumn will be German Contemporary Photography. Running from Oct. 25 to Dec. 18 at Tokyo's National Museum of Modern Art (momat.go.jp), this sweeping exhibition comprises work shot over 40 years by a remarkably diverse group of photographers. One common theme is Germany's sudden rise (and subsequent decline) as an industrial power; look out for the grim, 1960s factory pictures by Bernd and Hilla Becher (the oldest work on show) or the disturbing aridity of Hans Christian Schink's images...