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"Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live," said Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker religious sect, "and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow." It is no accident that Ken Burns picked the Shakers, who believed that God dwelt in...
Burns is best known for his hugely successful mini-series The Civil War. But this season viewers are getting a chance to see the full breadth of his talent. His first new work since The Civil War debuted in September 1990, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio...
There's more to come. Burns is working on a mini-series on the history of baseball, scheduled to air in 1994. He is overseeing (though not personally producing) another major historical series, on the American West. He is also planning a series of 60- and 90-minute biographies of...
Kuwait's five-star hotels were targeted for destruction by Iraq's defeated army; now most are back in business. The eighth floor of the 406-room International Hotel was set aflame, but employees prevented the fire from engulfing the building. Hermann Simon, the Austrian general manager of the International...
Still, the Case of Wagner (as Nietzsche dubbed it) remains open. We continue to honor the music -- its power and majesty -- even as we abhor aspects of the man. These aspects, however, are as dead as Wagner, buried with him behind Haus Wahnfried in Bayreuth. It is the music that...