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...less stirred by the revival that has received the most resounding critical huzzahs of the fall, the London Royal Court theatre's production of Chekhov's The Seagull. Kristin Scott Thomas is the biggest star name in this one, and as Arkadina, the aging actress around whom revolves a typically Chekhovian slice of unhappy provincial life, she's just fine, if somewhat less the diva than I imagine Arkadina on the page. Indeed, the whole cast deserves high grades (though Peter Sarsgaard, an American ringer among the Brits, brings down the curve a bit). What bothered me was the fussy...
...doing what many teenagers in America do regularly: download music from a file-sharing program. For most kids, the punishment for this technically illegal act ends with a stern motherly talking-to. But for Tenenbaum, it was the beginning of a saga that landed the Boston University undergraduate in court...
...John Mayer, but he’s no Hendrix, and, well, most hipsters are too busy in-fighting about their favorite indie band to join together under one particular anti-war creed.Meanwhile, back on the home front, we could be dealing with the possibility of a heavily conservative Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade could be overturned, and constitutional amendments could be instated to ban gay marriage and alienate any number of “inalienable” rights. The outpouring of feverishly imaginative and angry literature that would result could put the old Feminists to shame and make our grandparents...
...settlement announced on Tuesday, which must still be approved by a New York district court, Google agreed to pay $125 million to authors and publishers, paving the way for a massive expansion of books available for purchase online. Universities and libraries will also be able to buy subscriptions to gain access to the scanned books...
What works for a legislator - who picks and chooses his battles - might be impossible for a President, however. Given the relentless, unscheduled traffic of crises through the Oval Office, he needs a reliable roster of allies. McCain would probably court the center by appointing some Democrats to his Administration - a move he has signaled throughout his campaign. (He shocked his party when he suggested New York liberal Andrew Cuomo to head the Securities and Exchange Commission and said he would love to have Obama supporter Warren Buffett as his Treasury Secretary.) He might be able to sign...