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...expects progress on the issue of the National Palace Museum collections in Taiwan. The Chinese government still views the museum's holdings as stolen loot, spirited away by Chiang Kai-shek's army when it retreated to the island in 1949; curators in Taipei don't dare let the artifacts travel to the mainland for fear that they might not return. (Sportingly, China has loaned objects in the other direction - earlier this year, the National Palace Museum received 12 sets of rare 12th century porcelain from Henan, and gave them big play in a grand reopening exhibition following a long...
Romantics might prefer that the great man be left alone, but the scientists aren't about to bow before convention or literary legend. "Sapere aude - that which one can know, one should dare to know," argues Hellmut Seemann, president of the Weimar Classics Foundation, a cultural institution that oversees a memorial to Schiller and that helped initiate the project. "We believe it's our duty to resolve whether the remains thought to belong to Friedrich Schiller are authentic...
...Being appointed Music Director of the New York Philharmonic is much more than a dream come true—it is the realization of something I did not even dare to dream,” he said in the statement. “This is the orchestra I feel closest to in the world, these are the musicians for whom I have the highest regard in the world. To be given this vote of confidence is more than thrilling...
...Only a fool would dare predict Afghanistan's future. But if the insurgents get their way, Kabul's renovated airport could get some real use in an exodus of Westerners...
...stalling so he can do Indiana Jones 4. He describes his ideal career legacy as "Gary Oldman meets Hilary Duff," in that he wants to make quality films that people actually see. LaBeouf doesn't party--his father's drug problems were "my personal DARE program," he says. That doesn't mean he thinks his life is healthy. "This-- the stress, anxiety, fear--probably kills me just as fast as doing drugs. I don't know how you can get a grip on this." LaBeouf says it's hard to find people who share his challenges. "It's not like...