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...Hamilton-Kerr Institute at Cambridge University and infrared reflectography. The tests produced convincing evidence that the panel dated from around 1610 and was the source for the Folger painting, among others. Wells is now sure of it. "I don't think anyone who sees [the Cobbe painting] would doubt this is the original," he says. "It's a much livelier painting, a much more alert face, a more intelligent and sympathetic face." (See pictures of Shakespeare's plays being performed...
There is little doubt that the United States—and much of the rest of the world—is facing an economic and financial crisis of historic proportions. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the American economy shrank by 6.2 percent, and last month the official unemployment rate reached 8.1 percent, a figure not seen in a quarter-century. Nor has the Obama administration been idle. On Feb. 17, the president signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which calls for the government to spend $789 billion over the next two years in an attempt...
...Some are going to Kashmir, she says, but many more are fighting in Bajaur and Swat, in the North-West Frontier Province, where government forces are waging a losing war to contain militancy. Groups like LeT have always been open about their goals for an Islamic state, and few doubt that they would resort to violence to achieve it. Says Siddiqa: "At a later stage, they will bring the jihad home." It may already be happening. In the provincial capital of Lahore on March 3, a dozen gunmen attacked a convoy of Sri Lankan cricketers on their...
...literally impact the future health and well-being of each and every American. No one knows how the conflict will end, just yet, or who the winners and losers will be. But if Thursday's Health Care Reform summit at the White House is any indication, there is no doubt who will be standing at the middle of the scrum: The nation's self-anointed Mediator-in-Chief, President Barack Obama...
...They were soothing words, but all was not as touchy-feely as it seemed. Even as he offered himself up as a head referee more than a star player, Obama left no doubt about who was in charge. Congress and the trade groups, he said, could haggle over the terms. But they could not obstruct the project, and they would walk away at their own peril. "The status quo is the one option that's not on the table, and those who seek to block any reform at all, any reform at any costs, will not prevail this time around...