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...well as a thundering Scriabin Etude in D-sharp Minor. Horowitz continued to play for 16 years after he left Columbia, but his horizons never again expanded, while his coy mannerisms became more pronounced. By the time of his 1986 return to Russia, he had become a musical dwarf star, with an imploding repertory and an arch delivery that only occasionally approximated the youthful firebrand or the mature, thoughtful artist he had once been. The Columbia set records that brief moment when he put it all together and cemented his place in history. For now, at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREATEST PIANIST OF ALL? | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...serious about reducing carbon emissions, we'll need a much larger renewable energy sector than the one we have - and that will mean bipartisan government action, in the form of carbon caps and subsidies that dwarf the miniscule tax credits now available. Our government's inability to cooperate and fund an invaluable energy program that costs less than a $1 billion a year is simply unreasonable - no matter what you think about global warming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Credit Crisis | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

...Senator Kennedy is a legend in Massachusetts. The brother of President John F. Kennedy ’40 and former Attorney General and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy ’48, Senator Kennedy comes from a storied pedigree that would dwarf the accomplishments of most individuals. Yet he has more than lived up to his family’s high expectations...

Author: By Adam M. Guren, Ari S. Ruben, and Daniel J. T. Schuker | Title: Honor Kennedy at Commencement | 5/28/2008 | See Source »

...Google's platform could actually dwarf Facebook - if it ever gets off the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google's Art of War — With Facebook | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

...many weeks at the top of the stairs facing the front door. That was where she and the boy had waited together whenever my husband and I had left the house without them. In the garden, next to the pond that the boy dog loved, I will plant a dwarf crab apple tree. It will flower in the spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comforts of Home | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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