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...because last fall she dared to tell the truth about the country's rigged presidential election. Some of the other Heroes at last month's London event included screenwriter Richard Curtis and musician Bob Geldof, who were recognized for their work to keep Africa on the world's agenda; Herbert Grönemeyer, Germany's biggest rock star, for his Your Voice Against Poverty campaign; Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, for his compelling onscreen depictions of gay life; Bishop Kevin Dowling, for his work with AIDS patients in South Africa; Asma-Maria Andraos, for leading Lebanon's freedom fight...
Peterson’s lecture was rife with self-deprecation—after being introduced as “the most powerful secretary of commerce since Herbert Hoover,” Peterson quipped, “there have been no powerful secretaries of commerce...
Saturday, October 1. “Invisible Listeners: Lyric Intimacy in Herbert, Whitman, and Ashbery,” by Helen Vendler. Prolific critic and Harvard professor examines the language of poets addressing absent entities. Princeton University Press...
...racing to catch up. Last week, Adidas agreed to pay $3.8 billion to acquire rival Reebok, delivering a head-on challenge to Nike. Canton, Massachusetts-based Reebok is popular with American basketball and baseball fans, while Adidas' strength has traditionally been in Europe. Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer says the two brands will remain separate, and cost savings are expected to be modest. So why join up? After all, Adidas has a mixed record with acquisitions; earlier this year, it sold its Salomon winter-sport division for about half the amount it paid to acquire it eight years...
Sources: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; National Park Service; Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Library of America); Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman (Library of America); Lincoln by David Herbert Donald (Simon & Schuster...