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She moved on to one of the hardest jobs in publishing--advertising manager at the newly launched Ms. magazine--in 1972. "It was a hellishly hard sell for its advertising team," she writes. The magazine's outspoken feminist message and its famous co-founder, Gloria Steinem, were too much for...
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brought his world-renowned skills to bear in a compelling performance of “Piano Concerto in G.” The first movement was quick and clear, highlighting Ravel’s jazzier inclinations and showcasing the orchestra’s collective virtuosity as...
The protesters regrouped, though, and surged forward again. Minutes later, a tear-gas canister arced through the air toward the pagoda's eastern entrance. The monks retreated, many still armed with clubs of scavenged wood, one brandishing a riot shield he had snatched from the police. Suddenly, there was an...
One monk raised his hands to the heavens and shouted, "The rain is coming! The soldiers will be struck by lightning!" But, a woman retorted, "Lightning is not enough. They deserve more." A cheer goes up with each subsequent clap of thunder.
"We can stand a little rain," said Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek at a briefing, "What we can't stand is lightning." He said, however, that wind may be an additional problem because the remains of the bridge remain unstable. There were also "power line issues" upriver. Recovery efforts continued...