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...Headed for a Fall,” closes the album. While it’s fun to hear Ward belt it out with a host of guest musicians, again including Case, the song sounds just enough like the Traveling Wilburys covering a TV theme song to make loyal Ward listeners uncomfortable. The bottom line is that, while there’s nothing wrong with this single’s constituent parts, it lacks the breadth and coherence that longer works allow. It’s fun to listen to, but one can’t help casting a longing glance...
...Though a sincere socialist, Filonov had too realistic a vision to be approved - or even accepted - by the Party and by his artistic peers loyal to the Party. He tried to fit in: he rechristened his Holy Family (1914) as Peasant Family. He painted and drew several masterpieces such as Tractor Workshop of the Putilov Iron Works (1932) and GOELRO (Lenin's Electrification Plan) (1930). But though their titles were unassailably in tune with the times, even an average party commissar could discern in them an inherent and uncomfortable truthfulness. Unable to get commissions, Filonov lived in poverty, occasionally working...
...Everyone in Gaza seems to offer a different reason for what started the fighting last week between fighters loyal to the Hamas-controlled government and the various militias of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party. But most agree that the fragile cease-fire put into place on Sunday has no chance unless the Palestinian leadership can pull off a near miracle in Saudi Arabia under the guidance of the Kingdom's last-ditch mediation effort...
...their part, Hamas officials toe the reconciliation line, but not unconditionally: Several supporters said that they supported peace for Gaza, but only if the "criminals who destroyed the Islamic University face justice." The Islamic University, a center of support for Hamas, was burned and ransacked last week by gunmen loyal to Abbas...
...However, the lasting, corrosive damage to Newsom's political star may not be the affair itself, but instead, the betrayal of a loyal pal and devoted adviser. "Voters aren't going to condemn him for having an affair," says Schnur, "But they are going to be much more upset that he betrayed such a close friend and colleague." City Hall insiders seem to agree. "It has less to do with his popular, external perception," according to a well-placed official who works closely with Newsom. "It's what this has done to the internal organization. Alex Tourk is a very...