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Like the world outside the theater, the modern audience for ballet has almost unanimously decided that ours is an era for change, that ballet should not be a museum of artifacts but rather a constantly evolving gallery of new acquisitions. This is largely why the young choreographer Christopher Wheeldon was brought into the New York City Ballet as its resident choreographer in 2001. Widely heralded as the heir to the great neo-classical choreographer George Balanchine, he was entrusted with transforming the company for our post-Balanchine century creating what he called “a world that...
...this last bit sounds too ethical to be true, that's because, these days, it is. "To be honest," Diamond explains, "In the medieval and the modern periods, Jewish law caved to the marketplace on this." The financial markets that Jews found themselves in routinely assumed profits of over 6%, and they followed suit. "It became more an aspiration than a duty," he says. "Let's say that the more pious among us would take this seriously in establishing prices that are responsible, based on the marketplace." Indeed, with the exception of those involved in specifically Jewish markets like...
...charge of organizing the summit, noted the parallel between the current financial situation and that of when the Business School was founded, six months after the Panic of 1907. “[The aftermath of the Panic] was the beginning of the modern financial regulatory era,” McFarlan said. “It’s ironic that 100 years later, we’re standing at the precipice of another turning point in the American economy and the global economy as a whole.” While the summit celebrates the Business School’s past...
...recreate the atmosphere of the olden days, when men would gather daily at the local barbershop to hang out and discuss sports and politics. FSC-Barber offers hair cuts and shaves complete with hot towels and a straight-edge razor, but just to show it's got a modern edge, it also offers special treatments like the "Hangover Remedy": After a rough night on the town, they'll wrap your face and hands in eucalyptus scented towels, then give you a massage...
...feast of Pentecost described in the New Testament Book of Acts as taking place shortly after Jesus' ascension into heaven. During the feast, his followers were said to have been "filled with the Holy Spirit" and gained the ability to speak in many different languages, or "tongues." The modern Pentecostal movement is relatively new - just over 100 years old - and is usually dated to the Azusa Street Revival that began in Los Angeles in 1906. (The revival was a nine-year series of near continuous worship services that popularized Pentecostal worship and practices.) Pentecostalism can be best understood...