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...Seasons was glittering, elegant and worldly. Rothko, then 54, was intense, anguished and obsessed with producing images for an era in which, as he saw it, God was an exhausted convention but the need for transcendence was not. Did he really believe that his pulsing canvases could insinuate their note of basso profundo between the oyster starter and the souffl...
...winning, and McCain has few chances left to change the game. McCain gamely defends Sarah Palin, but her standing among Republicans and independents has dropped, and her widely watched TV interviews have reduced her to Dan Quayle status as a punch line for late-night comics. As conservatives correctly note, Joe Biden's latest gaffes have been largely ignored; but Palin demands closer evaluation than Biden, who has been in the arena for 36 years. Fueled by stronger polling numbers, Obama has won back his most important advantage: he now has more plausible ways to win 270 electoral votes than...
...Tzipi Livni and leaves office amid a corruption scandal, he's made a series of stunning departure statements that form a swan song of historical importance. Peace advocates, Israeli dreamers, Arab skeptics and U.S. mediators in a future McCain or Obama Administration should read his words carefully and take note...
...further treatment. Once in his swivel chair, he surveyed the symphony members with a confidence that soon characterized the opening theme of Glinka’s “Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila.” The toe-tapping quality of the overture, driven by the clear running notes of the stringed instruments, soon had all audience members in the 2,625-seat hall swaying to the carefree, catchy melody. With grand sweeps of the arm, Levine drew out the long lines of the lyrical theme, sustained by the cello and viola sections. The five-minute work received applause...
...have their own fiefdoms in the thrash pantheon, and System of a Down may manage to retain their composure when they swing over into metal, but at their best, Metallica plays with more deliberate sophistication than any band that’s ever shred. Fanboys will no doubt note that “Death Magnetic” is Metallica’s first collaboration with Rick Rubin, the legendary producer behind Slayer and System, among others; his influence lends the album its spare, deathly tint. But even as James Hetfield’s lyrics darken, the band continues to invent...