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DIED During more than a quarter-century as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Anne d'Harnoncourt became one of the most powerful and respected women in her field, driving a massive expansion-and-renovation project that helped turn the museum's collection of modern and contemporary art into one of the world's finest. Following in the footsteps of her father René d'Harnoncourt, noted director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, she presided over numerous widely praised exhibitions, including a large Paul Cézanne retrospective in 1996 and a showing of Salvador Dal?...
...have done your readers a disservice by failing to note Dr. Paul Offit's conflict of interest with regard to vaccines. He is not merely a doctor at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia; he is a co--patent holder for Merck's RotaTeq vaccine. Angelique Higgins, SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF...
...study, commissioned by the Associated Press and carried out by the Baltimore-based Context-Based Research Group, tracked news consumption by young adults in Houston, Silicon Valley, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Brighton, U.K. and Hyderabad, India. Researchers found that a near-constant barrage of facts and updates makes it harder for younger people to access in-depth stories than it appears to be for older generations. Indeed, many of them might find it tough sledding to get through the study's findings, presented in a 71-page report...
...team didn’t have the most successful season in the world, a writer’s work—like a player’s—never stops. That is, the writing must continue even when the team loses.That means I travelled to exciting places like Philadelphia and Princeton, in addition to not so exciting places like Ithaca.That means I had the privilege of interviewing Tommy Amaker after his new Harvard team defeated his old Michigan team in Harvard men’s basketball’s greatest win this past December, as well as the unfortunate...
...first African-American President. Wright's remarks declaring "God damn America!" and calling 9/11 a case of "America's chickens ... coming home to roost" were roundly denounced. The YouTube-ed clips are partly what prompted Obama to deliver his much-praised March speech on race in America. Following that Philadelphia speech, Obama never again attended Trinity, and many of its members hoped the scrutiny would...