Word: pointedness
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Europe's leading bourses also began stronger, with London's FTSE 100 1.67% higher nearing mid-day Monday, while Paris CAC 40 gained 1.46% and Frankfurt's DAX up .8%. Futures trading in the U.S. similarly pointed to 2.4% opening advance Monday on Wall Street, though that early action could...
This year marks the 128th season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), making it one of the oldest and most celebrated symphonies in the United States. In celebration of the anniversary, James Levine, the BSO’s Music Director since 2003, has commissioned several works to world premiere with...
Jiri Zak, who translated some of Kundera's French writings into Czech, told the Czech news agency CTK that the reports were "a nasty and incomprehensible surprise" - not least because the accused spy was nearly sentenced to death - but that it would not alter his views of the writer's...
Deep in the lower galleries of the Uffizi, a marble statue of Narcissus gazed into his mirrored pool. The statue was one of the museum’s minor treasures. Not only was the life-sized figure exquisitely carved; curators also pointed out that its bent-over posture marked a...
Lewis, John •potential for demagoguery leading to violence is pointed out by