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...musical mystery: why Beethoven, late in his life, became obsessed with writing variations on a minor waltz by a now forgotten contemporary composer. Writer and director Moises Kaufman (The Laramie Project) jumps back and forth in time - we see Beethoven in flashbacks - as the professor races to finish her research before the disease incapacitates her, while also trying to connect with the grown daughter from whom she has always been distant. Fonda gives a graceful if unexciting performance, and the Beethoven music (performed by an onstage pianist) is nice, but the play hits nothing but familiar chords. (Read "Is West...
...attractive. Investors judge the value of a currency relative to others. Though the U.S. economy may be in its worst condition in almost 30 years, the rest of the industrialized world isn't any better off. "The dollar should be much weaker," says Nouriel Roubini, the bearish chairman of research firm RGE Monitor in New York City. "The problem is, not all currencies can fall relative to each other...
...overly scientific approach to politics makes even the most colorful characters appear gray. Former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills was an alcoholic who cavorted with an Argentinean stripper—you couldn’t make him boring. Yet, John Manley comes close in his research, outlining the theory behind “Congressional influence” instead of letting Mills illustrate it: “When one thinks about power between A and B there is a tendency to view the relationship as unidirectional,” Manley intones. “With influence, the relationship...
...achieving America’s energy self-sufficiency, Chu will surely offer important insights into the progress of our national efforts and the role of Harvard students in bringing these efforts to fruition. The choice of an energy secretary as Commencement speaker testifies to the importance of alternative energy research to both the university community and to our society at large. It also offers a rare moment to inform Harvard’s emerging graduates of the gravitas of their global social responsibility...
...percentage of Tianyu's collection could be fakes, but says he and his staff have started to label - but not remove - those that have proven not to be the real deal. To cope with the drastically shrinking market, Zheng says the museum will gradually shift its focus to scientific research, cooperating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to study dinosaurs and early birds. After all, Zheng says, it was never about the money. "I don't care for Mercedes," he says when asked why he drives a battered VW Santana 2000. "If I ever have an extra dime...