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DIED. SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, 82, Russia's incomparable piano-poet; in Moscow. Virtually self-taught until age 21, Richter treated the piano like a soul mate, listening for the romance of Schumann or the fury of Beethoven. Perhaps he could not match Horowitz's brilliance or Rubinstein's panache, but showmanship was never paramount to him. "I don't consider the public," he told TIME. "My only interest is my approaching encounter with the composer...
Lucker is survived by her husband of 45 years, Jay; their daughters, Amy Lucker of Arlington, Mass. and Nancy Lucker Lazerson and son-in-law Joshua Lazerson of Encinitas, Calif.; and her sister, Helen Stern-Richter of New York City...
CARACAS, Venezuela: A powerful earthquake ripped through northeastern Venezuela Wednesday afternoon, killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 162. The quake is considered Venezuela's worst in 30 years, registering 5.5 on the Richter scale. The earthquake hit at 3:25 p.m. Venezuela time, demolishing one building in Cumana (about 340 miles east of Caracas) where about 30 people remain trapped in the rubble. In Cariaco, about 30 miles east of Cumana, 26 students and teachers died after the town's school was demolished. Rescue workers were trying to free approximately 30 people buried in the debris...
...such as Ain't No Big Thing tend to drag. But there are moments of dark, understated glory here that make you forgive the occasional missteps. The title track is the headiest moment; when Hooker sings, "I'm gonna live for the future/ not the past," using that rumbling, Richter-scale voice to toss off decades of heartbreak, the listener is touched with a redemptive awe. Hooker is 79 years old now, and has all but stopped touring. "I'll go out once in a while," he says. "I've paid my dues." Paid in full. Just one spin...
...think that if the San Andreas Fault went to the trouble of having a perfectly good earthquake, the folks on the West Coast might at least notice. A new study reveals, however, that in 1992, what should have been a china-smashing 4.8 Richter-scale quake hit central California, and yet nobody felt a thing. The explanation for the odd shadow-quake was published last week in the journal Nature and may help improve science's understanding of earthquakes in general...