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...Staff writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached at jacobs@fas.harvard.edu...
...Neither the writers nor the producer behind the musical are Muslim. Therefore, they say they took great care to avoid offending Islamic religion and culture. Zoe Samuel, co-author of the musical, says that several Muslims attended test performances and were amused by the show's content. She also says that the script distinguishes between everyday people and extremists. "We're not satirizing innocents. We're satirizing terrorists, neocons and apologists - people who exploit other people's beliefs to shore up their own power...
...that Specter picks his battles with the President carefully. He has been, for example, one of Bush's most important advocates on his judicial nominees. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Specter shepherded through Bush's two nominees to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito. "The President understands that there's a separation of power and that I have a duty to be independent and I think he acknowledges that," Specter said. "I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized...
...mixing in mainly avant-garde circles, decided to open her own gallery at the age of 39. She famously declared an intention to "buy a picture a day," but Guggenheim was no dippy dilettante. Around her she collected the best committee of art advisers imaginable, from Marcel Duchamp to Samuel Beckett, who urged her to focus on the contemporary. It was back in New York, where she and then husband Max Ernst had decamped to escape the war, that she hit the jackpot. One of the young artists she set her sights on was a custodian and art preparator...
...Staff writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached at jacobs@fas.harvard.edu...