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MIR ON A SHOESTRING
I was stunned by the crass reference to the Russian space station Mir as a "Rube Goldberg contraption" [NOTEBOOK, July 28]. Mir was built and has operated on a virtual shoestring for more than twice as long as intended by its original design specifications. While it is not sophisticated by...
All along, the notion was to make the film quickly enough to get it into theaters this week, when Louis Farrakhan is scheduled to stage a World's Day of Atonement that is sure to inspire nostalgia among those who attended last year's convocation. Lee and his partners were...
"He was doing it on a shoestring, but he did it so well," she said. "He applied himself so beautifully."
By 1904, Henri and the rest had moved to New York, where an unparalleled field of subjects for painter-journalists awaited them. The artist, they all believed, must connect to the harsh facts of his society, especially in the city; then his art would draw life and staying power from...