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...budding composer left China to study at Columbia University and devise his own musical entente between China and the West? for what was probably the Met's most eagerly anticipated original production of the new millennium. Tan Dun's alchemic mixture of influences might produce an opera to span the globe: real world music. The Met promised the largest production since its War and Peace, suggesting that Zhang would take the visual splendor of Hero and House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower and duplicate it, expand and perfect it, on the giant stage. Might we also...
...artery had been blocked, and staff inserted a stent, a small expandable tube used to keep blocked vessels open. He will have further treatment conducted today before possibly returning home as early as tomorrow. The professor emphasized the “incredible assistance” he received in a span of six minutes, saying that the incident “does remind you of the way people take responsibility” in critical situations. —Staff writer Noah S. Bloom can be reached at nsbloom@fas.harvard.edu...
...want to get a better sense of the presidential candidates in 2007, you don't have to go to Iowa or New Hampshire. Just turn on C-SPAN. Nearly all of the major Oval Office contenders work in the same place, the United States Senate, where you can be sure they won't miss an opportunity to champion issues and establish themes they might...
...atmosphere, there's still no consensus on just how much a forest can absorb in its lifetime. Scientists estimate that, depending on the soil and climate, a hectare of 1,000 trees can process between five and 10 tons of CO2 each year. But the longer the time span, the harder the absorption is to predict. Some companies, such as London's Carbon Clear, say they invest not just in planting trees, but also in ensuring they thrive. But others may not be so diligent and disease, fire and logging can all shorten a tree's life. "You can never...
...million Number of Ford Tauruses made in the sedan's 21-year life span, which ended...