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For artistic transformations, one need look no further than the play's author, Nilo Cruz. The Cuban-American playwright labored in the regional-theater vineyards for years with little recognition. Then last spring, Anna in the Tropics--after a single production at a small theater in Coral Gables, Fla.--was...
A big surprise is that one of those countries is South Africa--whose president, Thabo Mbeki, has resisted developing a national plan to provide antiretroviral drugs and has even questioned the link between HIV and AIDS. What changed his mind? "You can only stay in denial so long," Clinton told...
Fourteen words might not sound like a lot, but the delivery actually required a great deal of virtuoso, according to Herschbach. The scientist was asked to record 20 different versions of his lines with a variety of emotional intonations. The final version was chosen long after the recording took place...
Besides, in helping other countries escape poverty, we may be in for a pleasant surprise. Although the connection between growth and democracy can be tenuous in the short run, in the long run, as Samuel Hungtington has pointed out, “high levels of economic wealth are associated with...
The best pop songs are just different enough to surprise without requiring any attention to detail. Remember Coldplay’s “Yellow”? Or Missy Elliott’s “Work It” with the elephant noise? These are the gems that make...