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Adams also played several selections from his second solo album, Gold, including “When The Stars Go Blue,” recently covered by the Corrs and Bono, and the elegiac “Sylvia Plath.” Since Gold tends toward heavy production quality that is sometimes at odds with Adams’ rough-grained vocals, the solo live versions of these songs were refreshingly honest and vital. Adams also played an imaginative cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar,” and finished the set with a sedate...
...being very careful not to use what The Washington Post reporter cutely called "the A word." So the finders aren't fanatics, it seems, even if they've got the rest of us in a lather. And second: The esteemed and very serious minded American explorer and scientist Sylvia Earl has said that she has perused the evidence and finds it intriguing. In fact, she says, she hopes to go to Cuba next year, make one of her deep dives, and see what...
...Sylvia Goodman, 61, a retired high school teacher, frequently makes the 325-mile drive from her home in Shreveport, La., to New Orleans to indulge her passion for 18th century English furniture and accessories. She has made 20 purchases in the city's shops, including tables, mirrors, silver serving pieces and jewelry. Her favorite: a 100-year-old collapsible library ladder with leather rungs for $2,000. "I've acquired antiques from all over the world, in places like Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris and New York City," says Goodman. "But I think New Orleans is one of the best places...
...Author Sylvia Ann Hewlett should be hailed as a hero for her enlightening book, Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children, but instead she is being criticized as an anti-feminist [SOCIETY, April 15]. Please! Hewlett did not invent female biology; she only reports the facts, saying that at 27 a woman's chances of getting pregnant begin to decline. As a mother who had a child at age 30, I know that parenthood is all about making hard choices. Having a child is a lifestyle choice. If a woman is not willing to adjust her professional...
...past few weeks, Sylvia Anne Hewlett, the author of Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children, has been in the news for highlighting those women of past, many of whom discovered that their dreams of families deferred became dreams denied. Many Harvard women say they were already aware of the dilemma Hewlett outlines and had planned ahead for a checkered future of stop-and-start careers where children would fill in the gaps...