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...Hsin-Bei Lee, a professional pianist and MIT affiliate, performed three pieces: Benjamin Britten’s “Cello Sonata,” Frederic Chopin’s “Cello Sonata,” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Le Grande Tango...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cellist Performs At Rights Concert | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

...Marital Misery "The Honeymoon's Over" reported on the 30,000 or more Indian women who have been abandoned by émigré husbands [Nov. 5]. But it takes two to tango, and not every Indian bride is innocent or naive. There are cases of Indian husbands becoming victims at the hands of their self-centered, manipulative brides. Some women enter into overseas marriages when they have a boyfriend living in the foreign country of their destination. They use the unsuspecting husbands as a way to join these boyfriends. Or they use the husband for professional advancement or to transplant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/22/2007 | See Source »

Once Kitcho's discreet doors finally slid open, it was a lesson in omotenashi, or no-holds-barred hospitality. No detail would be overlooked to make us feel welcome and the experience exceptional. Likewise, we had to fulfill our part of the deal by being appreciative clients. Like a tango, kaiseki is a collaboration between host and guest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Meal | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

Argentina has danced the most difficult tango. Kirchner--whose wife Senator Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner was elected to succeed him as President last month--took populist measures to keep the country of 40 million governable. He renationalized some utilities and set export limits on essential goods like meat to moderate prices. But rather than blow a windfall from commodity exports--prices for Argentine products like soybeans have hit all-time highs in recent years--Argentina replenished its foreign reserves (a record $44 billion today), pared debt and built a strong fiscal surplus. "Overspending and overindebtedness caused the crisis," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America's Peculiar New Strength | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Soccer is the only great surviving passion in this country," says sports journalist David Carlin. "Tango music has a strong following, but it lacks the sense of rivalry that competing clubs bring to soccer. [The political ideologies of] Peronism and anti-Peronism also once provided a similar sense of belonging and loyalty to a mass group, but that kind of political fervor has subsided in recent years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Season Ticket for the Cemetery | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

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