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...heady stuff for a baker's son from the small Italian city of Modena, who had briefly taught elementary school and sold insurance while pursuing his vocal studies. As late as the 1970s Pavarotti liked to say he was still "a country boy," and he played up his modest roots by spending his summers on home turf, swimming, riding horses and expertly whipping up pasta feasts. But his family home was now a 17th century mansion on 12 acres, and there was no disguising his status as an immensely wealthy international superstar. Eventually his prolonged globetrotting absences took a toll...
...pitch for Miami Vice was simply "MTV cops") and influenced movies (graduating directors like Spike Jonze, David Fincher and Michel Gondry). The best clips from MTV's all-video '80s heyday--from Michael Jackson to Talking Heads--capture the power of the music rather than replace it. MTV taught us to see with our ears and listen with our eyes...
...from Rome on a papal trip that wasn't expected to produce major headlines. Yes, Pope Benedict XVI was visiting his native Bavaria on the Sept. 9-14 voyage, and there would be photo opportunities from his small riverside hometown and the university where he'd once taught theology. We now know, of course, that his Sept. 12, 2006, visit to his old teaching haunt, the University of Regensberg, would become the stage for the most significant moment of Benedict's papacy thus far. The provocative lecture about faith and reason, and the violence in Islam, set off riots...
...University of Wolverhampton went to China to forge links with educational institutions. While they were there, they fell into a discussion with Shanghai University Professor Wang Dawei about glass art - one of the key subjects offered at Wolverhampton. It quickly emerged that the subject was not taught at all in China's fine-art institutions, even though the country produced a staggering 80% of the world's processed glass. Wang resolved to do something about it, and in 2000 Shanghai University's glass studio was launched. It was headed by Zhuang Xiaowei, who had just returned from a two-year...
...more reason for would-be collectors to get acquainted with the art form, and quickly. "To collect a piece, one must first enjoy it," says Zhuang. "The appreciation is only a question of time." But not much time. If previous experience of contemporary Chinese art has taught anything about these new works in glass, it's this...