January 2011
73 posts
“In a vaguely Dadaist spirit, Elisabeth used a floret of broccoli to paint the...”
– from Mom, You’re One Tough Art Critic
“In it, the first stars formed around 200 million or 300 million years after the...”
– from In Hubble’s Lens, Signs of a Galaxy Older and Farther Than Any Other
“At a point when relations between the news organizations and WikiLeaks were...”
– from Dealing With Assange and the WikiLeaks Secrets
“While first-year students’ assessments of their emotional health were declining,...”
– from Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshmen
“In their new paper, Dr. Niedenthal and her colleagues point to a number of...”
– from More to a Smile Than Lips and Teeth
“Senior executives are now considering additional editing for coming episodes,...”
– from MTV’s Naked Calculation Gone Bad
“Lowe’s, which says it has had a female focus since its beginnings, has added a...”
– from Revamping, Home Depot Woos Women
“His dispatches — an amalgam of fact, rumor, analysis and uncorroborated reports...”
– from Former Spy With Agenda Operates a Private C.I.A.
“Of course there are plenty of bald and balding men living happily ever after.”
– from Baldness: Put a Crown on It
“To address American government security concerns, the joint venture in Shanghai...”
– from G.E. to Share Jet Technology With China in New Joint Venture
“On a bridge, drivers stopped their cars and some joined the protesters,...”
– from 3 Reported Dead as Egyptians Protest to End Mubarak’s Rule
“I just think that’s really awesome,” she said, “because you’ve got girls in...”
– from Bending and Stretching Classroom Lessons to Make Math Inspire
“In the spring of 2005, he met with Central Intelligence Agency officials about...”
– from Blackwater Founder Said to Back Mercenaries
“Certainly $200,000 a week is only for the very rich. But in comparison to a $20...”
– from You Think Houses Are a Slow Sell? Try a Yacht
“And during the protests following the 2009 elections, he is reported to have...”
– from Politically Confident, Iran Cuts Subsidies on Prices
“So far, the drugstore sales of grocery items are too small to be statistically...”
– from Big Retailers Fill More Aisles With Groceries
“Another seems right out of the movies: The computer program also secretly...”
– from Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay
“Haunting almost every interaction between people and animals is the ghost of...”
– from Sit. Stay. Parse. Good Girl!
“Brooklyn Kinda Love” is Playboy TV’s apparent effort to reinvent itself as VH1,...”
– from Don’t Expect References to Literary Giants
“Mrs. Clinton noted that the United States was the largest financial donor to the...”
– from Clinton Bluntly Presses Arab Leaders on Reform
“Real births and re-enactments of labors gone awry on “Born on a Bad Day,” or the...”
– from … And Baby Makes Reality TV
“No wonder China has become the world’s second-largest market for computer...”
– from The Real Problem With China
“Alexa Hampton, the New York decorator, remembers her father, Mark Hampton,...”
– from Selling a Book by Its Cover
“Alexa Hampton, the New York decorator, remembers her father, Mark Hampton,...”
– from Selling a Book by Its Cover
“Last week, one activist and blogger, Slim Amamou, even managed to alert the...”
– from Tunisians Document Protests Online
“Last week, one activist and blogger, Slim Amamou, even managed to alert the...”
– from Tunisians Document Protests Online
“Candy Chen, the sales manager of the Zhenjiang Weishun Toys Company in...”
– from Rising Chinese Inflation to Show Up in U.S. Imports
“Candy Chen, the sales manager of the Zhenjiang Weishun Toys Company in...”
– from Rising Chinese Inflation to Show Up in U.S. Imports
“The measure, which keeps protesters 300 feet back from funerals, is intended to...”
– from Doctors Say Giffords’s Condition Points to Survival
“The measure, which keeps protesters 300 feet back from funerals, is intended to...”
– from Doctors Say Giffords’s Condition Points to Survival
“Trash and sewage alone is not cause to be kicked off the World Heritage list,...”
– from Mali City Rankled by Rules for Life in Spotlight
“Trash and sewage alone is not cause to be kicked off the World Heritage list,...”
– from Mali City Rankled by Rules for Life in Spotlight
“While the United States and Europe have focused on subsidizing buyers of solar...”
– from Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’ Barring Chinese Solar Panels
“While the United States and Europe have focused on subsidizing buyers of solar...”
– from Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’ Barring Chinese Solar Panels
“We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat...”
– from Obama Calls for a New Era of Civility in U.S. Politics
“We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat...”
– from Obama Calls for a New Era of Civility in U.S. Politics
“Stephen Gillers, an expert in legal ethics at New York University, agreed with...”
– from Judges Berate Bank Lawyers in Foreclosures
“Stephen Gillers, an expert in legal ethics at New York University, agreed with...”
– from Judges Berate Bank Lawyers in Foreclosures
“Recent North Korean refugees and defectors have reported that he is now being...”
– from Low Profile of an Heir Reinforces a Mystery
“Recent North Korean refugees and defectors have reported that he is now being...”
– from Low Profile of an Heir Reinforces a Mystery
“To buttress his critique of the Tucson program, Mr. Horne read from texts used...”
– from Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal
“To buttress his critique of the Tucson program, Mr. Horne read from texts used...”
– from Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal
“But the director was unable to work with Nicolas Cage, the film’s original...”
– from Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a …
“One estimate pegs the number of U.S. Facebook users who die annually at...”
– from Cyberspace When You’re Dead
“One estimate pegs the number of U.S. Facebook users who die annually at...”
– from Cyberspace When You’re Dead
“It’s among the craziest, most breathless things I’ve ever read, and I’ve read...”
– from New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!
“It’s among the craziest, most breathless things I’ve ever read, and I’ve read...”
– from New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!
“I just don’t think these clubs are appropriate in schools,” Ms. Ruzicka said....”
– from In Isolated Utah City, New Clubs for Gay Students