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Bloomberg today reports that the yen rose against the dollar after "the U.S. government delayed the announcement of a financial- recovery plan." Traders took refuge. "Japan’s currency gained as U.S. […]
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Tom Perrotta on whether literature is dead.
Speaking today at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Vice President Joe Biden told the world that the U.S. would no longer be a swaggering soloist throwing its muscle around […]
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Putting people to work in green-collar infrastructural jobs can buoy the economy and provide relief to homeowners, says Van Jones.
A sophomore at the University of Virginia who has fought in Iraq, as well as a few of his classmates, have designed a stronger, more comfortable body armor that they […]
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Chuck Close is anticipating a cultural renaissance.
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Chuck Close on supporting the arts even in a recession.
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The contemporary artist on selling a nonessential product
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The contemporary artist draws comparisons between Kennedy and Obama
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The contemporary artist refutes the notion that auction houses need government oversight.
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The contemporary artist says the best time to make art is when everyone thinks art is dead.
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The contemporary artist says integrity is the essence of artistic success.
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Chuck Close says comparing art dealers to Wall Street crooks is unfair.
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The contemporary artist talks about where he was when Martin Luther King, Jr. died and meeting Malcolm X.
A team of hyper-geniuses at MIT's Media Lab has designed a cellphone type device that gathers data on the environment around you, searches for information using the Internet, aggregates the […]
Lance Armstrong and doping. Marion Jones and steroids. Tanya Harding and a lead pipe. Scandal seems to inevitably follow on the heels of—or, in some cases, preclude—gold medals. So it […]