17
May
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27
Apr
AFTER a touch football game on a recent Saturday in Prospect Park, and an impromptu post-game salon on Don DeLillo, Keith Gessen warily brought up the subject of his own debut novel, “All the Sad Young Literary Men.â€
Having scored three touchdowns for his victorious squad, Mr. Gessen, an author and editor, announced that this game [...]
25
Apr
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Anyone who thought this Masters might be the start of something grand must have struggled to stay awake yesterday while watching another performance from Tiger Woods that hardly matched the hype.
And even after he scrambled from the opposite fairway for one last par, expectations shifted.
The Grand Slam that Woods said was “easily [...]
6
Apr
Looking for love–or just a night out — among the jet set?
If you want to mingle with the rich and single you have to know where they are — and when they’re there. As the seasons change, so do their hangouts — and, like the economy, this party is global.
In Pictures: Top trips for [...]
6
Apr
People are being advised to hold on to their properties if they can, despite some estimates house prices are overvalued by about 30 per cent.
Barfoot’s Auckland house sales down 56pc in March
BNZ economists stopped short of saying house prices would fall by 30 per cent but did say in a report yesterday that on a [...]
4
Apr
Jorie Graham is the author of eleven collections of poetry and she currently holds a position as the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University. In 1996, her book �Dream Of The Unified Field� won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry and she has received numerous honors throughout her career including the John [...]
4
Apr
With its socialist doctrine of shared possessions - down to your underwear - and love of the land, the kibbutz for years symbolised Israel’s earthy Zionist ideals.
But Israelis abandoned the collective farms in droves as socialism fell from favour in the 1980s, urban centres flourished and many kibbutzim sank into debt as they struggled to [...]
26
Mar
�Let�s unplug the other fan and try again,� Mr. Lampson told the polyglot cast and crew, which included a Greek mother, a Colombian architect and an Argentine shoemaker. Also present was a New York City film student, who was editing the footage for YouTube distribution. Mr. Lampson likened the process to creating art from garbage. [...]
22
Mar
The 2005 Bordeaux wines, much hyped when sold on speculation in 2006, promise to be spectacular, thanks to fine weather that allowed the grapes to strut their stuff. The big names are destined for the cellar, where many years of aging will give them the complexity and richness worthy of their chateaux name [...]
22
Mar
Seated on his patio overlooking Biscayne Bay, he gestured expansively, showing off his current lust object, his 1950s fan-shaped house.
%26#8220;I needed a pied-%26#224;-terre in Miami,%26#8221; said Mr. Benisty, a partner in a South Beach restaurant. %26#8220;But I intended to watch the market at first.%26#8221;
Temptation got the better of him, and in February, Mr. Benisty, [...]
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