VanGogh'sTranscendentVision
ByMARYTOMPKINSLEWIS
PaintedinasmallcellinanasyluminSaint-Remy-de-Provence,VincentVanGogh'smagisterial"StarryNight"(1889)isperhapsthemostcelebratedofthemanypaintingsthatcharthiscompressedandcompellingcareer.ThehospitalofSt.Paul-de-Mausole,atonetimeamedievalFrenchmonastery,offeredtheDutchartistarefugeafterthecrushingdisappointmentsofbleakmonthsspent...[
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“問題家庭”成就美國總統？
BySueShellenbarger
WallStreetJournal10/22/2008
看著自己的孩子長大成人，最終成為總統，這一直被認為是為人父母的典範。如果你身為父母，或許應對此重新思考一下。
少年時代的美國總統比爾克林頓(左)和他同母異父的弟弟羅傑克林頓(RogerClintonJr.)同他們的母親弗吉尼亞克林頓凱利(VirginiaClintonKelley)的合影。克林頓總統的生父在他出生前就[
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HadnoideathatpeoplecandrawwithSAND,thematerialcomposedofinnumerableatomicparticles,shapelessandformless,thattrickleslikewater!Whatinparticularamazedmeisthecontinuityoftheartist’simaginationbetweenthedifferentsubjectsthatshecreated,oneledtoanotherlikeastreamofimagination!Itmakesyouwonderifit’stheartist’simaginationthatgivessandalife,oritistheamorphoussandthatextendstheartisticmind.
edri...[
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ThepastweekendwasgreetedbyacoldfrontthatsweptthroughagoodportionoftheUSandevenentailedsomesnow,already,inafewareas.Theabruptdropoftemperature,andthesnow,gavepeople-well,somepeoplemightnotevenfeelitsincethewholecountryisingreatagonycausedbythefinancialmeltdownonWallStreet-asuddenjolt:onceagain,andonceayear,winterfinallycomesaroundthecorner,tosomeregionsifnotyetthewholecontinent,afterwehaveenjo...[
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ForthoseofwhohavewatchedthepresidentialcandidatesdebatemoderatedbyTomBrokawlastTuesday,thefollowingisaparodisticrecapofthedebateonSNLthathopefullywouldliftupthesenseofhumorandensueagoodbellylaughasyouwatchit!:-)
ObamaandMcCainDebate
Sen.McCainApprovesNegativeCampaignMessages
SaturdayNightLive:Saratina
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享譽世界的秘魯名歌《大鷹飛去》以其悠遠、神秘的旋律和古樸、獨特的安第斯山區民族樂器編曲令無數人對南美印第安文化心馳神往。近日，秘魯政府將作曲家達尼埃爾·阿洛米亞·羅布萊斯(DanieLalomiarobles)於1913年創作的這首名曲宣布為該國的國家文化遺產。
《大鷹飛去》原本是同名說唱劇的結尾部分，由3段組成，分別是一段亞拉維情歌(一種悲傷的印加古曲)、[
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OfthefewTVshows,exceptnews,thatIusuallywatch,SaturdayNightLiveisoneofmyfavoredthatI'dwatchitwheneverIcangetto.Whatinterestsmeisnotthosefrivolous,mischievousparodies,buttheimpersonationsontheshow,especiallythosedonebyDarrellHammond,MayaRudolph,AmyPoehler,ofcourse,thelistwon’tbecompletewithoutthetalentedTinaFey.Theyarehilarious!
HereareacoupleofclipsfromtherecentSNLthatimpersonateSaraPalin,th...[
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據新聞報道，美國小說家、評論家、幽默作家和Pomona學院教授DavidFosterWallace於九月十二日被發現在加州Claremont的家中自殺。他的妻子在周五晚上9:30回家時發現他已自縊身亡，終年46歲。他最知名的作品是1996年的《InfiniteJest》，曾入選《時代雜誌》百部最佳英文小說，他在1997年獲得麥克阿瑟基金會的天才獎。
很難想象，像DavidFosterWallace這樣一個把人生世事洞察得如此深[
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AllTogetherNow
ByHANNAHSELIGSON
NewYork
Totheuntrainedeyeandear,thesceneofyoungprofessionalssippingcocktailswithasteadystreamofpopularmusicplayinginthebackgroundseemedlikeatypicalThursdaynightatForum,atrendyUnionSquarewateringholeforthosebornaround,say,1983.Theonlycluesthattherecouldbesomethingoutoftheordinarytakingplacewereabrightorangesignthatsaid"Ignighter"andalargesupplyofblue...[
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Thefollowingarticleisamongthemostread,andmostcitedonInternet,thepastweekaspeopleenmassefranticlyseekforananswerofwhatexactlyhappenedonWallStreet.WorstCrisisSince'30s,WithNoEndYetinSight
ByJONHILSENRATH,SERENANGandDAMIANPALETTA
SEPTEMBER18,2008
Thefinancialcrisisthatbegan13monthsagohasenteredanew,farmoreseriousphase.
Lingeringhopesthatthedamagecouldbecontainedtoahandfuloffinanc...[
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