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Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Thelonious Monk Edition)
First in a series of live music performances the hardwatching staff has enjoyed (via YouTube) at end of day The hardworking staff has taken to watching music videos before bedtime, so we’ve decided to share some of them with you, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, Ben Riley, Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, Norway, Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk
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Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (Nazi Art Plundering Edition)
In their prime (which is to say the 1940s), the Nazis seized roughly 100,000 works of art – worth maybe $10 billion – from German families who happened to be Jewish. This is the story of 400 of those artworks … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Rosenberg, Braque, Cezanne, Marianne Rosenberg, Matisse, Nazi art plundering, New York Times, Norway, Paul Rosenberg, Picasso, Renoir, The Crusades
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WSJ = We Shout ‘Jihadis’ First In Norway Bombing
A sharp-eyed reader pointed to this Wall Street Journal editorial that appeared on the paper’s website around 6 p.m. Friday (and ran in the dead-tree issue): REVIEW & OUTLOOK JULY 23, 2011 Terror in Oslo Norway is targeted for being … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, editorials, jihadis, Norway, Oslo, Wall Street Journal
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