VanGogh'sTranscendentVision
ByMARYTOMPKINSLEWIS
PaintedinasmallcellinanasyluminSaint-Remy-de-Provence,VincentVanGogh'smagisterial"StarryNight"(1889)isperhapsthemostcelebratedofthemanypaintingsthatcharthiscompressedandcompellingcareer.ThehospitalofSt.Paul-de-Mausole,atonetimeamedievalFrenchmonastery,offeredtheDutchartistarefugeafterthecrushingdisappointmentsofbleakmonthsspent...[
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“问题家庭”成就美国总统？
BySueShellenbarger
WallStreetJournal10/22/2008
看着自己的孩子长大成人，最终成为总统，这一直被认为是为人父母的典范。如果你身为父母，或许应对此重新思考一下。
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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享誉世界的秘鲁名歌《大鹰飞去》以其悠远、神秘的旋律和古朴、独特的安第斯山区民族乐器编曲令无数人对南美印第安文化心驰神往。近日，秘鲁政府将作曲家达尼埃尔·阿洛米亚·罗布莱斯(DanieLalomiarobles)于1913年创作的这首名曲宣布为该国的国家文化遗产。
《大鹰飞去》原本是同名说唱剧的结尾部分，由3段组成，分别是一段亚拉维情歌(一种悲伤的印加古曲)、[
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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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据新闻报道，美国小说家、评论家、幽默作家和Pomona学院教授DavidFosterWallace于九月十二日被发现在加州Claremont的家中自杀。他的妻子在周五晚上9:30回家时发现他已自缢身亡，终年46岁。他最知名的作品是1996年的《InfiniteJest》，曾入选《时代杂志》百部最佳英文小说，他在1997年获得麦克阿瑟基金会的天才奖。
很难想象，像DavidFosterWallace这样一个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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