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...would be forced to close its doors or produce a Web-only version with a fraction of its staff. The P-I's demise is a sign of the times, coming in the wake of the Feb. 27 closure of Denver's Rocky Mountain News weeks short of its 150th anniversary, while the San Francisco Chronicle, another Hearst paper, has been put on notice that its days may be numbered. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
Fans of evolution have reason to celebrate. The year 2009 is both the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, which formally laid out his theory of evolution. Darwin’s discovery revolutionized the field of biology and laid the groundwork for countless future discoveries in anthropology, psychology, and medicine. Chances are, you found out about Darwin’s birthday well before reading this, because his face has been everywhere this winter, from the cover of National Geographic to the Queen?...
Burns discussed and showed clips from his new film “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” Friday in Sanders Theater to kick-off Harvard’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of Roosevelt’s birth. Rossevelt graduated from the College...
...cheery worldview, but it was honest. He ate meat but realized, in his essay "Consider the Lobster," that if a crustacean is trying to claw its way out of a pot of boiling water, you are cold-blooded murderer when you eat it. In the 150th anniversary issue of The Atlantic last year, he nihilistically stated an unpopular truth about liberty: The cost of freedom is that you have to occasionally let 3,000 people die in terrorist attacks. His 1999 collection of short stories, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men - which John Krasinski has adapted into a movie...
...costumes for the Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) “Turandot” are finally ready for the main stage.Beginning March 5 and running through the 15th, LHO will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” in honor of the 150th anniversary of the maestro’s birth. The opera, set in legendary Peking, focuses on a suitor named Calaf, who must answer the three riddles of the enchanting but cruel princess Turandot to win her hand and keep his head.The costumes in “Turandot” attempt...