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...that's the place where Lincoln was assassinated 129 years ago. As we all know, Booth pumped fatal lead into Honest Abe and then dived to the stage for a dramatic exit...
...effects of those nerves were on display at the Hollywood Bowl. The concert began promisingly enough, with Cliburn firmly projecting Honest Abe's noble sentiments in a Texas twang. And once he wrapped his huge hands around the thundering opening chords of the Tchaikovsky, it appeared that Cliburn really was back. The formidable technique was still there, and the distinctive ringing tone. Cliburn really is a throwback to the piano's Golden Age of blazing virtuosity and emotional extravagance. He remains one of the handful of players -- and just about the only American -- who can conjure up the world...
...risk among other prisoners, or notable figures like Simpson, who need "special handling" for their own safety. "There are inmates who would ! attack him just because he is a celebrity," says Sheriff Block. "You know the kind: 'Hey, look at me -- I'm the guy who shot Abe Lincoln...
...healthy. My successor, in my view, was obvious. And there's nothing worse than the last six months, when everybody else is counting down the days." He plans to write a memoir and launch a column about communications and the media for the Times Sunday magazine. His predecessor, Abe Rosenthal, has been a Times columnist since stepping down...
...Abe Lincoln in Illinois was one of three plays to win Pulitzer Prizes for author Robert E. Sherwood during a five-year span. (The others were Idiot's Delight, a 1936 comedic outcry against the forces breeding World War II, and There Shall Be No Night, a 1940 tragedy about the invasion of Finland.) A commercial success, Abe Lincoln ran more than a year. For its time, an era of patriotic fervor verging on hagiography toward national leaders, it is daringly candid...