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...Spanish, playing a plugged-in acoustic guitar and settled in front of Hidden Sweets, Buscaglia brings humor to his performance, both through his Latin-beat music and his commentary between songs.“Thank you! Thank you!” Buscaglia yells after completing a song, arms spread wide, accepting the applause of the two dozen people he has gathered. Then he gives a shout-out to NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”“‘American Has Talent,’ I am here...
...much as it is a mystery.Bringing to light the story of a friendship between four artists, paired into two married couples—Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, and Herbert and Mercedes Matter—the show illustrates the intersection of their lives through letters, paintings, and photographs, a wide-ranging collection of relics that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.Of course, it’s the show’s overarching whodunit—the still-unanswered question of the authenticity of a series of possible Pollocks on display—that has brought the most buzz...
...Since coming to power three decades ago, Juan Carlos and Sofia have enjoyed a generally wide popularity. Franco's hand-picked successor, Juan Carlos surprised the nation when the dictator died in 1975 by lending his support to parliamentary government - basically writing himself out of power - and later, in 1981, by courageously appearing on the floor of Congress to disavow an attempted military coup. "Juan Carlos played such a sterling role during the Transition [to democracy] that it basically shelved questions about the nature of the new political regime," says Paul Preston, professor of Spanish history at the London School...
...Legal experts say prosecutors enjoy wide latitude in deciding whom to charge in criminal cases. But according to Laurie Levenson, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and a prominent expert in legal ethics at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, there are limits. "Certainly prosecutors would face a professional obligation to check out or verify the allegations in this case," she says. "Not doing so would represent a potential abuse of prosecutorial discretion." The key, she adds, is whether prosecutors chose not to pursue evidence of criminal activity by Republicans because of political bias or a conflict of interest. Sometimes prosecutors...
...seemed until David Cameron on Oct. 3 capped an unexpectedly successful Tory party conference by delivering an hour-long speech that won over doubters in his own party and, Tories now dare to dream, blew any potential electoral contest wide open. "Everyone who came here feared a general election," says Iain Dale, an influential Conservative blogger and commentator. "Now they're relishing...