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'The Count of Concord' by Nicholas Delbanco
The Count of Concord
A Novel
Nicholas Delbanco
Dalkey Archive Press: 478 pp., $15.95 paper
Students of the American Revolution know Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, as an American royalist spy. Historians of science will tell you he co-founded the...Tags: University of Michigan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), England, Death
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Prof ensnared in case of Pissarro looted by Nazis
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJonathan Petropoulos, a scholar-sleuth noted for helping to return art looted by the Nazis to its proper owners, has resigned his post as director of Claremont McKenna College's Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights -- the...Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Justice System, Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Can a museum -- even MOCA -- contain this work?
Times Art CriticIf an artist makes art intended to function outside the confines of an art museum, does it make sense for an art museum to present a retrospective exhibition of that artist's work? That's the peculiar question encountered at the Geffen Contemporary at...Tags: Robert Rauschenberg, Arts and Culture, Metal and Mineral, Building Material, Sculpture
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What's NATO worth?
Today's question: How far east should NATO expand? Should the United States concede Russian dominance over the Caucasus in exchange for admitting, say, Ukraine into NATO? Previously, Moynihan and Meier discussed Russia’s membership in G-8 and...Tags: Ukraine, Government, Baltic Region, Vladimir Putin, Democracy
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How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball'
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe German intelligence officials responsible for one of the most important informants on Saddam Hussein's suspected weapons of mass destruction say that the Bush administration and the CIA repeatedly exaggerated his claims during the run-up to the war in...Tags: Corporate Crime, Berlin (Germany), Weaponry, Fraud, Vehicles
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The mixed lessons, and legacies, of Munich 1938
Seventy years ago in Munich -- on Sept. 30, 1938 -- the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, signed a document that allowed Nazi Germany to seize control of the Sudetenland, a large chunk of western Czechoslovakia heavily populated by ethnic...Tags: Ukraine, Government, Winston Churchill, Arts and Culture, George Santayana
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Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Dies
Times Staff WriterYasser Arafat, guerrilla chieftain turned statesman who juggled armed resistance and political diplomacy, yet failed to achieve his lifelong dream of creating a Palestinian state, died today. He was 75. Tayeb Abdel Rahim, a top Arafat aide, confirmed...Tags: Gaza Strip, Cairo (Egypt), Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat, White House
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AP PHOTOS: Bayern Munich beats Dortmund 2-1 in Champions League final
Associated PressBayern Munich defeated German rival Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League final Saturday night, ending four years of frustration for Bayern in Europe's biggest soccer tournament. Arjen Robben ran onto Franck Ribery's backheeled flick in the...Tags: Human Interest
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Bayern Munich wins Champions League with last-minute goal
Sun Sentinel Wire ServicesLONDON (Reuters) - A brilliant Franco-Dutch move involving Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben in the final minutes settled a memorable all-German Champions League final as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday. Frenchman Ribery's...Tags: Human Interest
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Robben connects on game-winner as Bayern Munich wins Champions League
dpaLONDON Arjen Robben struck an 89th-minute winner as Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund, 2-1, in the Champions League final at Wembley on Saturday to win their fifth European crown. Mario Mandzukic put Bayern ahead on the hour, but Ilkay Gundogan...Tags: Allianz AG Holding, Human Interest, Germany
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Sports on TV
MONDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || MLB || Tampa Bay@Orioles (T) || MASN9 a.m. || || Washington@San Diego (T) || MASN12:30 || || Yankees@Orioles || MASN7 || || Washington@San Francisco || MASN210 || || Yankees@Orioles (T) || ESPN3...Tags: National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, Big Ten Conference, Baltimore Orioles, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Cummins new QSF3.8 ready to redefine compact power capability
MUNICH, Germany - Cummins Inc. unveiled the new QSF3.8 engine at the BAUMA show in Munich, with a power output extending from 85 hp to 132 hp (63-98 kW) that is ready to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier 4 Final and European Union (EU)...Tags: Environmental Politics, China, Music, Environmental Issues, Entertainment
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