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Donald Margulies raises more moral questions in 'Time Stands Still'
In Donald Margulies' new play, "Time Stands Still," a top photojournalist recovers from a near-fatal roadside bomb blast as her long-term relationship with a reporter undergoes its own test of survival. Margulies, whose widely admired plays "Sight Unseen"...Tags: Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Tennessee Williams, Judaism, Journalism
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Hillary Waugh, prolific mystery writer, dies at 88
Associated PressHillary Waugh, a novelist whose prolific career introduced generations of mystery readers to small-town intrigue and police techniques rooted in real investigations, has died. He was 88. Waugh's son, Lawrence, confirmed his death Saturday, saying it...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Health and Safety at School, Branford, Mystery (genre), Elections
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What's really 'new' at New Musicals fest?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs Southern California's inaugural Festival of New American Musicals winds to a close, some observers and participants are raising this question: How, exactly, does this festival define the word "new"? The wide-ranging event -- which began May 1 and...Tags: Festive Events, Willa Cather, Desi Arnaz, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities
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The pros and cons of latest airline mergers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDelta and Northwest are getting serious about each other. US Airways and United want to date -- again. Less than eight years after the last round of carrier courtships, merger mania is back. As customers, should we applaud the march to the altar or...Tags: Business Trips, Travel, Tickets, Colleges and Universities, Kevin Mitchell
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The Times' Joe McCarthy
In his Feb. 26 , Jonah Goldberg provides us with textbook examples of the logical fallacies employed to such good effect by Joseph McCarthy and his minions in the 1950s. I thought we had driven a stake through the heart of McCarthyism, and that Red-...Tags: George W. Bush, Armed Forces, Georgetown, Terrorism, Florida Panthers
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Donald C. Alexander dies at 87; former IRS chief who battled Nixon administration
Donald C. Alexander, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner who successfully fought the Nixon administration's attempts to use tax audits and investigations to punish its political enemies, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C. He...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Internal Revenue Service, Colleges and Universities, State Budgets, Obituaries
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With faux sugars, real suspicion
Special to The TimesWhat is it about artificial sweeteners? As never before, they pervade the American diet -- in pink, yellow and blue packets on diner counters, in sugar-free cookies and diet juices, in sodas and smoothies and low-calorie yogurt and boxes of powder for...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Bladder
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Superfruits, super powers?
Special to The TimesWant a taste of the tropics? Forget the plane ticket. Go to the grocery store and take your pick: acai sorbet, mangosteen iced tea, pomegranate granola, noni smoothies, yogurt-covered dried goji berries and more. Fruits from faraway lands have been...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Heart Disease
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Garden of gears
In Jay Lake's novel "Mainspring" (Tor: 320 pp., $24.95), the Lord's Prayer gets a strange edit: Our Father who art in Heaven Craftsman be thy name Thy Kingdom come Thy plan be done On Earth as it is in Heaven Forgive us this day our errors As we...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Harold Lloyd, Death
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Singing while under suspicion in Myanmar
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe military government's tightening grip doesn't give people here much to sing about, and when they do feel the urge to make music, even that can be risky. The generals who rule Myanmar have spies snooping around for subversives in the most unlikely...Tags: Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Yangon (Burma), Charity, Entertainment
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Letters to the editor
Rankled by raises Re “State pay hikes are withdrawn,” April 23 It is becoming more clear each day in California that politicians care only about themselves. It's also nice to know that after the news leaked about the pay raises, Assembly...Tags: Railway Accidents, Terrorism, Social Issues, Health and Safety at School, Depeche Mode (music group)
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Ricci vs. DeStefano: A test on race
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of several cases about race that it will decide this term. The issue the court will consider in Ricci vs. DeStefano is whether a city fire department's decision to abandon its reliance on a...Tags: Teaching and Learning, African Americans, Social Issues, Discrimination, Disasters and Accidents
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