Winter Solstice Songs
WINTER SOLSTICE SONGS. In Europe the celebration of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, is a heritage that goes back to prehistoric times. The classical Greek and...
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Bonds worth $256 million will pay for the "rehabilitation" of the top 41 floors at 20 Exchange Place. The landmark 1929 Financial District building was the longtime home to Citibank (then known, sh...
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Investors have been hammering airline stocks, anxious about possible weakness in domestic travel.But analysts disagree on how much a cooling U.S. market would hurt the industry. Some say it could i...
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The view from the Coney Island boardwalk depends on the perspective: The long shadows of the Cyclone roller coaster evoke the past. The lounging sun worshippers dotting the beach belong to the pres...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
CONGRESS AND RECESSION (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
Friday's report that the economy lost jobs in August for the
first time in fou...
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A few weeks ago – in between Hillary Clinton’s official entry into the presidential race and the first Republican primary debate of the cycle – the fiery online conservative forum...
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Think of the Manhattan investment-sales market right now as a particularly swanky casino toward the end of a long night. Several high-rollers want to keep playing, but they don’t have as much...
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When I learned that the Russian Tea Room was about to reopen earlier this month after four years as a darkened stage, I hoped for the best and expected the worst.
The six-story former brownstone o...
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Winter Solstice Songs
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