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Yoni Brenner: Program NotesClaude Debussy—“La Mer” Though poorly received by critics at its 1905 première, “La Mer” (“The Sea”) has survived to become one of Debussy’s most beloved and enduring orchestral works. A brilliant exhibition of cascading motifs and shimmering orchestration . . .
New Yorker Monday, October 05, 2009Index PortfolioAs the market goes, so go the cartoons. The Great Depression was a time of drastic financial instability, and cartoonists at The New Yorker were quick to offer a tongue-in-cheek take on the mercurial economic climate. Using the graph to the left for reference, see if you can identify the date when each of the following cartoons was published. Answers are on the fifth slide.
New Yorker Monday, October 05, 2009Cartoons from the IssueA collection of cartoons from the issue, plus this week's
cartoon Caption Contest.
New Yorker Monday, October 05, 2009Detroit Facing Corpse SurplusCorpses are piling up in the Wayne County Morgue in Detroit because families and loved ones can't afford to bury or cremate the bodies. What do...
The onion Monday, October 05, 2009Struggling Museum Now Allowing Patrons To Touch PaintingsNEW YORK—"At first it just looked like a picture of a bunch of lily pads," Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker said of Monet's Water Lilies. "But then I started scraping at it with my pocket knife and the whole painting just sort of spoke to me."
The onion Monday, October 05, 2009Secretary Of The Ulterior Clearly Vying For Better Cabinet PositionWASHINGTON—Following a Monday morning staff meeting, White House sources said it has become clear that Department of the Ulterior head...
The onion Monday, October 05, 2009In Focus: Renowned Hoo-Ha Doctor Wins Nobel Prize For Medical Advancements Down ThereSTOCKHOLM—As a world-renowned expert on lady-part maladies, Dr. Victoria Lozoff led a team of hoo-ha doctors to develop new strategies for detecting abnormal cells in...you know, that area.
The onion Monday, October 05, 2009The Week's Best Late-Night Jokes"President Obama and Oprah Winfrey are going to Copenhagen together this week to push for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics. The bad news is while they're gone the country's going to be run by Joe Biden and Jerry Springer." --Conan O'Brien "President Obama says he will use all of his powers of persuasion to get the Olympics in Chicago. I thought, well, great. It's worked
pretty well so far with his healthcare plan. Good luck there." --David Letterman "Big healthcare news. This just happened. The public option backed by President Obama was just voted down by the Senate Finance Committee, or as supporters of universal healthcare call them, 'The Death Panel.' The final tally was eight voted 'yes,' 15 voted 'you lie!'" --Jimmy Fallon "Sarah Palin's 400-page memoir is going to be released on November 17th, and it's called 'Going Rogue: An American Life.' And critics say that it starts out okay, it get's really exciting and then confusing, and then the last 100 pages are blank." --Jimmy
About Monday, October 05, 2009In Focus: World Bank Offers Indonesia Totally Free CheckingJAKARTA, INDONESIA--Its currency and economy decimated by the lingering Asian financial crisis, Indonesia received welcome news Tuesday, when the World Bank announced it would offer the struggling nation totally free checking.
The onion Monday, October 05, 2009[video] New Anti-Smoking Ads Warn Teens 'It's Gay To Smoke'The CDC's new anti-smoking campaign effectively reaches teens with a simple message: if you smoke, people are going to know you're totally crazy for butt sex.
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