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On Thursday night the enterprising OpĂ©ra Français de New York presented an elaborate and overdue production of Kurt Weillâs âMarie Galante,â its American premiere, at Gould Hall.
The White House urged Congressional Democrats to speed up access to $25 billion in federal loan guarantees for ailing U.S. automakers.
Michael R. Bloombergâs plans for budget cuts and tax increases during a downturn are drawing ire.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. Some take theirs to the stage in competitive story âslams.â
At the thrill-ride level, Gears of War 2, for the Xbox 360, is one of the most satisfying games of the year. But it suffers by taking itself far too seriously.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 12, 2008, covering November 15, 2008.
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2008Grace Hartigan, American painter (born 1922)[â ]
Grace Hartigan was an American abstract expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s. Her circle of friends, who frequently inspired one another in their artistic endeavors, included Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Frank O'Hara. Her paintings are held by numerous major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As director of the Maryland Institute College of Art's Hoffberger School of Painting, she influenced numerous young artists.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[â ]