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March 17, 2012

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Headlines from March 17, 2012

On the Ice and Under It, Nature Thrives

By Mike Hale

The seven-episode “Frozen Planet” switches between the Antarctic and the Arctic to explore nature in its cold glory.

Culture680 words

California Concerts, Awash in Cellists

By James R. Oestreich

The Piatigorsky International Cello Festival calls further attention to a new vitality on the classical music scene of Los Angeles.

Culture721 words

Gloria Steinem, a Woman Like No Other

By Sarah Hepola

For more than 40 years, Gloria Steinem has been the near-singular voice of the women’s movement. Why, in all that time, has no one emerged as her successor?

Styles1600 words

Editor Not Ready to Write an Ending

By Charles McGrath

While his possible successors are dinner-party fodder, Robert Silvers says he has no plans to step down from The New York Review of Books.

Culture1510 words

Artists Find Benefactors in Web Crowd

By Patricia Cohen

The prospect of financial crowd-sourcing on the Internet has been enthusiastically embraced by some as an important new model for the future of arts financing.

Culture1374 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 14, 2012, covering March 17, 2012.

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21
Adele
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
54
2
Whitney: The Greatest Hits
Whitney Houston
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
33
3
WZRD
WZRD
Last week
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Peak
3
Weeks
1
4
NOW 41
Various Artists
Last week
5
Peak
3
Weeks
4
5
The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston
Last week
6
Peak
1
Weeks
145

Notable Deaths

2012Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (born 1923)^[†]

Pope Shenouda III was the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. His papacy lasted 40 years, 4 months, and 4 days, from 14 November 1971 until his death.

2012Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (born 1919)^[†]

Margaret Elaine Whitlam AO was an Australian social campaigner, author, and athlete. She was a representative of Australia in swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. Her husband was Gough Whitlam, the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975.

Historical Context for March 17, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people^[†]

Headlines from March 17, 2012

On the Ice and Under It, Nature Thrives

California Concerts, Awash in Cellists

Gloria Steinem, a Woman Like No Other

Editor Not Ready to Write an Ending

Artists Find Benefactors in Web Crowd

21

Whitney: The Greatest Hits

WZRD

NOW 41

The Bodyguard

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 17, 2012