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NYC Museums scale back - Front Page - New York City, finance - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
Museums and arts groups around the country are suffering from the current economic crisis and the continuing impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks....(Continue Reading) Town and Country in China: Identity and Perception
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN CHINA: Identity and Perception. Edited by David Faure and Tao Tao Liu. New York: Palgrave (in association with St. Antony's College, ......(Continue Reading)Cinderella on the Hudson: ninety minutes north of Manhattan, the town of Beacon blooms with public art, galleries and projects as a branch of the Dia Art
Once upon a time, when Hollywood scouts were seeking a grungy, run-down, postindustrial small town, they settled on Beacon, N.Y. "The trouble was," said mayor Clara Lou Gould recently, "the locatio...(Continue Reading)China: A Reality Check: Truth and lies in the Asian behemoth - a visit to China leaves the impression that the dictatorship remains firmly established
This summer I spent six weeks in China with my family, traveling all over the country, visiting with friends, relatives, and ex-students. (My wife is ......(Continue Reading)The quarantine war: the burning of the New York Marine Hospital in 1858
In 2003, thousands of healthy people were forced into isolation, barred from work and school, and separated from friends and family under the authority ......(Continue Reading)
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