Dial of the Prague astronomical clock. Creative commons. Click on image for license and information. Ed Note: We have a guest today! AiP is pleased to host this post by Dr. Kevin Birth, who is a professor of anthropology at Queens College, CUNY and an expert on time. His forthcoming book, Objects of Time: How [...]
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Snowplow drivers were out in force overnight in Chicago, where temperatures plummeted. The storm could drop up to a foot of snow on parts of Ohio along Lake Erie before moving east. Many Americans’ first real taste of winter this season blew through the Midwest and Northeast on Friday, leaving ski resort operators giddy, delaying [...]
NEW YORK (AP) ? Novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, science-technology writer James Gleick and the late historian Manning Marable were among the nominees announced for the National Book Critics Circle awards Eugenides was cited for “The Marriage Plot,” a novel in part about a subject close to reviewers ? the love of books. It’s his first release [...]
AMMAN, Jordan?? French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Friday called on the U.N. Security Council to act against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, as his forces used sustained shelling against people involved in the eight-month uprising for the first reported time. Only on msnbc.com [...]
New York ? After director Baz Luhrmann dishes details on his upcoming adaptation of the literary classic, critics are no longer dubious ? they’re excited On the surface, The Great Gatsby seems like an unusual choice for a 3D movie. But that’s precisely the kind of film that director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) is making. [...]
(Reuters) ? Citigroup Inc’s fourth-quarter profit fell 11 percent and missed Wall Street estimates as the European debt crisis battered capital markets, hurting trading revenue and discouraging clients from doing deals. Citi on Tuesday said the crisis and fears about its impact on other markets and the global economy led to a broad move by [...]
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