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March 12, 2010

Living

Nonlethal weapons: How they could change the face of modern warfare.
Call man: How one makes a living as a male escort.

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On March 11, 2010

Obsolete

Eight track: A music promoter wants a museum for the format.

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On March 10, 2010

Surviving

Cities: Charlotte’s daily paper considers how smaller cities can live through the recession.

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On March 9, 2010

Scandal

Enquirer: The tabloid earns some respect after breaking the John Edwards affair.

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On March 8, 2010

It’s Over

Marriage: On how to save a marriage and when to quit trying.

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Feuilleton
Monday, July 6, 2009
Abe Lowenthal on Globalizing California
Swati Pandey

Abe Lowenthal

According to Abraham F. Lowenthal, professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, California shouldn't get too preoccupied with its current economic crisis, however pressing. "It is important to pay attention to the urgent, but it is equally vital to keep our eye on what's going to be truly important in the 21st century....

Poetry
This week in L.A.
From the green room
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Orson Welles
Swati Pandey

Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915, and directed his most acclaimed film, Citizen Kane, at age 26. Years later, after a couple disastrous movies and a sojourn in Europe, he would reunite with one of its stars, Joseph Cotton, in The Third Man. Welles' character, Harry Lime, is the missing center of the movie until he appears, finally, and explains his motives for entering a less-than-savory line of work....

 
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