April 8, 2007

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Around the Nation

Voices in the News

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Law

Senate to Seek More Info on Attorney Firings

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Media

An Activist Grandma, 'Embedded' in Iraq

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Jon Brion; 'Punch-drunk Melody'

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Mark Mothersbaugh; 'Kite Flying Society'

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News Analysis

The Best Candidate Money Can Buy?

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Author Interviews

The 'Savage Peace' of 1919, Relevant Today

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Business

N. Carolina Fights to Save Furniture Business

by Thibault Worth

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Billy Strayhorn; 'Fantastic Rhythm'

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From Our Listeners

Letters: April Fools!

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WENDY MAE CHAMBERS; 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK'

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Siouxsie and the Banshees; 'Hong Kong Garden'

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Sunday Puzzle

A Rhyming World Tour

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Music

Pianist Brings Power to Liszt Concerto

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Yundi Li; 'Concierto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 In E Flat Major'

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Yundi Li; 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 In E Flat Major'

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Religion

Pope Sees Pain Abroad, Fears Islam in Europe

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Religion

Two Variations on the Easter Sermon

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Cleveland Orchestra Choir, Robert Shaw & Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell; 'Presto'

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Billy Strayhorn; 'Tonk'

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Research News

Tribe Helps Linguist Argue with Prevailing Theory

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Education

Language Gap Mars Parent-Teacher Chats

by Elizabeth Wynne Johnson

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Law

Bid to Sell O'Keeffe Work Thwarted

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Art & Design

Nothing to Sneeze At? Pollen Picassos

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New York Philharmonic; 'Flight of the Bumble Bee'

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Michael Andrews; 'Signs'

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Movies

Verhoeven Goes Home to Make 'Black Book'

by Iris Mann

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Movies

Torture in the Movies, Making Us Squirm

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Author Interviews

Jennifer Ouellette, Studying Buffy's 'Physics'

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Jon Brion; 'Le Petit Chateau'

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