The pandemic is confusing for the New York City Ballet, disrupting the careers of many rising stars and causing the loss of millions of ticket revenues. The company hopes to restore a sense of normalcy by offering an ambitious mix of new and old works next season, and it includes several ballets to help train …
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During a lecture on Tolstoy and DH Lawrence, she recalled in a phone interview: “Here was this 6-foot-tall guy sitting in the front row, condescending at me, rolling his eyes and pouting. I’ve never seen anyone like him before. I brought him into my office and said, ‘This is how do you teach the lesson?’ …
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womanAmerican History of an Ideaby Lillian Fadermanillustrated. 571 pages. Yale University Press. $32.50. We’ve come a long way, baby. Maybe? This is the general sentiment evoked in Lillian Faderman’s “Woman: An American History of an Idea,” an ambitious attempt to describe the changing state of being a woman in this country over the past four …
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats, increasingly confident they have the support to pass the $1.85 trillion social policy and climate change bill, are pushing to vote on the package as early as Thursday evening, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing optimism that the measure will eventually reach the President. headed. Biden’s desk. “It’s pretty exciting. It’s …
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats, increasingly confident they have the support to pass the $1.85 trillion social policy and climate change bill, are pushing to vote on the package as early as Thursday evening, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing optimism that the measure will eventually reach the President. headed. Biden’s desk. “It’s pretty exciting. It’s …
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WASHINGTON — President Biden set ambitious goals for ending the pandemic on Wednesday, declaring the coronavirus a “crisis by everyone,” and urging world leaders, pharmaceutical companies, philanthropists and nonprofit groups to adopt the 70 percent goal of vaccination. the world until next year. But making the course Mr. Biden charted at a virtual Covid-19 summit …
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The Biden administration released a plan Wednesday to generate nearly half of the country’s electricity from solar by 2050, as part of efforts to combat climate change. solar energy It supplied less than 4 percent of the nation’s electricity last year, and the administration’s 45 percent target will represent a major leap forward and will …
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The Biden administration plans to announce on Wednesday an ambitious target of generating nearly half of the country’s electricity from solar by 2050, as part of efforts to combat climate change. solar energy It supplied less than 4 percent of the nation’s electricity last year, and the administration’s 45 percent target will represent a major …
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LIVERPOOL, UK – Some of the changes are minor, at least too small to be perceived from the outside. This summer, Everton hired someone specifically to take care of the women’s jerseys for the first time. It’s kind of a reminder that many small battles are still won in women’s football. These small changes still …
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BRUSSELS — In what could be a breakthrough moment in the global effort to tackle climate change, Europe on Wednesday challenged the rest of the world with a plan. ambitious plan Moving away from fossil fuels in the next nine years is a plan that also has the potential to spark global trade disputes. The …
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