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2:33 pm
Tue September 18, 2012

Shorts Inspire Music In 'Sounding Beckett' Trilogy

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In Ohio Impromptu, one of three short plays featured in Sounding Beckett, the silent character (Philip Goodwin, left, with Ted van Griethuysen) inspired music based on knocks and repetitions.
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Guitar plinks represent May (Holly Twyford) pacing the floor in the music based on Beckett's Footfalls.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:09 pm

It all began last year, when the Library of Congress presented Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu alongside a piece of music by composer Dina Koston, which responded to the text. A New York group, the Cygnus Ensemble, played the music, while Washington, D.C., director Joy Zinoman staged the play, for one night only.

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The Salt
2:31 pm
Tue September 18, 2012

Dr Pepper's Evolution Ad Strikes A Nerve With Some Christians

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Dr Pepper's Facebook ad is the latest riff on a 1965 evolutionary graphic, which apparently still has the power to provoke.
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Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 6:22 am

I'm a Pepper, You're a Pepper, but clearly, some people are not Peppers.

Dr Pepper's new Facebook ad campaign featuring an ape moving from all-fours, to seeing a soda on a rock, to an upright man, enjoying a Pepper, is apparently red meat to some creationists who are loudly expressing outrage at the idea that humans evolved from soda-discovering apes.

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It's All Politics
2:24 pm
Tue September 18, 2012

Romney's '47 percent' Comments Complicate Swing-State Fortunes

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks to reporters Monday in Costa Mesa, Calif.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 3:42 pm

The question of whether Mitt Romney's presidential campaign will be hurt by his characterization of 47 percent of Americans as people who believe they are victims, entitled to health care, food, housing, "you name it," is fairly settled.

Yes, it will — at least in the short run. Romney's problem? There's not much more campaign left than a short run.

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All Songs Considered Blog
2:10 pm
Tue September 18, 2012

Randy Newman Returns To Scathing Satire In 'I'm Dreaming'

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 7:17 pm

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Middle East
2:01 pm
Tue September 18, 2012

Journalist Examines Chaotic Fighting In Syria

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Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is a correspondent for The Guardian reporting for PBS Frontline.
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A Syrian rebel fires toward a position held by regime forces during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo on Sept. 14.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:23 pm

The battle in Syria is being fought by rebel fighters who lack many of the basics typically associated with warfare: helmets, a large supply of ammo, and military planning.

"I was with one fighter who had 11 bullets, and he was, like, roaming as a freelance fighter along the front line trying to pick up a fight somewhere," journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad tells Fresh Air contributor Dave Davies.

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