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The Fresh Air Interview
10:21 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Sigourney Weaver's Stately Role In 'Political Animals'

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Sigourney Weaver stars as Secretary of State Elaine Barrish in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals.
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 4:56 pm

In the new USA Network miniseries Political Animals, Sigourney Weaver plays smart, tough Secretary of State Elaine Barrish. It's a role many critics have likened to current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but Weaver says the show's creators were thinking beyond Clinton when they devised the role.

"We've had three remarkable women who've been our secretaries of state in our last three administrations, but somehow we're not willing as a country to elect a woman president," she says. "And I think this show partially investigates what that's about."

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Deceptive Cadence
10:02 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Cartoonist Misha Dichter (He Plays Piano, Too)

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Misha Dichter's sketch of a pianist at work.
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Misha Dichter: "A Pianist's World in Drawings."
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"Music Agent"
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"And this afternoon, a 60% chance of rain with temperatures in the 80's. Tonight, Mostly Mozart."
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Now, if only Harley-Davidson made pianos too...
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"Transcendental Playing"
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Dichter's virtuoso in action.
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"No Recording Devices, Please"
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"Altitude Takes Its Toll at the Aspen Festival"
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"Early Arrival in Aspen"
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"Bathroom, Italy"
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"The Critic"
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"Economy, Business, First"
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 2:19 pm

Misha Dichter is a man of many talents, though you probably know him as the gifted pianist who won the silver medal at 1966 Tchaikovsky Competition, spurring an international career that has lasted more than 40 years.

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Book Reviews
9:40 am
Thu July 19, 2012

A Little Advice On 'How To Be A Woman'

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Caitlin Moran, a satirist and TV critic, was named Columnist of the Year by the British Press Awards in 2010.
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 11:03 am

Funny feminists should never die; there are too few of them who've gained any cultural prominence in the first place. That's why Nora Ephron's death earlier this summer flattened me, even though I hadn't read her in a while and had mixed feelings about the whole "I Feel Bad About My Neck," self-flagellation routine. Still, she made me laugh at the same time she often made me think: I wanted her playing on Team Feminist forever.

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The Picture Show
9:20 am
Thu July 19, 2012

This Is Not A Composite Photo

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From Palindromo Meszaros' "The Line"
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From Palindromo Meszaros' "The Line"
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From Palindromo Meszaros' "The Line"
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From Palindromo Meszaros' "The Line"
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From Palindromo Meszaros' "The Line"
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Aerial view of the toxic red sludge flowing from a breached waste reservoir (diamond shape at right) through the villages of Kolontar and Devecser.
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 10:20 am

This photo looks like two images stitched together; above is a normal forest, and below, a strange, Martian one. But it's a single image from a single place and time — the hills of western Hungary, six months after a devastating industrial accident.

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The Two-Way
9:17 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Mixed Signals: Sales Of Existing Homes Dipped, But Prices Rose

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While sales of existing homes fell 5.4 percent in June from May, their median price was up 7.9 percent from a year earlier.

In addition, the National Association of Realtors reports, the supply of existing homes available for sale continued to shrink — including the number of "distressed" homes on the market because of foreclosures.

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