Newsletter 272


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[1]Murali Is A Magician
    Links:
      1. http://b.rw/gbAHhN

Mike Selvey | Guardian | 1 April 2011

Generous tribute to record-breaking Sri Lankan cricketer shortly to retire.
  Extraordinary physical characteristics allowed him to bowl off-spin with a
  wrist spinner's action. A truly great sportsman and a decent, indefatigable
  man [2]Comments
    Links:
      2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/murali-magician

[3]A Nazi War Criminal's Life In Argentina
    Links:
      3. http://b.rw/eRbuKz

Anonymous | Der Spiegel | 1 April 2011

Adolph Eichmann "tried his hand as the owner of a laundry business, opened a
  fabric shop, sold sanitation facilities, raised rabbits, and landed a job at
  a Mercedes-Benz plant". Argentine and German authorities looked the other
  way [4]Comments
    Links:
      4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nazi-war-criminals-life-argentina

[5]Iggy And The Stooges: Backstage Rider
    Links:
      5. http://b.rw/i9pMs6

Anonymous | Smoking Gun | 1 April 2011

18-page contract from 1990s specifying equipment and facilities to be
  provided when Iggy Pop and the Stooges performed. Includes an awful lot of
  amplification, plus "a monitor man who speaks good English and is not afraid
  of death" [6]Comments
    Links:
      6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/iggy-and-stooges-backstage-rider

[7]The Assassin In The Vineyard
    Links:
      7. http://b.rw/ftVIjr

Maximillian Potter | Vanity Fair | 1 April 2011

Extortionist threatens to poison the vines of La Romanée-Conti, tiny
  vineyard producing France's most revered and expensive Burgundy, unless he's
  paid €1m. By French standards, this is worse than a crime. It is a
  desecration [8]Comments
    Links:
      8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/assassin-vineyard

[9]Otto von Bismarck, Master Statesman
    Links:
      9. http://b.rw/g2SjGL

Henry Kissinger | NYT | 31 March 2011

Pretty much the perfect match of subject and reviewer. So lapidary that
  every sentence gleams. Among them: "Cynicism by itself produces a shallow
  opportunism. Any serious policy requires a fixed point from which to alter
  the world" [10]Comments
    Links:
      10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/otto-von-bismarck-master-statesman

FiveBooks Interview

[11]Alison Gopnik on Children and their Minds
    Links:
      11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alison-gopnik-on-children-and-their-minds

American author and psychology professor talks about what is really going on
  in our children’s minds

Featured Topic

[12]Football
    Links:
      12. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer

A collection of hand-picked articles and interviews with leading authorities
  on the biggest sport in the world

Reader Recommendations

@[13]polit2k Watch the Wifi: Visually Stunning Look at the Digital World
  Invading Cities (video) | Singularity Hub [14]goo.gl/Xmx6X [15]#browsings
    Links:
      13. http://twitter.com/polit2k
      14.
      15. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings

Book of the Day

[16]In Light of India by Octavio Paz
    Links:
      16. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/light-india-by-octavio-paz

[17]Pankaj Mishra says: “This is easily the most accessible and stimulating
  book on India that you can read.”
    Links:
      17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/pankaj-mishra-on-india

Video of the Day

[18]25 Years Of Pixar
    Links:
      18. http://thebrowser.com/videos/25-years-pixar

Has it really been that long? A wonderful trip. And to think, the big man
  was dreaming up the iPod on the side
  [19]More videos
    Links:
      19. http://thebrowser.com/videos

Quote of the Day

[20]John Stokes, on writing letters
    Links:
      20. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7173621.ece

"The art of letter writing is like the art of acting. It is the impression
    of spontaneity that makes a performance convincing"

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