Newsletter 272
[1]Murali Is A Magician
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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
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13. http://twitter.com/polit2k
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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
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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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