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The digital imagery isn’t confined to the floor. It flows up the sides of the space: a dark stain spreading upward, a flood rising, a supernova exploding. The light show travels to where the spectators are, surrounding them. It takes on the whole rotunda as its canvas, connecting the dance …
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What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Wonder Woman’ and Some Erotic Thrillers
Photo Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman.” Credit Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Entertainment, via Associated Press “Wonder Woman” charges onto streaming platforms. And you can spice up your week with a global array of erotic thrillers. What’s Streaming WONDER WOMAN (2017) on iTunes and Amazon. Diana (Gal Gadot), princess of the Amazons, …
Read More »Renault-Nissan, Dongfeng enter JV to build electric vehicles in China
Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Employees working on a car assembly line of France’s Renault and China’s Dongfeng factory in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on on February 1, 2016. Nissan Motor and its alliance partner Renault SA said on Tuesday they are setting up a new joint venture …
Read More »Fredell Lack, Admired Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 95
Ms. Berger stayed in Tulsa while her father recuperated and found she had little to do, so she gave Fredell violin lessons. Having begun studying the piano the year before, Fredell already knew how to read music. She was enchanted. “I loved the sound of it, I loved the feel …
Read More »Consumer confidence number could spur stocks
A rise in consumer confidence could lead to a rise in investors’ confidence. The Conference Board publishes its monthly Consumer Confidence Index reading Tuesday shortly after the market opens, and some strategists are expecting to see a pickup after a slight decline. The index, which has touched all-time highs this …
Read More »Top US, South Korean military officers pledge tough response, including possible military measures, to North Korea missile launch
Chung Sung-Jun | Getty Images A North Korea Scud-B missile is displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum on August 26, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. The top U.S. and South Korean military officers agreed to make a strong response to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch on Tuesday, including …
Read More »George Smiley and Other Old Friends Return in John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’
Never mind that Smiley must be well over 100 by now. He’s a type; one of those ashen Englishmen, like the poet Philip Larkin, who seem to be permanently 60 years old. Like Keith Richards and cockroaches, Smiley will be alive after an apocalypse. A drawback of crime and spy …
Read More »Whole Foods brands compete with groceries on Amazon
Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer browses avocados at a Whole Foods Market 365 location in Santa Monica, California. That was fast! On Monday, Amazon Fresh began selling hundreds of new items from Whole Foods’ house brands, including fancier fare and bath products from Whole Foods …
Read More »More than 60 military aircraft assisting in the government’s Harvey disaster response
Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD | Texas Military Department | Reuters Texas National Guard soldiers aid residents in heavily flooded areas in Houston, August 27, 2017. More than 60 military aircraft are involved in the Harvey disaster response effort, and the Navy is making preparations to send ships. At the …
Read More »UN Security Council will meet Tuesday on North Korea missile launch
Getty Images Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council at United Nations headquarters, July 5, 2017 in New York City. The United States requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after North Korea tested an intercontinental …
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