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    Unwelcome in Macau

    Last year's internal security legislation is putting a chill on basic freedoms.

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    Governing Japan's Corporate Savings

    BUSINESS ASIA
    By Nicholas Benes
    A new way to fight deflation by forcing managers to pay dividends or invest their cash hoards in growth.

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    The Protectionist Instinct

    By Paul Rubin
    Political support for free trade is a remarkable achievement of civic education—one threatened by our weak economy.

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    Mourn Snail Mail? No Way.

    By Danny Heitman
    John Adams didn't think there was anything romantic about lost love letters.

  • The Path to Proclamation

    BOOKSHELF
    By Allen C. Guelzo
    In "The Fiery Trial," Eric Foner describes how Lincoln grew into the model of a modern racial and social progressive.

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  • You're Fired, Mr. President!

    Donald Trump's New Hampshire poll may just be a front for billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg.

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    Obama Pulls Down His Party

    WONDER LAND
    By Daniel Henninger
    Like George W. Bush's, the current president's approval ratings are sinking his party's congressional candidates.
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  • City Hall In Crisis

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    By Vincent J. Cannato
    In "Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City," Jonathan Soffer credits Mayor Ed Koch for steering the city through the 1975 fiscal crisis but also makes it clear that he is at odds with the policies that made the rescue possible.

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    Siqueiros in Unfamiliar Terrain

    Mexican David Alfaro Siqueiros may be best known for his political works on murals, but his technique was refined as an easel painter.

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    'Vollmond' Pulls Tides of Memory

    In their first appearance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music since the death of their namesake, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch presented "Vollmond (Full Moon)"—a evocative work filled with powerful metaphoric waves of association.

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    A Casualty of War Is Released at Last

    "Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today" recorded the Nuremberg trials with the endorsement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, but the film was suppressed by the U.S. government -- until now.

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    Spacecraft to Stage Craft

    Once described as that "unknown British Shakespearean actor," a seven-year hitch at the helm of the Starship Enterprise has opened up vast opportunities for Patrick Stewart.

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    In 'Il Postino,' Postman and Poet Meet

    Originally a gentle, touching story, the Los Angeles Opera's world premier of Daniel Catán's "Il Postino," based on the film, freights the tale with excess baggage.

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    Portrait of the Artist as a Music Fan

    Leon Botstein leads the American Symphony Orchestra in a program of works influenced by James Joyce at Carnegie Hall.

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