Monthly Archives: November 2009

Diana Vishneva: Three Sides Of a Prima Ballerina, Made to Order

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By ALASTAIR MACAULAY Audiences who came of age in the Iron Curtain era still find it astonishing to contemplate a career like Diana Vishneva’s. Ms. Vishneva is the prima ballerina of the Maryinsky (Kirov) Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia, and … Continue reading →

Tagged American Ballet Theater, Ballet Classics, Beautiful Ballerina, Beauty In Motion, Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Child Of Nature, Diana Vishneva, Frederick Ashton, Irina Kolpakova, Iron Curtain, Kenneth Macmillan, Kirov Ballet, Metropolitan Opera House, Natalia Makarova, Nina Ananiashvili, Porcelain Doll, Prima Ballerina, Russian Ballerinas, St Petersburg Russia, State Ballet

A Few Cookies a Day to Keep the Pounds Away?

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By ABBY ELLIN COOKIES? On a diet? Apparently so. Just ask Christina Kane, who has tried everything from the grapefruit diet to Atkins, with no success. Then she heard about Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet, which involves eating six prepackaged cookies … Continue reading →

Tagged Abby Ellin, Diet Atkins, Diet Store, Dr Sanford Siegal, Dr Siegal, Gist, Gnc, Grapefruit Diet, Hollywood Cookie Diet, Hollywood Diet, Jennifer Hudson, Kane, Kelly Clarkson, Kim Kardashian, Legal Secretary, Light Dinner, Medical Practice, Nutritional Value, Skinless Chicken, Walgreens

New Jerusalem: What is Your Thinking About God?

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By CHARLES ISHERWOOD In recent years the playwright David Ives has become better known as a theatrical plastic surgeon. He’s the man primarily responsible for nipping and tucking the wayward books of the wheezier Broadway musicals for the City Center … Continue reading →

Tagged Baruch De Spinoza, Baruch Spinoza, Broadway Musicals, Charles Isherwood, City Center Encores, Classic Stage Company, Daring Leap, David Ives, God And Nature, Great Thinker, Groucho Glasses, Jewish Philosopher, Laughing Matter, Mothballs, New Jerusalem, Play By Mark Twain, Playwright David, Talmud Torah, Tom Stoppard, Ventriloquism, Wisecrack

Exploring Religion, Shaped by the Enlightenment

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By PETER S. STEINFELS Why can’t religion and the Enlightenment be friends? What’s that, you say? They were friends? Why didn’t anyone tell us? Well, David Sorkin has. A professor of history and Jewish studies at the University of Wisconsin, … Continue reading →

Tagged 18th Century, Adherents, Catholics, Contemporary Science, David Sorkin, Fascination, Geographical Diversity, Jewish Studies, Master Narrative, Materialist, National Borders, Princeton University Press, Protestants, Reasonable Faith, Religion And The Enlightenment, Religious Belief, Religious Enlightenment, Science And Philosophy, Secular Culture, Steinfels, Thinkers

Bright-Sided: Barbara Ehrenreich Examines the American Love of Positive Thinking

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By HANNA ROSIN I must confess, I have waited my whole life for someone to write a book like “Bright-Sided.” When I was a young child, my family moved to the United States from Israel, where churlishness is a point … Continue reading →

Tagged American Churches, Background Noise, Barbara Ehrenreich, Calvinism, Cheerfulness, Corporate Culture, Corporate Success, Excellent Books, Genuine Hope, Happiness Studies, Heresy, Moral Defense, Motivational Speakers, Nickel And Dimed, Positive Attitude, Positive Thinking, Positivity, Psyches, Rosin, Whole Life

Monthly Archives: November 2009

Diana Vishneva: Three Sides Of a Prima Ballerina, Made to Order

New Jerusalem: What is Your Thinking About God?

Exploring Religion, Shaped by the Enlightenment

Bright-Sided: Barbara Ehrenreich Examines the American Love of Positive Thinking

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