The Met Sets Critics Free

Source: The American Interest

Good news from the Metropolitan Opera, sort of. In a moment of stark idiocy, the powers that be at the Metropolitan Opera decreed that Opera News, a magazine published by the Met and sent to its patrons and donors, would no longer run reviews of o ...
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Watch the birdie! China takes Uber Cup from South Korea

Source: MSNBC

Sung Ji-hyun of South Korea returns a shuttlecock, or birdie, against Wang Yihan of China during the final match at the Uber Cup world badminton team championships in China's central city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, May 26. China defeated South Ko ...
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New York Times Book Reviews: ‘The Last Englishman,’ by Roland Chambers

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Neil Armstrong Grants a Rare and Unique Interview

Source: International Business Times

Neil Armstrong is considered a great symbol of human achievement since he was the first man to walk on the moon. Despite that unique and prestigious honour, Neil Armstrong kept a private life and rarely gave interviews. Recently, he granted a ...
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Appeal for badminton players to make history

Source: This is Oxfordshire

Leon Popplewell, back right, with the over-50s badminton club at Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre. Picture: OX52098 Ed Nix The hunt is on for badminton players to help set a new world record in Oxford for the longest rally ...
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Neil Armstrong Grants Rare Interview To Accountants Organization

Source: The Huffington Post

Legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was the first person to walk on the moon, has surprised the media establishment by granting a rare and comprehensive interview to an unexpected interviewer: the Certified Practicing Accountants of Austra ...
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Neil Armstrong concerned for NASA

Source: Global Post

Astronaut Neil Armstrong gave a rare interview in May 2012, during which he expressed concern for the direction in which NASA was heading. (Chip Somodevilla/AFP/Getty Images) Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, is known as ...
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Neil Armstrong Opens Up

Source: The Daily Beast

For all his global fame, Neil Armstrong is a remarkably modest man. So modest, in fact, that he almost never gives interviews and insists occasionally that he hates talking about himself. He spoke with the Discovery Channel in 2008 for an anniversary s ...
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Apollo's Neil Armstrong, First on Moon, Gives Rare Interview

Source: ABC News

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon 43 years ago, has tried to live a private life since Apollo 11 came back to Earth, but he did agree to give a rare interview -- to the head of an Australian accounting group. In a ...
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