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/ 2 April 2008

It ain’t necessarily so

"This much I know is true: don’t trust those who say things with absolute certainty. Back in primary school, they told me I couldn’t subtract a big number from a little number. ‘Don’t even try,’ said crow-faced Mrs Pillay, leaning in, breath smelling of cough drops and decay," writes Lev David.

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/ 25 February 2008

NY Phil tries Dvorak diplomacy with North Korea

The New York Philharmonic arrived in a snowy Pyongyang on Monday to play the symphony From the New World in an overture to thaw still frozen ties from the Cold War era between the United States and North Korea. If well-received, the concert would make a ”tiny contribution” toward bringing the United States and North Korea closer together, said music director, Lorin Maazel