Dipti S. Barot pays homage to the two irreplaceable voices who informed her love of good movies.
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How Jazz Pianist Erroll Garner Fought for His Rights
When Columbia Records breached one of their big star’s contracts back in the 1950s, he sued and won.
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The Adaptation of Language Evolution
Language has always changed, but the introduction of technology means it is adapting in ways we have never experienced before.
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Willie Nelson’s 50-year Love Affair with Trigger, His Faithful Guitar
“A guitar sounds better as it gets older, just like a Stradivarius does.”
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Woman Writes Story Challenging Gender Dynamics; Is Thwarted by…Long-Standing Gender Dynamics
How can we combat sexism in publishing if we’re so worried about damaging the reputations of offending men?
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How Mister Rogers Found Inspiration in the Everyday
‘“I think that how we were first loved — or not — has a great deal to do with what we create and how,” Fred once told me.’
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It Was Putin, on British Soil, Using his Poison Factory
Trying to keep a mouthy Russian oligarch safe from Vladimir Putin is harder than it looks. Especially when the oligarch has a penchant for publicly poking the bear.
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The Alabama “Corrections” System: An American Horror Story
“When you lay down to go to sleep, you better be prayed up, because there’s no guarantee you’re waking up.”
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The Soundtrack to Hell
“Not only was the whine agitating—EHHNNNNNNNN—but its constant drone was like a cruel mnemonic for everything that bothered him.”
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The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed”
Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.