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She “was discovered by François Truffaut and appeared in three of his films, including Love on the Run, and … worked with notable directors like André Téchiné and Luis Buñuel.”

“Ms. Peyser was a lively writer whose interviews with contemporary European and American composers, published mostly in The New York Times between the late 1960s and the late 1980s, helped clarify what those musicians considered most important about their work.”

“The ugly web of controversy in which he is embroiled goes well beyond this latest contretemps, which Hawass describes as no more than a misunderstanding. The return of a man known for his autocratic style raises questions about the future of government reform in Egypt, and it presents a challenge to Western cultural leaders.”

“He won numerous literary prizes, including the 2003 Cervantes Prize, the top award for Spanish-language literature. Rojas was forced into exile for some years after the 1973 military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet.”

“When I look at how the media just went nuts with it, there were so many tricks they had. Number one, they didn’t say ‘his jokes,’ they said, ‘his comments and remarks,’ because if you say jokes, it just lets the air out of the sails. If you say ‘jokes,’ people say, ‘Well, yeah, he’s a comedian, he makes jokes’.”

“Gaming forums are rife with anecdotes from players who are dating and marrying. Some couples have even had their avatars marry. And while it may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, more people are likely to meet this way as the genre (known as massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPGs) continues to grow.”

“Officials with the Massachusetts Conference United Church of Christ, a group sponsoring the May 3 event, say in a statement that they were told Mortenson was having surgery in Bozeman, Mont., to repair a hole in his heart and couldn’t make the Worcester speech.”

“Mr. Lieberson was an eloquent voice in the generation of composers seeking to infuse the thorny rigors of academic music with a more accessible, lyrical sound.”

“If newspapers are going to survive, it’s going to be through setting themselves apart by the quality of what they print. The arts are about excellence, and writing about the arts can be about excellence, too. Hopefully newspapers can realize that’s going to be important to them.”

A co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, about the Afghanistan war, the 41-year-old Hetherington was killed during shelling of the besieged rebel city of Misurata by Qaddafi’s forces .