In 1931 The New York Times described her as “a wicked and telling satirist—almost a feminine counterpart of Peter Arno”… …Melisse ran a cartoon strip, “Real News of New York…A Preview of What’s New,” in the New York Sun from 1933 to 1935. Melisse seemed to be flying high...
The artifact below shows that in addition to the perfection of the letters, Crowell-Collier had another motive. Times New Roman took up less space than Garamond and Bodoni. Remember, this was 1943, at the peak of the wars in Europe and the Pacific, and paper was at a premium. The more...
thanks to the government’s bone-headed and heartless forced collectivization that caused more than five million people to perish from hunger. Those events, however, were still on the horizon whenRobin Kinkead, aNew York TimesMoscow correspondent, ventured out into Moscow’s frigid streets...
Lord, I pray for joy and happiness in the coming year. Fill my heart with the joy that comes from knowing you and walking in your ways. Help me to find happiness not only in external circumstances but in the depth of my May I experience the joy and happiness that come from walking in...
1. New Year’s Eve Celebrations in New York: New York has to be the most exotic place for new year celebrations. There are plenty of events, especially the New Year’s Ball Drop, that you must witness at least once in your life. In this event, a vast Times Square Ball is set, an...
The Urban Systems Collaborative’s debate also touched briefly on the question of whether we can more directly measure the outcomes that people care about – happiness, prosperity, the ability to provide for our families, for example. Antti Poikola has written an article on his blog, “Vital ...
Lord, I pray for joy and happiness in the coming year. Fill my heart with the joy that comes from knowing you and walking in your ways. Help me to find happiness not only in external circumstances but in the depth of my May I experience the joy and happiness that come from walking in...
YEAH, I GOT THIS…Ruggiero Ricci,about 1930, by then a touring professional. At age six Ricci began lessons withLouis Persinger, who also taught another San Francisco prodigy,Yehudi Menuhin.(Text and image,The New York Times) * * * ...
Writing inThe New York Timesopinion section (Oct. 20, 2017),Maurice Issermanobserved how in those days New York party members “could live in a milieu where co-workers, neighbors and the family dentist were fellow Communists; they bought life insurance policies from party-controlled fraternal orga...
Stefano Riapamonti arrived, heartbroken, in New York City in 1970. Then met Sally Wilton, kicking into gear a love story that’s spanned 50 years and counting.