As any opera fan knows, lawyers and judges do not fare well in most operas. Just consider the productions of 'Andrea Chenier,'… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
The post-Cold War order in Europe is finished, with Vladimir Putin its executioner. Russia's invasion of Georgia only marked its passing. Russia… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction,… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I used to do a lot of serious theatre during my school and college days. Comedy was only reserved for youth festival… — Kapil Sharma Copy Share Image
The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it… — Elizabeth Holmes Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in… — Douglas Alexander Copy Share Image
Let's try to count the number of Nobel prize-winners that have emerged from scientific centres of excellence like the Weizmann Institute and… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
I had many moments of disappointment, despondency, and exhaustion, but I always found that by reading the literature and showing up at… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
'Growing Stronger' emerged from a need to relate my life experiences as well as my constant struggle to prevail each day, and… — Thalia Copy Share Image
If you are in Mountain View, you don't resonate with the needs of urban dwellers. Tumblr couldn't have emerged in Sunnyvale. — Roelof Botha Copy Share Image
When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it. — David Novak Copy Share Image
Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me. — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
Typically, when there are corporate habits that undermine individuals, it has emerged without any sort of central planning. Nobody sits down and… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers created the 'Fertile Crescent' where some of the first civilizations emerged. Today they are immensely important resources,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The Beatles' story is all of our stories. It is about how the youth culture emerged, the drug culture emerged, how politics… — Bob Spitz Copy Share Image
“I knew I'd never have another moment like this. Just a single place in time where everything had come together to breathe… — Belinda Jeffrey Copy Share Image
Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
In 1991, the government unleashed the power of India and created a partnership between itself and industry. As a result, India has… — Kumar Mangalam Birla Copy Share Image
