Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, 27 January 2011


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TOP NEWS

Protesters in Egypt Defy Ban as Government Cracks Down

By KAREEM FAHIM and LIAM STACK
Protesters marched against President Hosni Mubarak for the second straight day. In Suez, protesters set fire to a government building.

Egypt's Young Seize Role of Key Opposition to Mubarak

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Hosni Mubarak's traditional foes have been displaced by the leaderless tens of thousands of young Egyptians who turned out this week to demand an end to his 30-year rule.

Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshmen

By TAMAR LEWIN
Freshmen are reporting record levels of stress in an annual survey involving more than 200,000 students.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"This is do or die. The most important thing to do is to keep meeting them."
MUSTAFA YOUSSEF, a college student in Egypt who marched with friends from skirmish to skirmish.


Magazine

Video: WikiLeaks: The Back Story

Executive editor Bill Keller and other Times journalists discuss dealing with Julian Assange, reporting on the leaks and the larger impact of their six-month adventure.
Opinion
Old Hickory's Ghost
Opinionator | Disunion

Old Hickory's Ghost

How Andrew Jackson's legacy haunted both North and South on the eve of the Civil War.
WORLD

As Protests Mount, Tunisia Delays Cabinet Reshuffle

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
As the interim government announced a warrant for the ousted president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, protesters called for cabinet changes.

Next Premier of Lebanon Tries to Set His Own Course

By ANTHONY SHADID
Najib Mikati, a Hezbollah-backed billionaire, promises good relations with the United States and says he will not interfere with an inquiry into the assassination of a former prime minister.
News Analysis

Dispute With Parliament Leaves Afghan Leader Isolated

By ALISSA J. RUBIN
The opening of Parliament signals the beginning of a potentially more precarious period in President Hamid Karzai's relations with Afghanistan's power brokers.
U.S.

Republicans Split Over Plans to Cut Defense Budget

By ELISABETH BUMILLER and THOM SHANKER
Even as their leaders insist on the need for military cuts, divisions have opened among Republicans about how to chop Pentagon spending that comes to more than a half trillion dollars a year.

Man Charged in Tucson Shootings Had Researched Assassins, Official Says

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and MARC LACEY
The death penalty and solitary confinement were other topics of interest in the hours before the Tucson shootings, an official close to the investigation said.

Plants That Earn Their Keep

By KIRK JOHNSON
Researchers say they have developed plants that subtly change color when exposed to minute amounts of TNT in the air.
BUSINESS

A Reservist in a New War, Against Foreclosure

By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
Deutsche Bank foreclosed on the home of Sgt. James B. Hurley and his wife in violation of a law intended to protect service members from such actions while they are overseas.

Moody's Credit Ratings of States to Factor in Unfunded Pensions

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
The change, which had been ardently resisted by some, may turn the tide in favor of more disclosure in the industry.

New York State Seizes Finances of Nassau County

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER
The action involving the wealthy Long Island county highlights the challenges local governments face in grappling with escalating costs during an economic downturn.
SPORTS

The Packers and the Steelers Broke the Hearts of the Cowboys

By JUDY BATTISTA
Super Bowl XLV in Dallas is a matchup of teams that have beaten the Cowboys in - and kept them out of - previous Super Bowls.

Pitcher Spurns $12 Million, to Keep Self-Respect

By TYLER KEPNER
Saying he wanted to do the right thing, Gil Meche told the Kansas City Royals he did not want any of the $12 million due him in 2011 and retired from baseball.

Best Guess Adds Flavor to Hockey All-Star Game

By JEFF Z. KLEIN
Hockey fans are talking about who will get picked first, and last, at this year's All Star game, a game that they stopped caring about long ago.
ARTS
Art Review

Drawing an Escape From the Chill of Winter

By ROBERTA SMITH
People with serious art habits can enjoy intimate visits with a wide range of portrait and landscape drawings at two dozen galleries in Manhattan.

The Permanent Collection May Not Be So Permanent

By ROBIN POGREBIN
Although policies vary, some museums that divest themselves of works open themselves to criticism.

After 60 Years, a Promise Kept to Sinclair Lewis

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Barnaby Conrad has written a novel about John Wilkes Booth 60 years after promising Sinclair Lewis he would do so.
FASHION & STYLE
Fashion Review

Onstage or Backstage, a Kiss for Paris

By CATHY HORYN
Tune out the usual malcontents and you'll find relevant couture collections for fall.
On the Runway Blog

Paris Couture: Valentino

By CATHY HORYN
At Valentino, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli offered very pretty clothes, focusing on maxi lengths, simple day dresses in double ivory crepe with faggoting, and some very cool halter dresses in delicate lace, and shirtwaists.
Fashion Review

Feeding Dreams of a Better Life

By CATHY HORYN
For years, the Paris men's collections have provided relief from Milan's commercial steamroller. Some of that relief is comic, and some is meant to be virtuous.
EDITORIALS
Editorial

So Was It a Good Year?

Most big banks appeared to be profitable in 2010. But even standout results were underwhelming on closer inspection.
Editorial

Mr. Mubarak Is Put on Notice

We sympathize with the anger that is drawing tens of thousands of Egyptians to demonstrate in the streets.
Editorial

One Nation, Indivisible

A court ruling that upheld a college admissions plan that considers race should give confidence to all universities about seeking diversity and merit.
Editorial Notebook

Realism Without the Bitterness

By DAVID FIRESTONE
Comments offered by three Republican doomsayers were a stark contrast to President Obama's State of the Union speech.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Columnist

Utah's Gun Appreciation Day

By GAIL COLLINS
A new brand of crazy in the land has politicians scrambling to introduce guns into every conceivable part of American life.
Op-Ed Columnist

Tussling Over Jesus

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
A bishop, a nun, a hospital and a holy war.
Op-Ed Contributor

25 Years of Digital Vandalism

By WILLIAM GIBSON
What Stuxnet means for the future of computer viruses.
Op-Ed Contributor

From Bullets to Megabytes

By RICHARD A. FALKENRATH
The cyber attack on Iran heralds a new global arms race.