The Library recently acquired an important collection of photographs by William P. Gottlieb, a jazz columnist who shot some 1,500 portraits of more than 250 jazz musicians from 1938 to the late 1940s. Mr. Gottlieb’s photographs have great appeal in the jazz world because they are not only what one critic called “very penetrating pictures [...]
Pakistan has had a very strong performance in this year’s ICC World Cup. Namely, in the group stage, they have managed to beat the previously unbeaten Aussies, as well as the highly-touted Sri Lankan squad. Now that they have routed the West Indies in the quarter-finals by ten wickets, they seem to be the most [...]
The ICC World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and India promises to be a match for the ages. In addition to the tens of thousands of passionate fans, for whom cricket is practically a religion, the crowd will also include top government officials and business tycoons from both countries, not to mention Indian Prime Minister Manmohan [...]
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