Gods that always fail

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It is debatable whether intellectuals should directly participate in the public sphere if they represent specific ideas and aspire to make them work in society. Religious converts and new believers can be equally intolerant and violent, causing ethnic cleansing and mass slaughter. True intellectual analysis disallows taking sides for innocent and evil. Intellectuals can only think as disciples if they consider their benefactors. The most difficult thing for intellectuals is representing what they proclaim through their work without becoming an institution.

Behavior, Intellectuals, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Said, Edward W.

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Want to save the opera? Here's a solution from the gods

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The suggestion that the Royal Opera, the English National Opera and the Royal Ballet should share a renovated Royal Opera House in London, England, has some significant implications. It is likely that private investors would withdraw funding for the renovation of the Royal Opera House, as sharing facilities would make them feel that they are no longer members of an exclusive Royal Opera club. It may be better for the English National Opera to move to the new Sadler's Wells theatre, while the Royal Ballet occupies the Coliseum, which would be renovated.

Column, Buildings and facilities, Remodeling and renovation, Royal Ballet (London, England), Royal Opera House (building), English National Opera Company, Royal Opera (London, England)

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Gods and beggars

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Ernesto Sabato, 81, trained as a mathematician and scientist but turned to literature in 1945. He wrote 'The Tunnel' in 1948, 'On Heroes and Tombs' in 1961 and 'The Angel of Darkness' in 1974. These novels can be considered one work; they examine the subconscious. He has written many essays. He has received many literary awards in Argentina including the Cervantes Prize for his books and for his chairmanship of the Argentine National Commission on the Disappeared.

Biography, Interview, Argentina, Novelists, Literature, Sabato, Ernesto

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