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In Belgian Plot, FOREIGN POLICY,

A Trail of Dots IN TRUMP’S VIEW,
Not Connected
IS ABOUT DEALS
A Chemical Smell and
Other Missed Signals A 100-MINUTE INTERVIEW
By ANDREW HIGGINS A Harder Line Toward
and KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA
BRUSSELS — The stench of Allies in Asia and
chemicals emanating from the Middle East
sixth-floor apartment made the
owner of the building gag. Other
odd happenings at the mostly
By DAVID E. SANGER
empty housing block in northern
Brussels prompted an anxious and MAGGIE HABERMAN
resident in the area to alert the Donald J. Trump, the Repub-
police. A taxi driver who picked lican presidential front-runner,
up three young men at the block said that if elected, he might halt
smelled a noxious odor leaking purchases of oil from Saudi Ara-
from their curiously heavy lug- bia and other Arab allies unless
gage as he drove them to Brus- they commit ground troops to the
sels Airport. fight against the Islamic State or
But not until 7:58 on Tuesday “substantially reimburse” the
morning did these and other United States for combating the
strange and, at least in retro- militant group, which threatens
spect, alarming dots come to- their stability.
gether to form a clear picture of
“If Saudi Arabia was without
what had been going on for more
the cloak of American protec-
than two months in the dilapidat-
tion,” Mr. Trump said during a
ed but spacious top-floor apart-
ment at 4 Max Roos Street in the 100-minute interview on foreign
Brussels borough of Schaerbeek. policy, spread over two phone
It was then that two home- calls on Friday, “I don’t think it
made bombs — confected from would be around.”
malodorous and highly volatile He also said he would be open
chemicals in the living room of to allowing Japan and South Ko-
the apartment — exploded in the rea to build their own nuclear ar-
check-in area of the airport, fol- senals rather than depend on the
lowed an hour later by another at American nuclear umbrella for
a busy subway station. Together, their protection against North
the attacks killed 31 people. Korea and China. If the United
A third bomb was found unex- DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES States “keeps on its path, its cur-
ploded at the airport, but the two Merrick B. Garland, President Obama’s selection for the Supreme Court, has advanced as a legal centrist. rent path of weakness, they’re
that were detonated blew holes in going to want to have that any-
the roof and maimed scores of way, with or without me discuss-
people as they waited to check
their baggage.
On Saturday, the airport was
Obama Court Choice Is Deft Navigator ing it,” Mr. Trump said.
And he said he would be willing
to withdraw United States forces
still closed, a huge and macabre
crime scene instead of a global
crossroads and the main entry
Of Washington’s Legal Circles from both Japan and South Korea
if they did not substantially in-
crease their contributions to the
point to the “capital of Europe,” a costs of housing and feeding
city that houses the headquarters those troops. “Not happily, but
of the European Union and This article is by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, spoke so rarely that some colleagues fig- ers in a city full of people clamoring to
the answer is yes,” he said.
NATO. Matt Apuzzo and Katharine Q. Seelye. ured him for shy or insecure. be heard, he was waiting until he had
But it became clear over time that Mr. something to say. Mr. Trump also said he would
Acting with uncharacteristic — WASHINGTON — Twice a day, for seek to renegotiate many funda-
and still unexplained — swift- Garland was silently working out his ar- “He has a tendency to save up his
breakfast and lunch, Benjamin R. Civ- guments, processing facts and testing points, and when he finally speaks up, mental treaties with American al-
ness, Belgian security forces iletti, attorney general to President Jim- lies, possibly including a 56-year-
sealed off the area around the alternatives. Surrounded by overachiev- his points come out almost like a Gatling
my Carter, invited his seven special as- gun,” said Lovida H. Coleman Jr., who old security pact with Japan,
apartment in Schaerbeek within sistants — mostly young graduates of which he described as one-sided.
90 minutes of the airport attack. worked with him back then and remains
the nation’s most prestigious law ‘He was a legal craftsman. a close friend. “Not in an unpleasant In Mr. Trump’s worldview, the
The authorities attributed their
schools — to his private dining room at way, not in a way of showing off. He was United States has become a dilut-
speedy reaction to a tip-off from He was not an
the Justice Department for casual con- smart and to the point.” ed power, and the main mecha-
Continued on Page 12 nism by which he would re-estab-
versation or friendly debate. agenda-driven person.’ Mr. Garland, now chief judge of the
Merrick B. Garland, fresh from a Su- federal appeals court in Washington and lish its central role in the world is
preme Court clerkship, 26 and looking MICHAEL CHERTOFF President Obama’s nominee to the Su- economic bargaining. He ap-
Brussels Suspect Charged years younger, showed little interest in former Harvard Law Review colleague preme Court, has deftly navigated the proached almost every current
A man arrested in Belgium has chitchat. Even in staff meetings, he Continued on Page 16 international conflict through the
been charged with terrorism of- prism of a negotiation, even
fenses related to the Brussels at- when he was imprecise about the
tacks, prosecutors said. Page 13. Continued on Page 19
Lead in Water A New Museum Strives to Tell 2 States in West

Still Torments The Full African-American Story Propel Sanders
Many Schools By GRAHAM BOWLEY
In Caucus Wins
WASHINGTON — When the
National Museum of African By AMY CHOZICK
This article is by Michael American History and Culture
Wines, Patrick McGeehan and Senator Bernie Sanders hand-
was conceived in 2003, Barack ily defeated Hillary Clinton on
John Schwartz. Obama was a state senator in Illi- Saturday in the Washington State
nois; the acquittal of George Zim- and Alaska caucuses, infusing his
JERSEY CITY — Anxious par-
merman in the death of Trayvon underdog campaign with critical
ents may wonder how a major
Martin was years in the future; momentum and bolstering his ar-
school system like Newark’s
and Bill Cosby was a symbol of gument that the race for the
could overlook lead in the drink- family decency.
ing water of 30 schools and 17,000 Democratic nomination is not a
Now, as the museum prepares foregone conclusion.
students. The answer: It was to open here in September, the
easy. They had to look only a few Mr. Sanders found a welcome
nation’s first black president is tableau in the largely white and
miles away, at the century-old nearing the end of his second
classrooms of the schools here, liberal electorates of the Pacific
term, Mr. Cosby is accused of be-
across the Hackensack River. Northwest, where just days after
ing a sexual predator and Ameri-
The Jersey City Public Schools routing Mrs. Clinton in Idaho he
cans are engaged in the most MATT ROTH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
district discovered lead contami- repeated the feat in Washington.
charged conversation about race The National Museum of Afri-
nation in eight schools’ drinking With a handful of precincts still
JAKE MAY/THE FLINT JOURNAL-MLIVE.COM, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS in decades. can American History and
fountains in 2006, and in more reporting, he was leading Mrs.
A student in Flint, Mich., had her blood tested in January. As events have complicated
schools in 2008, 2010 and 2012. But the museum’s original mission to
Culture in Washington. Clinton by more than 40 percent-
not until 2013 did officials finally be a “healing place,” curators age points. He performed even
chart a comprehensive attack on longed by official neglect and school administrators may see a have rushed to catch up with his- of President Obama or with better in Alaska, winning 82 per-
lead, which by then had struck all tight budgets, and enabled by a choice between spending money tory — documenting the rallies in scenes of unrest and violence? cent of the vote.
but six schools. gaping loophole in federal rules on teachers or on plumbing as no Baltimore after the death of Fred- “What’s included, what’s not Washington, with 101 delegates
This winter’s crisis in Flint, that largely exempts schools choice at all. die Gray — while wrestling with included, that’s a really, really in play, was a vital state for Mr.
Mich., has cast new attention on from responsibility for the purity “They feel it’s almost better how to tell it. How far to go in de- huge responsibility,” said Kellie Sanders, whose prospects of cap-
lead in water supplies. But prob- of their water. not to sample, because you’re picting the cruelty of slavery and Carter Jackson, a scholar of 19th- turing the nomination dimmed
lems with lead in school water Children are at greatest risk better off not knowing,” Marc Ed- the pain of segregation? How to century African-American histo- after double-digit losses to Mrs.
supplies have dragged on for from lead exposure, and school is wards, a Virginia Tech University tell the awful story of Emmett ry at Hunter College. “It’s prob- Clinton across the South and
years — aggravated by ancient where they spend much of their civil engineering professor who Till? And where does this story ably one of the most difficult weak showings in delegate-rich
buildings and plumbing, pro- early lives. But cash-starved Continued on Page 20 end — with the accomplishments Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 18
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The University of California’s Board of Companies that buy back their own Mayor Bill de Blasio has been a reluc-
Regents has adopted a statement con- stock may temporarily lift the share tant bon vivant. But does New York City
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Cellphones smuggled from China are an Facing criticism, the Tribeca Film Festi- ics like how we can trick ourselves into The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club was
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Korea and the outside world. PAGE 8
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Matthew Ng, an Australian busi- After Glen Grays, a 27-year-old Afri- The Dance Theater of Harlem’s new New evidence suggests that chil-
nessman who had been working in can-American mail carrier, shouted initiative, Women Who Move Us, dren grow up to earn more if their
China, was sentenced by a Chinese at four plainclothes police officers, was created to support work by families leave troubled areas.
he was handcuffed, frisked and tak- women. It is still early, but the pro- Economic View. PAGE 3
court to more than 12 years in pris-
on. He has been incarcerated in Aus- en to their unmarked car. Big City. gram, funded by the Howard Gilman
tralia, but his lawyer contends that PAGE 1 Foundation, could signal the start of Farms Taken to a New Level
the case was fabricated to allow a a new artistic direction. PAGE 7 Through a relatively new practice
Chinese state-owned company to SPORTSSUNDAY called vertical farming, a three-
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sicians. PAGE 12
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‘‘ If Saudi Arabia
was without the cloak of
American protection,
I don’t think it would be
around.
’’
DONALD J. TRUMP,
the Republican presidential
candidate, during a 100-
minute interview laying out his
worldview. [1]
EDITORIAL
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Of American Teenagers Of Black Performance Worth the Splurge?
Maureen Dowd
In “American Girls,” Nancy Jo Sales An ambitious revival of “Shuffle As the luxury market thrives, new
raises alarm about the effects of so- Along,” Broadway’s first successful hotel suites with eye-popping price President Obama leaves the stage
African-American musical, is open- as he began, conspicuously alone
cial media on teenage girls. Review tags promise private check-ins, roof-
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by Anna North. PAGE 1
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letting ourselves get played by
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Donald Trump.
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Los Angeles. PAGE 42 trepreneurs. PAGE 8
Shots Rang Out
Ken Corbett’s “A Murder Over a Small Comfort A Standoff, Then Birding
Girl” is an account of the 2008 killing Some parents of children with se- The Oregon wildlife refuge that was Crossword MAGAZINE, 56
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Corrections
FRONT PAGE man, not Dava’Nyar. The article uation of a cover article about the states the opening date. It
An article last Sunday about also misidentified, in some cop- growing number of people prac- opened yesterday, March 26; it is
the Zika virus in Puerto Rico mis- ies, the team that Oklahoma ticing meditation in New York not scheduled to open on Satur-
stated the role that Dr. Johnny played during the game in which City misstated the surname of a day, April 2.
Rullán has played in public it blocked 15 shots on March 7, class instructor shown at the
health the last 31 years. Dr. Rul- 2007. It was Texas, not Baylor. Harlem branch of the New York T: DESIGN
lán has held several high-ranking Public Library. He is Benjamin An article last Sunday about
An article in some editions last
public health roles in Puerto Rico Blythe, not Bythe. the architect Arno Brandlhuber’s
Sunday about the language of
and elsewhere, including two college basketball among players concrete villa in Potsdam, Ger-
stints as the territory’s secretary and coaches misstated the sur- many, misstated the inspiration
of health, but he was not Puerto ARTS & LEISURE
name of the radio analyst for Vir- behind the artwork of the sculp-
Rico’s secretary of health for 31 ginia men’s basketball games. He An article on Page 6 this week- tor Björn Dahlem, who rents
years. is Ted Jeffries, not Jefferies. end about a new permanent col- space in Brandlhuber’s villa.
lection at the Museum of Modern Dahlem’s art is inspired by as-
SPORTS Art focusing on the 1960s mis- tronomy, not anatomy.
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about schools? Did we talk about Lonnie G. Bunch III, director of the National Museum of Afri- be privately donated. Mr. Bunch
class? Or what are we saying can American History and Culture, in the unfinished building. has a fund-raising goal of $570
about gender?” million and said he was confident
Like the Vietnam Memorial, South Carolina. its. Docents are being trained to the remainder would be gathered
the 9/11 Memorial Museum and help visitors cope with their emo- by the time President Obama
In striving for a fuller picture,
other institutions built to record opens the museum on Sept. 24.
the museum will include uplifting tions and to handle visitors who
painful history, this museum has The museum, Mr. Bunch said,
stories, like those about free disagree strongly with particular
a challenging mandate — to com- captures a symbolically impor-
black pioneers who farmed the displays. There is also a space for
memorate, celebrate, provoke tant moment at the end of the
Midwest in the 19th century. “It’s what the museum is calling the
and heal. And in an effort to Obama presidency, and he is re-
not only enslaved people,” said “contemplative court,” where
strike the right balance, the cura- lieved that its completion comes
Michèle Gates Moresi, a curator people can sit and remove them-
torial team (now counting 15) led before the president leaves office.
at the museum, “but free blacks, selves from — and come to terms
by Mr. Bunch has spent more But the Obama story com-
and white people who didn’t en- with — what they have seen.
than a decade building the col- mands relatively little space —
slave people.” The final historical display
lection, conducting focus groups one display case and part of an-
The tone of depictions was also along the ramp is “A Changing other focusing on 2000 to 2015.
and consulting authorities like a concern: How viscerally should America: 1968 and Beyond,”
Laser Measured John Hope Franklin, Taylor There will be, among other
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Mr. Bunch said, a key decision From the “Slavery and Free- simplistic stereotypes.
portant, timely and perhaps more
was how to treat slavery. “There dom” exhibit, visitors will walk “You will tap your toes to Louis
timely than I hoped it would be,”
were those who said, ‘It has to be up a ramp on a historical journey. Armstrong, but what we also
said David J. Skorton, secretary
about what they had done to us,’ ” At the next stop, “Defending said: Tell us the other side,” Mr.
of the Smithsonian Institution.
he recalled. “There were those Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era Bunch said. “What does rhythm
Following the death of Mr.
who felt that we had to de-em- of Segregation 1876-1968,” they and blues in the 1950s tell us Gray in Baltimore last year, the
phasize it.” will file past the metal coffin of about the changing urban land- curators collected artifacts and
In the end, he chose balance Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy scape and cultural appropria- recorded videos that may be dis-
and resiliency. “We wanted to savagely killed in Mississippi in tion?” played in years to come. The final
make sure you felt the pain of 1955. Mr. Bunch and his curators Mr. Cosby’s inclusion is limited experience that visitors will have
slavery, but you also pondered debated whether the coffin, to a few artifacts but was never a along the historical timeline will
what it meant when one group of which was offered by his family, matter of debate; he was too sig- be watching taped interviews
people did this to another group,” and a photograph of his disfig- nificant a figure in entertainment about identity, activism and race
he said. “Slavery was not the ured face were too ghoulishly and television to leave out. So the with five people, including Opal
only way to define people. They sensational a way of presenting museum will feature a single Tometi, a Black Lives Matter or-
had a strength that I wish I had.” the raw brutality of his death. comedy record “I Started Out as ganizer, and Jay Smooth, the disc
The building on the National He said they had been guided a Child,” from 1964, a comic book jockey and commentator.
Mall was designed by the Tanza- somewhat by the actions of Ma- from his show “I Spy,” and brief “We wanted to make sure that
nian-born architect David Adjaye mie Till Mobley, the boy’s moth- video clips from “I Spy” and people didn’t see the first Afri-
to evoke a crown motif from an- er, who decided at the funeral to “The Cosby Show,” which is de- can-American president as the
cient Yoruban sculpture, or al- leave the coffin open so the world scribed in accompanying text as end of history for African-Ameri-
ternatively women’s hands could see what had been done to “one of the best-loved American cans,” said Michelle Joan Wilkin-
raised to the sky in prayer. It is her son. TV shows.” son, one of the curators. “Very
planned so the historical journey Emmett’s body was exhumed Curators said they wanted Mr. soon after people walk into this
begins below ground, in an exhib- from a Chicago cemetery in 2005 Cosby’s place in history to stand museum, Obama will not be pres-
it called “Slavery and Freedom,” during an investigation into his alone without their mentioning ident. So what are the questions
featuring an auction block where murder and reburied in a new the current allegations (which that we need to continue engag-
people were sold and a cramped coffin. The curators expect the Mr. Cosby denies). “It is hard to ing with beyond a black presi-
pinewood cabin where slaves original coffin to be an emotional- identify anyone who had a dent? We all agreed with that. We
were housed on Edisto Island in ly wrenching point in the exhib- stronger impact on the represen- had to figure out how to do it.”
North Korea Video Shows Nuclear Strike on Washington

By CHOE SANG-HUN provoke us a bit, we will not hes- were imposed this month to pun- ends with the American flag in
SEOUL, South Korea — North itate to slap them with a pre- ish North Korea for its most re- flames.
emptive nuclear strike,” read the cent tests of a nuclear device and Hatred for America has long
Korea released a propaganda
Korean subtitles in the video, a long-range rocket. been a prominent theme in North
video on Saturday that depicts a
which was uploaded to the You- The new video mostly chron- Korean propaganda, and as the
nuclear strike on Washington, Tube channel of D.P.R.K. Today, icles what it calls “humiliating North’s nuclear and missile pro-
along with a warning to “Ameri- a North Korean website. “The defeats” suffered by the United grams have advanced in recent
can imperialists” not to provoke United States must choose! It’s States at North Korea’s hands years, a sense of empowerment
the North. up to you whether the nation over the years, including the through those weapons has be-
The four-minute video clip, ti- called the United States exists on North’s capture in 1968 of an come another key element of the
tled “Last Chance,” uses comput- this planet or not.” American ship, the Pueblo, and messaging.
er animation to show what looks Such remarks are in line with the shooting down of an Ameri- The video released Saturday is
like an intercontinental ballistic recent threats and assertions can helicopter in 1994. not the first of its kind. North Ko-
missile flying through the earth’s from North Korea about its nu- It goes on to depict a barrage rea released one in 2013 that
atmosphere before slamming clear and missile capabilities. of artillery, rockets and missiles showed Lower Manhattan being
into Washington, near what ap- The North recently threatened — including a submarine- bombed, and another soon af-
pears to be the Lincoln Memori- a nuclear strike against Wash- launched ballistic missile, which terward that showed President
al. A nuclear explosion follows. ington in retaliation for new North Korea recently claimed to Obama and American troops in
“If the American imperialists United Nations sanctions, which have successfully tested — and it flames.
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In Havana on Thursday, a man on a laptop and others on cellphones took advantage of a Wi-Fi hot spot. Many clamor for more access to the Internet, which remains extremely limited in Cuba.
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
With Obama’s Visit to Cuba, Old Battle Lines Fade

But a New Dynamic Needs Time to Evolve
By DAMIEN CAVE chief in Miami then, and I remember
HAVANA — For decades, Cuba and thinking the Obama approach was a bit
the United States have framed their re- risky. The embargo prohibiting imports
lationship as a conflict of opposites: and exports was still sacred, and Cu-
Communism vs. capitalism; Cuban loy- ban-American hard-liners dominated
alists vs. Cuban exiles; the state vs. the public discussion, calling those who
individual. asked if the politics around Cuba were
But last week’s visit to the island by changing “clowns,” “idiots” or worse.
President Obama — the first by a sitting Polls showed most Cuban-Americans
American president since Calvin Cool- still supported the embargo and a stiff
idge — made clear that the old lines of anti-Cuba position.
battle are breaking down. Here in a But when Mr. Obama told the crowd
place known for its rigidity, ruled since that if elected, he would immediately al-
1959 by a single family, a confounding low “unlimited family travel and remit-
mash-up of what was once held apart tances to the island,” a cheer arose,
now defines how life works. even among middle-aged exiles in
Just watching the awkward dance be- Guayaberas who told me they had pre-
tween Mr. Obama and his Cuban coun- viously rejected that kind of engage-
terpart at a news conference on Mon- ment.
day left many Cubans stunned. Young When Mr. Obama fulfilled that prom-
and old remarked that their president, ise with a policy change in 2009, a rush
Raúl Castro, did not deliver a strong to Cuba began. Now more than 400,000
performance. But there he was, a Cas- Cuban-Americans go annually. When
tro, admitting he had agreed to take Mr. Castro later signaled a shift of his
only one question, then stumbling own, no longer calling exiles gusanos,
through three — about human rights, no or worms, as his brother and predeces-
less — as an American president sor Fidel Castro had done, the divide be-
nudged him along in a classic ritual of a tween Cuban and Cuban-American, be-
more open society. tween exile and loyalist, eased further
It was awkward to watch, the octoge- away.
narian guerrilla and the younger Ameri- The examples Mr. Obama cited in his
can, especially the missed handshake- speech on Tuesday of Cuban-Ameri-
hug at the end, precisely because it cans’ experiencing emotional reunions
showed Mr. Castro moving into uncom- — including Melinda Lopez, who said
fortable territory. “so many of us are now getting so much
Mr. Obama’s engagement policy and back” by returning after more than 50
Mr. Castro’s minor opening to free-mar- years — are commonplace now. And
ket ideas and careful criticism have to- they are only part of the story.
gether created a new dynamic for Cuba More significant are the connections
that is just beginning to reveal what it between recent migrants and relatives
could become. back in Cuba who have opened small
“While I’m confident that history will businesses under Raúl Castro’s new al-
judge Obama’s visit and speech as a un- lowances for self-employment. Over the
mitigated home run, in the Cuban con- past few years, I’ve met mechanics,
text he’s only a pinch-hitter or a warm- chefs, barbers and clothes sellers who
up batter,” said Ted Henken, a Cuba all relied on family members abroad to
scholar at Baruch College. “The real act as unofficial partners, even though
contest can only be decided through a investment is illegal under the embargo
frank, respectful and broadly inclusive and Cuban law.
national dialogue among Cubans them- The entire idea of going and staying is
selves.” now being renegotiated. With Cuba also PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEPHEN CROWLEY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
gambling on Cuban families — in 2012, Clockwise from top: President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba at a news conference in Havana; Mr. Oba-
Raúl Castro made it easier for Cubans ma with Rachel Robinson, the widow of Jackie Robinson, at a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cuba’s na-
Loyalists vs. Exiles to travel without losing citizenship —
tional team; residents of Havana awaiting a glimpse of Mr. Obama, who had arrived to dine in their neighborhood.
Mr. Obama’s first major Cuba policy many more Cubans leave, but do not
speech occurred about six months be- stay away.
fore he was first elected president, at a A few weeks ago at Florida Interna- back,” she said. “That’s really the best and to one of the greatest engines of guez is a co-founder of Merchise Start-
luncheon hosted by the Cuban Ameri- tional University in Miami, I visited a up Circle, a group of Cuban program-
way to do it.” growth in human history.”
can National Foundation that I attended class filled with the children and grand-
We were standing in a new Wi-Fi But his meeting with entrepreneurs mers who have begun to host two-day
in Miami on May 23, 2008. children of exiles, and Analiz Faife, a bi-
zone. Juliet fiddled with her phone; she the day before missed the degree of ac- start-up competitions in Havana.
Cuban-Americans of some promi- ology major, who told me she was sad to
have left Cuba just two years ago (after was eager to keep video-chatting with a tivity already taking place, and the way I met Mr. Rodriguez outside the en-
nence, including Jorge Mas Santos, the
son of Jorge Mas Canosa, who used the waiting seven years for a visa) and friend already in Miami. some Cubans see technology as the trepreneur event, then sat down with
foundation as a cudgel against the Cas- planned to move back as soon as she path to a new economic model that is him later for a lengthy interview that
tros, had told Mr. Obama that there could. “We’re here not just for our own neither communist nor capitalist, and began with coffee and moved on to beer.
Communism vs. Capitalism He told me that Merchise’s goal was to
would be broad support in the exile futures,” she said through a rush of perfectly suited to Cuba’s culture of
community for loosening travel rules, to tears, “but because we want to go back Many Cubans see technology and af- sharing. create a series of networking events
allow Cuban-Americans more freedom and help our country.” fordable Internet access as one of, if not Medardo Rodriguez is a leader of this and online and offline communities of
to go back. Outside the baseball stadium where the, most important priorities for their techno-movement. A lanky former com- people across the country who could
Mr. Obama and his campaign chose Mr. Obama and Mr. Castro sat together country. In his speech on Tuesday, Mr. puter science professor from the coun- use their programming skills to earn
to elevate emotion over ideology. Who for a game, I heard something similar Obama told them, “The Internet should tryside whose quirky brilliance be- money with contracts for global soft-
could oppose reuniting Cuban families? from Juliet Garcia Gonzalez, 17. “Most be available across the island so that comes apparent the longer you listen to ware companies (which already hap-
I was the New York Times bureau people here want to leave and come Cubans can connect to the wider world him tell you not to interrupt, Mr. Rodri- Continued on Page 11
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Lifeline to the Outside World, Smuggled Into North Korea Another First
For Cuba:
Chinese Phones
A Precarious Link
A Concert
By CHOE SANG-HUN
By the Stones
SEOUL, South Korea — The By FRANCES ROBLES
man drove Ju Chan-yang to a HAVANA — Five decades after
mountain overlooking North Ko- his music was banned in this
rea’s border with China. He Communist country, Mick Jagger
looked around, making sure they stood — and sang, jumped and
were alone. Then he dialed his performed his signature dance
Chinese cellphone and handed it moves — before hundreds of
to her. thousands of adoring fans Friday
On the other end was Ms. Ju’s night in Cuba and declared:
father in South Korea. It was the “Times are changing.”
first time they had heard each “We know that years back it
other’s voice since her father fled was hard to hear our music in
there two years earlier. Cuba,” Mr. Jagger said in Span-
“We barely spoke 10 minutes ish, alluding to the years that
before the connection was sud- American and British rock music
denly lost,” Ms. Ju, 25, said, de- were forbidden here. “Here we
scribing the 2009 episode during are.” It was a bit of an understate-
a recent interview. “My father ment at the start of a free two-
lost sleep that night, fearing that hour outdoor Rolling Stones con-
I might have been caught by cert at the Ciudad Deportiva
North Korean soldiers.” sports facility that capped a
Smuggled-in Chinese mobile whirlwind week of “firsts.” Days
phones, which enable North Ko- after a visit by President Obama
reans near the border with China and a Tampa Bay Rays exhibition
to gain access to its mobile net- game, the show took on outsize
symbolism that was hard to ex-
works, are an increasingly vital
aggerate.
bridge between the North and
In a nation where people long
the outside world.
stifled by a repressive govern-
They connect North Koreans
ment feel as if they are on the
to relatives who have defected cusp of a broad transformation,
abroad, mostly to South Korea. Cuban music fans hoped Mr. Jag-
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEAN CHUNG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
North Koreans also flee their re- ger would break down the gates
pressive country, as Ms. Ju even- A Chinese cellphone kept Ju Chan-yang in touch with her fa-
to political and social change that
tually did, through a smuggling ther after he defected to South Korea from the North, where in- Cuban leaders had already
operation arranged by mobile ternational calls are not allowed. She left in 2011. Choi Hyun- cracked open. “Big things start
phones. joon, right, wired money to his daughter to help her leave. with something small,” said An-
But the bridge has become in- dres Martinez of San Francisco,
creasingly precarious under Kim who attended with his girlfriend,
criminal charges. If they call from the North, bribes are virtu-
Jong-un, the North Korean lead- who lives in Cuba. “Five years
someone in South Korea or other ally the only way to avoid prison,
er. from now, they’re going to be
countries labeled enemies, they or worse.
In 2014, Mr. Kim ordered his could face charges of treason as “When my sources call me, saying: ‘It started with the Roll-
government to tighten “mosquito well as incarceration in prison they shut the doors of the house ing Stones.’”
nets” to block foreign informa- camps. and keep a lookout outside,” said His girlfriend, Madelaine Ta-
tion from slipping in and prevent “Nothing can ever justify peo- Kang Mi-jin, a reporter for Daily mayo Ortíz, a singer from Ha-
his people from communicating ple being thrown in detention for NK, a news website based in vana, chimed in: “Something is
with outsiders and fleeing. The trying to fulfill a basic human Seoul that focuses on the North. going to happen. Something bet-
number of North Korean defec- need — to connect with their fam- “I tell them to have a place to ter,” she said. “Beyond music,
tors arriving in South Korea, ily and friends,” said Arnold quickly hide their phone and car- this concert was a ‘yes’ to unity.”
once as high as 2,914 in 2009, Fang, the author of the report, ry bribe money, usually 2,000 Chi- But lest anyone forget the po-
plummeted to 1,276 last year. which relied on interviews with nese yuan, with them, always. It litical context: Cellphone service
Mr. Kim also strengthened a experts and 17 recent defectors can decide whether they live or was down citywide during the
crackdown on mobile phones from North Korea. die.” news — asking as many ques- dleman to get his daughter to the concert, leading many people to
smuggled from China, deploying Mr. Kim’s clampdown on Thanks to her sources in North tions of me as I do of them,” said border for a call with Mr. Choi. suspect that the government had
more soldiers and modern sur- phones linked to Chinese mobile Korea, Ms. Kang, 48, broke some Ms. Kang, herself a defector. He first had to forge a travel per- blocked the signal to keep the au-
veillance devices along the bor- networks also heightens the risk of the most talked-about news on “They want to know how de- mit for her; in North Korea, trav- dience from communicating.
der to jam signals or trace them for those who help bring news Mr. Kim’s secretive government fectors live in the South, how el from town to town is closely (Others guessed that the system
to those using the banned about his totalitarian country to in recent years. She was the first much a South Korean worker monitored. had simply crashed.) Security
phones. the outside world. North Koreans to report that Mr. Kim’s wife, Ri makes a month, whether it’s real- was tight at the orderly show.
Later, Mr. Choi wired his
In a 57-page report titled “Con- use the phones to talk or send Sol-ju, was pregnant in 2012 and ly true that South Korean house- The Rolling Stones gave a
daughter 8 million won, or $6,700,
nection Denied,” Amnesty Inter- text messages and even photos to that the leader was limping in wives have so many pieces of stunning performance of 18 of
in a transaction made possible by
national said this month that reporters and activists in South 2014 because of ankle surgery. their classics to locals and for-
clothes they throw some away.” the Chinese mobile phone. Each
North Koreans caught making Korea and elsewhere. “The people I talked to in the eigners, many of whom had nev-
North Korea runs its own mo- year, defectors in South Korea er seen such a spectacle. Cubans
calls on the phones could face If they are caught by officials North are thirsty for outside bile phone network. Started in send millions of dollars to their marveled at the three-story-high
2008 as a joint venture with the families in the North through in- jumbo screens, enormous thun-
Egyptian company Orascom, the termediaries in China and North
network, Koryolink, has more Korea who use Chinese mobile
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But it does not allow internation-
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tions. A long-banned rock
al calls. For ordinary citizens, By the time the money reached
Charles is a retinal surgeon who had severe pain, landline calls are monitored and
mostly confined to domestic con-
her, the sum had shrunk by half,
the rest deducted as “brokers’
band says ‘times are
numbness, and tingling down his leg. nections. fees” for the middlemen. changing.’
Internet access is also restrict- “You lose 30 to 50 percent of
ed to foreign visitors and a select the money, but still it is the only
Until he came to Back Institute. elite. North Koreans are also not
permitted to exchange letters,
way to send money to our loved
ones,” said Mr. Choi, who man-
dering speakers and camera tow-
ers, wondering how much the
emails or telephone calls with aged to get his daughter out in production cost and grateful that
people in South Korea. 2010. the band had agreed to free ad-
Why do so many medical doctors Thus, for ordinary North Kore-
ans, virtually the only means of
Ms. Ju remembered the day mission.
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• No-trauma, therefore no long term that have been smuggled in. where she was working in 2009. decision to perform for free as a
North Korean traders began He discreetly showed Ms. Ju a nod to the percolating sense that
problems typical of spine surgery using them during a famine in the Cuba was on the verge of some-
code word only she and her par-
• Least down time from their practice 1990s to help illegally bring food ents knew, a combination of her thing big. Earlier this month, the
and other goods from China. and her mother’s names. D.J. and producer Diplo brought
But North Koreans who have “I knew I could trust him,” Ms. his group, Major Lazer, to Ha-
Our renowned fled to the South since the famine vana for a large free show that
Ju said. “He said I should go to
surgical technique requires also started hiring smugglers to mostly catered to a young audi-
the border to make a phone call
send Chinese phones and SIM ence; the Rolling Stones’ crowd
“The pain was so severe, I knew something NO cutting NO bleeding with my parents in the South.”
was filled with fans of all ages
had to be done. I came to Back Institute, cards to relatives left behind. De- In the summer of 2010, her fa-
NO Drilling NO scarring fectors and Amnesty Internation- and foreigners who traveled from
had my procedure, and now I’m pain free ther called her to the Chinese
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Cuba as it is said in Spanish:
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“koo-bah.”
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THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 N 9
Sent Home, but Only to Another Jail

By MICHELLE INNIS
SYDNEY, Australia — Since he
was arrested in 2010, Matthew
Ng has lost his $100 million busi-
ness, his health and his family.
He has been kept apart from
his wife and three younger chil-
dren, whom he sees only sporadi-
cally. His eldest daughter fell into
a deep depression, stopped eat-
ing and died.
An Australian businessman
who had been working in China,
Mr. Ng was sentenced by a Chi-
nese court in 2011 to more than 12
years in prison on bribery and
fraud charges. His lawyer con-
tends that the case was fabricat-
ed to allow a Chinese state-
owned company to confiscate his Matthew Ng, left, who was sent to an Australian prison after be-
business. ing convicted of fraud in China, with David Marquard, a friend.
In 2014, he was transferred to
Australia under a bilateral treaty
that allows prisoners to serve worth in excess of $1 billion to- rolee.
their sentences in their home day,” he said. “With a criminal record I won’t
countries. After Mr. Ng lost his appeal in be able to travel,” he said. “And
Since then, he has been incar- the criminal case in 2012, his eld- hanging over my head is that I
cerated at a state prison in rural est daughter, Isabella, then 15, could be thrown back into jail
Australia for crimes he probably fell into a deep depression and during that parole period. Once
did not commit, and which his became anorexic. She died in you’re in jail, you can get lost in
lawyer says would not even be 2013. the system. No one looks out for
crimes in Australia. His wife, Niki Chow, who Mr. you.”
“Australia has imprisoned in Lennox said was harassed by the As the first prisoner trans-
Australia one of its own citizens Chinese authorities, developed ferred under the 2011 treaty with
as a result of the injustice and breast cancer, and was forced to China, his chances of review or a
disregard of human rights within bring her three youngest chil- pardon are slim, according to
the Chinese legal system,” said dren home to Sydney without several lawyers and a former offi-
the lawyer, Tom Lennox. their father. cial.
In China, he said, “You can Since he was transferred to The attorney general’s office
complain but it makes no differ- Australia, Mr. Ng has been able said that while a transferred pris-
ence. But in Australia it should be to see them occasionally and oner could apply for a pardon, the
different.” make phone calls to them limited treaty’s success depends on “mu-
to six minutes each. tual respect for each country’s
Mr. Ng has petitioned Attorney
His children “understand that I sovereignty” and the desire to al-
General George Brandis for a
was charged in China and they low prisoners to be close to fam-
pardon and his immediate re-
know that China is a Communist ily and rejoin Australian society.
lease from the prison, St. Helier’s
country,” he said. “But they don’t According to Mr. Lennox, Mr.
Correctional Center in Muswell-
understand why I am locked up Brandis holds that the govern-
brook, about 150 miles north of
here.” ment has no right to review the
Sydney.
At 49, he is scarred and brittle, case or the sentence.
Mr. Brandis declined to com-
friends say. His physical health Several other lawyers agreed
ment on the case, but his office
has improved in Australia, but he that the treaty obliged Australia
said in an email that the prisoner
swap treaty between Australia to administer foreign sentences
and China does not allow the even when they may be repug-
Australian government to make nant to Australian values.
“any judgment as to the reason- An Australian says “If we agree to the terms of the
ableness or otherwise of the sen-
tence imposed by the foreign
China convicted him treaty,” said Bret Walker, a Syd-
ney lawyer and former president
country.” on fabricated charges. of Australia’s Law Council, “we
Mr. Ng’s problems began when have to accept the fact of criminal
he tried to sell a travel company guilt for that conduct and the in-
he had started in Guangzhou, in fliction of that length of impris-
southern China. In the process of remains despondent. onment as a sentence, even
building the company, Et-China, “He is mentally fragile,” said a though either or both of those as-
he bought a majority stake in a longtime friend, David Mar- pects are quite outside the way
struggling state-owned company, quard, a director at Ernst & Australia would approach the
GZL, for $10 million. GZL was a Young Australia. “He has been in matter.”
subsidiary of Lingnan, a hotel jail far longer than he ever should Donald R. Rothwell, the dean
and travel conglomerate owned have been, even if you believe he of the Australian National Uni-
by the Guangzhou government. has done something wrong, versity College of Law, said that
In 2010, the Swiss travel giant which I don’t.” Australia has some “capacity”
Kuoni offered to buy Mr. Ng’s Corrective Services, the state under the treaty “to revisit” the
company for $125 million. prisons agency, denied a request sentence, but the bigger obsta-
Lingnan then demanded to buy to visit or interview Mr. Ng. The cles were political and diplomat-
back its GZL shares at the origi- agency said it prohibits the news ic.
nal selling price. Mr. Ng refused. media from visiting jails and in- He and other lawyers warned
He was arrested and jailed for terviewing prisoners. that if Australia was not seen as
13 months before he was finally Through his lawyer, Mr. Ng upholding its side of the treaty, it
tried. He was convicted of misap- protested his innocence. could jeopardize the prospects
propriating company funds, mis- “I have never confessed,” he for the 41 Australians now serv-
stating his company’s registered said. “I would never tarnish my ing sentences in Chinese jails.
capital and bribing a director. own name saying I did something “Australia would need to be
Mr. Ng’s trial lawyer, Chen that I did not do. very careful that if it was to re-
Youxi, called the charges ridicu- “Despite all they did to me and visit and make adjustments that
lous. The bribery allegation, for my family in China, I did not it was on very clear ground be-
instance, involved payments to a break. But now I am here, I must cause of the potential impact it
company director that had been have a free hand to regain my could have down the track for fu-
publicly reported and taxed. life. I must have meaningful con- ture prisoner transfers,” Profes-
“The court does not have ei- tact with my children and wife, sor Rothwell said.
ther enough evidence or legal ba- and I must clear my name.” Mr. Lennox disagrees. He con-
sis for the sentence,” Mr. Chen Mr. Ng could qualify for re- tends that China no longer cares
said after the trial. lease on parole this year, a con- what happens to Mr. Ng. More-
A separate civil case in 2013 cession under Australia’s sen- over, he said, such potential con-
stripped Mr. Ng of his business tencing laws. In China, he would sequences should not deprive his
assets. have likely served his entire sen- client of justice now.
Lingnan ended up acquiring tence. His parole would last until “There are grounds in the trea-
Et-China’s assets “lock, stock, 2021. ty for Matthew to be released,” he
and barrel,” said Christopher He wants to rejoin his wife and said. “But the government has
Rose, an Australian businessman children, pay his respects to Isa- washed its hands of him. It is as if
who managed the company after bella and go back to business, they have moved on and left him
Mr. Ng’s arrest. “It would be which would be difficult as a pa- stranded.”
SANA, VIA REUTERS
Advancing on Palmyra
Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, in a Syrian state news agency photograph,
marched Saturday near the old city of Palmyra, where they are battling Islamic State fighters.
10 N THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
Shut Out of Germany, Refugees Look to E.U. Program for Next Step
By LIZ ALDERMAN
ATHENS — Under the glare of
a naked light bulb, in the tiny
one-room apartment where he
has taken shelter with three oth-
er young Syrian refugees, Ismail
Haki clutched the folded white
card on which he has pinned all
his hopes.
“It’s our only chance,” said Mr.
Haki, as he and his companions
displayed the cards that showed
they have applied for asylum in
Europe. “If this works, we don’t
know what country we’ll end up
in. But at least we’d be in Eu-
rope.”
The four men arrived in
Greece last month after making a
perilous trek from Aleppo, the
war-torn Syrian city, to find a
hoped-for path to Germany
closed. After languishing in a mil-
itary camp for two weeks, they
turned in desperation to a final
option and entered a European
Union relocation program that
might, if they are lucky, place
them almost anywhere in Europe
but Germany.
The closing of Europe’s main
migrant route to Germany,
whose open door policy last year
made it a preferred destination
for refugees, has stranded more
than 50,000 people in Greece.
Now, as a European Union deal to
start returning new arrivals to
Turkey takes effect, many are re-
alizing that their dream of getting
As fear swells, a
willingness to settle
anywhere in Europe. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANGELOS TZORTZINIS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
“I’m afraid people will think we are all Daesh,” said Ahmed
Arab, 22, above last week in the Athens apartment he shares
with his roommates, from right, Ismail Haki and Mohamoud
into Europe’s prosperous north
may be virtually impossible to at- Sharour, all Syrian refugees who have applied for asylum.
tain.
Having come this far, migrants sion on their applications. had avoided applying, because
are scrambling to figure out how One recent evening, Mr. Haki the program does not permit
they can stay legally anywhere in and the other young men sipped them to choose the country
Europe, or at least avoid getting tea on the balcony of their apart- where they would be settled. Peo-
deported as new policies to re- ment, where four bunk beds ple with family in Germany, for
duce their numbers come into crowded a room next to a small instance, feared they would be
place. kitchen. With the exception of kept apart.
Some are now taking steps to two Greek families, everyone in But now that there is a rush to
settle in Greece, a battered coun- the five-story building was a refu- the doors, the Greek authorities
try that may struggle to integrate gee from Syria or Iraq. are overwhelmed. Last week, the
them at a time when a quarter of “We need a future,” said Moha- program was suspended briefly
the population is jobless. But moud Sharour, 23, who said he after thousands of people hurried
many more are vying to get into had fled conflict in Aleppo. “Right to apply.
the European Union relocation now we’re stuck. We wait, we While Mr. Haki and the others
program, which is supposed to sleep, smoke cigarettes. But we had help, the vast majority of mi-
disperse 160,000 refugees, mostly want to work, and build a life.” grants still do not. For them, fig-
from the Middle East, in coun- Everyone was worried that the uring out the way forward re-
tries across Europe. attacks on Brussels might cloud mains a Kafkaesque undertak-
“People are scared. A lot of their chance of getting into Eu- ing, often ending in desperation.
them are saying we have no rope. On a recent afternoon, a rest-
hope,” said Yousif Karoija, a Syri- “I’m afraid people will think less crowd formed outside Ath-
an who has been living for weeks we are all Daesh,” said Ahmed ens’ central asylum center, seek-
in Piraeus, the port of Athens, af- Arab, 22, also from Aleppo, using ing information on the relocation
ter being tear-gassed when he immigration in speeches that Nations refugee agency. “We Italy to help share the burden. the Arabic acronym for the Is- program. Guards pushed them
tried to cross Greece’s northern conflated refugees with terror- hope every country will have an But Austria, Hungary and Slo- lamic State. “People watch TV, away and distributed leaflets
border. “These people will apply ism. open mind. But after Brussels, I vakia have refused to comply. they see that Muslims killed peo- with instructions to call via
to the relocation program now; Poland on Wednesday abandon’t know.” Others have dragged their feet: ple, and they think all Muslims Skype for an appointment.
they are tired, and will go any- doned its pledge to take more Even before the bombings, Eu- France has so far agreed to take are the same. But I’m not the “We don’t have Skype!” shout-
where in Europe,” he said, than 6,000 migrants under the rope’s welcome was wearing just 1,300 migrants out of 19,431 same. Do we look like Daesh?” he ed a group of older Syrian men. “I
sweeping his eyes over a crowd European Union relocation pro- thin. The new European Union places pledged, while Germany asked, smiling as he lifted his tea- have it,” said a young Afghani
of nearly 5,000 women, children gram, citing the attacks. “We accord with Turkey, which au- opened 40 spots out of 27,479. Bel- cup. man, brandishing a cellphone.
and men camped in squalid con- can’t allow for events in Western thorizes migrant deportations gium has made 30 places avail- “We are more frightened than “But every time I call, no one an-
ditions around the port. Europe to happen in Poland,” starting April 4, was sealed rap- able out of 3,788. All told, fewer the Europeans, because we’ve swers.”
The timing could not be worse. said Rafal Bochenek, a spokes- idly last week to dissuade asylum than 1,000 refugees have been re- seen this before — bombs, shoot- Hannah Asman, a Syrian refu-
Since Islamic State assailants man for the conservative govern- seekers from coming after more located since the pact took effect. ing,” he continued. “That’s what gee trying to join her husband
bombed Brussels last week in ment. than one million reached Europe Mr. Haki heard about the relo- we’re trying to get away from.” and son in Germany, held her
terror attacks that killed 31 peo- For Mr. Haki and the men with last year. Aid agencies withdrew cation plan at the military camp, The relocation process can head in her hands and collapsed
ple, Europe’s focus has swung whom he was sheltered, the fu- some operations in Greece this where the United Nations refu- take months as European Union into a dead faint on the sidewalk
sharply to security, raising the ture was thrown into question yet week to protest the deal, which gee agency and aid organizations countries conduct background after a guard ejected her. Mr.
prospect of a further tightening again. they say flouts international law. offer information and sign-ups. security checks on applicants, Haki and his friends, among the
of the European Union’s migra- “We left a dangerous situa- Countries opposing a further Once registered, migrants can said Jean-Pierre Schembri, a few to have an appointment,
tion policies. The attacks re- tion,” said Mr. Haki, who was migrant influx have also resisted move into one of around 20,000 spokesman for the European doused her with water for several
newed a bitter debate over mi- transferred from a military camp implementing the European Un- rooms in hotels, apartments and Asylum Support Office, which minutes to help her revive.
grants as right-wing European near a muddy refugee encamp- ion relocation accord, which is host homes funded by the United oversees the program. He added “What am I going to do?” she
politicians urged a halt to mass ment in Idomeni to a cramped barely functioning. Under the Nations and run by the Greek aid that it was too early to tell if more said when she came to, tears
apartment in a run-down Athens pact struck in September, Euro- group Praksis, which provides countries would resist taking mi- streaming down her cheeks.
Dimitris Bounias contributed re- neighborhood after registering pean countries agreed to take food vouchers and medical care grants after the Brussels attacks. “How will I ever get to Germany
porting. for the program with the United asylum seekers from Greece and while the refugees await a deci- Until recently, most migrants now?”
THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 N 11
Prosecutor in New York

Wins Acclaim in Turkey
Indictment of Businessman Cheered
By TIM ARANGO responded to one post in which
ISTANBUL — The indictment the writer offered any number of
of a prominent Turkish business- gifts from Turkey: raki, a Turkish
man unsealed last week has liquor; a carpet; kebab; or Turk-
made an unlikely hero of a man ish delight.
most Turks had never heard of: Mr. Bharara wrote back, “Well,
Preet Bharara, the United States I do love shish kebab, but I don’t
attorney for the Southern District think I can accept gifts just for
of New York, who brought the doing my job.”
charges against the tycoon, Reza Mr. Zarrab, a flamboyant gold
Zarrab. trader who is married to a Turk-
In recent days, as news of Mr. ish pop star, was once a constant
Zarrab’s arrest circulated here, in the gossip pages of this city’s
Mr. Bharara became a social me- newspapers. He became a house-
dia sensation among Turks who hold name in Turkey in late 2013
have increasingly lost confidence when a corruption inquiry be-
in the independence of their came public with dawn police
country’s institutions, particular- raids against Mr. Zarrab, several
ly the judiciary, after a Tuesday other businessmen and the sons
morning post on Twitter: “Reza of three cabinet ministers.
The investigation — focused on
those in the inner circle of Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, then the prime
Restoring faith in a minister and now president —
became a national sensation, and
system, even it was seized upon by the many
critics of Mr. Erdogan and his Is- NATHANIEL BROOKS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
someone else’s. lamist Justice and Development “Well, I do love shish kebab, but I don’t think I can accept gifts just for doing my job,” Preet Bharara told a Turkish admirer.
Party as evidence of abuse of
power. that touched the highest levels of counts of money laundering and quiry was silenced through fir- At the time the corruption in-
But Mr. Zarrab quickly disap- government here. bank fraud, and it accuses Mr. ings of the police and prosecutors quiry became public in 2013, Mr.
Zarrab to soon face American
peared from view, along with the The 2013 inquiry mainly fo- Zarrab and others of conspiring who carried it out, are hoping Erdogan and others blamed allies
justice in a Manhattan court-
splashy headlines, as the investi- cused on corruption in the con- for years “to violate and evade that Mr. Zarrab, in trying to save of Fethullah Gulen, a popular
room.”
gation was quashed through a se- struction business and the public United States sanctions against himself, sings, and sings loudly. Muslim cleric who lives in exile in
Since that message was post- ries of purges of the police and ju-
ed, the number of Mr. Bharara’s financing of real estate develop- Iran and Iranian entities,” Mr. Two articles, side by side, in Pennsylvania, for the investiga-
diciary. ment. It also cast a spotlight on Bharara said in a statement re- Thursday’s Hurriyet Daily News, tion.
Twitter followers has soared to Now, though, Mr. Zarrab, 33, a
245,000 from a few thousand. An an issue that had long been a con- leased this week with the indict- a Turkish newspaper, highlighted Mr. Gulen had built up a net-
dual citizen of Turkey and Iran, is cern of the United States: the role ment. the divergence of Turkish and work of followers in the police
anonymous poem written in back in the news, having been ar- of Turkey in helping Iran evade Mr. Zarrab’s arrest has given American justice. One reported and judiciary over decades and
Turkish about Mr. Bharara, rested in Miami on Saturday on international sanctions over its many Turks something to smile that an arrest warrant had been was once an important ally of Mr.
which notes his reputation as a charges of helping Iran evade nuclear program. One of the tar- about this week as they are oth- issued for a Turkish prosecutor Erdogan’s. But the two had a fall-
fearless prosecutor of Wall Street sanctions imposed over its nucle- gets was the chief executive of erwise unnerved by a series of involved in the original graft ing out, and the disagreements
malfeasance, gained traction ar program. the state-owned Halkbank, which terrorist attacks, including a sui- case; the other was about Mr. crystallized over the corruption
online and begins, “There is a As Mr. Zarrab sits in jail in the the United States had long ac- cide bombing last weekend on Zarrab’s having been denied bail investigation.
prosecutor in America, he is United States, having been de- cused of working with Iran to Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul’s long in the United States. The response from Mr. Erdo-
unshakably loyal to the law, now nied bail, his case has again cap- evade sanctions in a scheme that pedestrian shopping street in the Semih Idiz, a columnist for the gan was swift: First came the
it is the turn of Reza, what a great tured the imagination of many involved using gold to buy Irani- heart of the city’s European newspaper, wrote on Thursday purging from government of
man you are, Preet Bharara.” Turks who believe the original an oil and gas. quarter. about the “celebratory mood in those thought to be followers of
Countless Turks have sent Mr. corruption inquiry was swept un- Mr. Zarrab was accused of aid- It is unclear whether the antigovernment circles in Tur- Mr. Gulen, on suspicion that they
Bharara messages on Twitter, der the rug and who now hope ing that scheme, but he was ex- American investigation inter- key” over the arrest. He added, were plotting a coup, followed by
congratulating his efforts, and he that an American court will onerated in Turkey after his ar- sects at all with the allegations “Many are waiting avidly to see the seizure under terrorism laws
achieve what Turkish courts rest in 2013. The United States in- Mr. Zarrab faced in Turkey. But what he says in court, since Tur- of many businesses and news
Ceylan Yeginsu contributed re- were unable to: a full and fair dictment, though, does not men- critics of the Turkish govern- key was the base of his alleged il- outlets said to be linked to Mr.
porting. hearing of corruption allegations tion Halkbank. It lists numerous ment, who say the corruption in- legal operations.” Gulen.
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
With Obama’s Visit to Cuba, Old Battle Lines Are Starting to Fade
“This is a perfect moment for said that had mostly proven true.
From Page 6 Cuba,” adding, “We just have to “I’m feeling much more calm,”
pens, somewhat), then create take advantage of it.” she told me, adding, “It’s impos-
start-ups to serve Latin-Ameri- He acknowledged challenges, sible to control millions of Cu-
can and American markets. mentioning infrastructure and bans.”
It was the kind of thing that bureaucracy. But when I asked if What Ms. Diaz and many other
would have been impossible to he thought the Cuban govern- Cubans say they want is a Cuba
imagine before the announcement would allow what sounded that confronts its own problems
ment of restored relations be- like a grand capitalist experi- separate from its relationship
tween Cuba and the United ment, he cautioned against such with the United States.
States on Dec. 17, 2014. But a few categorizations. In many corners, there is a de-
days before the Obama visit, “I don’t like names; what is sire to look further back in histo-
Stripe Atlas — a start-up in San capitalism?” he said. “Is it the ry, to before Castro’s revolution,
Francisco that helps internation- United States, France, Haiti or for Cuba’s essential nature, and
al companies set up a payment Burundi?” to be done with the duality that
system in the United States — Mr. Obama described when he
agreed to work with Merchise. State vs. Individual said, “Cuba has emphasized the
“We think there’s a lot of pent- role and rights of the state; the
up potential here,” said Patrick The techo-utopian dream of United States is founded upon the
Collison, chief executive of Stripe Merchise slows to a crawl when rights of the individual.”
Atlas. “There are a lot of people confronted with questions of free- The Cubans I’ve talked to dur-
who have been programming for dom of expression and politics. ing this trip and many others
20 years, but it’s never been pos- The state continues to be ever- want something else. A pair of
sible to start a company.” present and suffocating for Cu- teachers, who now have nearly 40
Mr. Rodriguez, who started bans seeking changes beyond the students per class, told me they
Merchise in the 1990s by recruit- safety of business. hoped economic growth would
ing two or three of his best stu- Elizardo Sánchez, who heads ERIC THAYER/FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
lead to a better free education
dents from each of his classes, the Cuban Commission for Hu- system. A tour guide for the gov-
said he expected sizable growth, man Rights and National Recon- Barack Obama, then a candidate, spoke to the Cuban American National Foundation in 2008. ernment said the state needed to
with several events in the coming ciliation, said he worried that the shrink quickly and significantly,
year. Even though public Inter- hopes that blossomed during the Cuba has an enormous capacity visit has cracked open Cuba’s with the usual menu of anti- but stay strong enough to keep
net access is still limited to hotels president’s visit would be to make promises they never ful- careful conversations, creating American propaganda between inequality in check.
and government Wi-Fi hot spots, crushed by government repres- fill,” he said. “They manipulate an eruption of frank criticism of Obama appearances. (Many Cu- The challenge for the United
he said most programmers sion. everything.” Mr. Castro’s policies, at least in bans turned off their TVs at that States and Cuba — or, really, for
worked offline and then got He himself had been detained “The Castros,” he added, “have private. point.) the Castro family — now involves
online when they needed to. for several hours at the Havana an enormous capacity to intimi- The ranks of independent Cu- But those ranks are growing. finding ways to help Cubans
“The great thing about right airport when he flew in last week- date all Cubans.” ban reporters trying to capture Elaine Diaz, a former Nieman fel- chart their own course into this
now is that we have the attention end from Miami to join a group of Yet Mr. Sánchez was not too in- those voices, explain Cuba and low at Harvard, told me she had unfamiliar territory that is nei-
of the world,” he said. “I’m con- dissidents meeting with Mr. Oba- timidated to speak up, nor are hold it accountable are not large, come back to Cuba after relations ther purely go-go American, nor
stantly getting emails from peo- ma on Tuesday. many others. Cubans have been nor are they as well-financed as were restored because she felt the restricted Cuba of today.
ple I don’t know, who want to “Obama is running a grave becoming bolder since Raúl Cas- the state-run media that filled the there might be more freedom to It means more uncomfortable
work with us.” He went on to say, risk, because the government of tro took over. But Mr. Obama’s television airwaves this week do real journalism here, and she questions. And more answers.
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BELGIUM ATTACKED
In Belgian Bombing Plot, a Trail of Dots Not Connected by the Authorities

made in the Brussels district of three times a week. Bought last
From Page 1 Schaerbeek, the same area that year by Mr. Rodrigues, who
the taxi driver. would later house the bomb-mak- promptly evicted the previous
But the driver was said to have ing workshop on Max Roos residents and began renovating
alerted the police only after a Street. the run-down property, it was
photograph of the suspects in the How was it possible, members mostly empty except for builders,
attacks was released hours later, of Parliament asked, that two of meaning that young men arriv-
raising questions about whether the suicide bombers in the Brus- ing with barrels of chemicals
the police had perhaps already sels attacks, Ibrahim el-Bakraoui were unlikely to arouse much
had the building in their sights and his younger brother Khalid, suspicion.
but, for some reason, had not both residents on Max Roos Mr. Rodrigues said that Ibra-
moved in and smashed through Street since the beginning of the him and Khalid el-Bakraoui were
the front door to the sixth-floor year, had managed to go unde- his first tenants, and that they
apartment until it was too late. tected for so long? And all this had provided him with fake iden-
“There were investigations be- despite a record of violent crime tity papers and bogus pay slips to
in Belgium and, in the case of the obtain a one-year lease. Three
fore and after the events” of
older brother, a clear warning others, including a man since
Tuesday, Alexandrino Rodrigues,
from Turkey in June that he was identified as Mr. Laachraoui, vis-
the owner of the building, said in
on his way back to Europe after ited regularly.
an interview, suggesting that the
being arrested as a suspected
police had suspicions before the The smell in their apartment
terrorist while on his way to Syr-
attacks and had not entirely ig- was horrendous, the owner said,
ia?
nored the report from a con- recalling how he had seen on the
And was it really true, the law-
cerned neighbor. “You can’t floor two large fans similar to
makers demanded, that the au-
catch a rabbit without knowing ones found on construction sites,
thorities had received a precise
where it lives,” he added. tip in December about the pos- and an exhaust fan on the wall.
A small, idiosyncratic and sible whereabouts of Salah Such fans would be useful in the
proudly placid country, Belgium Abdeslam, the only known survi- final stages of preparing TATP,
has none of the long and bloody vor among the terrorists respon- the homemade peroxide-based
entanglements in Muslim lands sible for the Paris attacks, who explosives used in the bombings
that have made the United States was finally captured in Brussels on Tuesday, and also by the No-
and neighboring France such ob- on March 18? He was found at the vember suicide bombers in Paris.
vious targets for global jihad. Yet address cited in the December After breaking into the apart-
with its large communities of tip-off, which had not been acted ment on Tuesday morning, police
often poor and poorly integrated on because it had not been officers found 30 pounds of TATP
Muslim immigrants and its own passed up the police chain of — enough for another powerful
deeply rooted divisions of lan- command. bomb — as well as nearly 40 gal-
guage, geography and politics, Jan Jambon, the interior min- lons of acetone and eight gallons
ister, told legislators that he of hydrogen peroxide, materials
could not comment because an used in producing TATP. They
inquiry was underway into who also found a suitcase full of nails
A clearer picture had known what and when about and metal bolts, used to make
the possible location of Mr. bombs more lethal, as well as an
emerges of an Abdeslam, who until his capture Islamic State flag.
apartment where on March 18 had been Europe’s
most wanted man.
Mr. Rodrigues said that when-
ever he visited the apartment,
explosives were made. At the hearing on Friday, ques- the door to the living room was
tions were also raised about always shut, while windows
whether the Brussels attacks throughout the apartment were
could have been avoided if Mr. always open. Mr. Rodrigues said
Belgium finds itself at the center Abdeslam had been subjected to he would smell a “very strong
of Europe’s struggle with terror- extensive and tough questioning chemical odor” that he could not
ism and a glaring example of the immediately after his arrest. In- quite put a finger on. “If it
obstacles blocking the way. stead, he was questioned a full smelled like bleach or drugs, I
How the lengthy preparations day later, and then only about the would’ve recognized it,” he said.
for Tuesday’s attacks — by mil- Paris attacks. Insisting he was Mr. Rodrigues said that while
itants who either were or should only a bit player in Belgium’s ji- he was mystified by the odor, he
have been on the authorities’ ra- hadist network, he gave no in- never reported anything amiss to
dar and, in some cases, with ties formation about any impending the police.
to the November attacks in Paris attack, the authorities said. But at least one resident in the
— could go undetected has The Belgian federal prosecu- area did, not because of the smell
stirred dismay and anger from tor’s office issued a statement on but because of strange comings
politicians and also the public, as Friday saying that Mr. Abdeslam,
and goings from the building.
well as from allies in Europe and who was shot in the leg during GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT/ASSOCIATED PRESS Rachid Ghaddih, a longtime local
beyond. his arrest, was not questioned
People gathered on Saturday near the old stock exchange in Brussels to mourn victims of the sui- resident who lives around the
“Why such repeated dysfunc- immediately because of his need
cide bombings on Tuesday. The authorities are piecing together how the attacks were planned. corner, said nobody in the neigh-
tions?” Marco Van Hees, a mem- for medical treatment.
borhood suspected anything re-
ber of the Belgian Parliament, In a sign the Belgian authori-
lated to terrorism but added that
asked the interior minister and ties had the Bakraoui brothers in up in Schaerbeek and is thought Mr. Laachraoui, like Mr. powerless to do more.
two other ministers who were their sights before they carried the strange goings-on at the
by investigators to have run the Abdeslam and the suspected ar- Unlike Molenbeek, which has
summoned on Friday to explain out their attacks, interrogators building had been brought to the
bomb-making atelier on Max chitect of the Paris attacks, Ab- been swamped by the police
the failure. “We are certainly not presented Mr. Abdeslam with attention of the local agent de
Roos Street and an earlier work- delhamid Abaaoud, is a veteran since the Paris attacks and was
dealing here with just a glitch, a photographs of the siblings after shop on Henri Bergé Street of the conflict in Syria. He trav- quartier, a police officer responsi-
the target of raids during the
little bug, but a deep structural his capture and asked if he knew where explosives were assem- eled there in February 2013, help- hunt for Mr. Abdeslam, Schaer- ble for keeping a registry of resi-
problem.” them. According to excerpts from bled for the Paris attacks. ing to blaze a jihadist trail that beek offers a mix of wealthy and dents and other tasks.
That Belgium has a serious the March 19 interrogation ob- Mr. Laachraoui’s DNA was has since been taken by hun- immigrant neighborhoods, a di- The agent de quartier, Philippe
problem with jihadist militancy tained by Le Monde, Mr. Abdes- found on at least two suicide dreds of other young Muslims versity that until the attacks here Swinnen, declined to be inter-
has been clear for years, partic- lam firmly denied knowing the vests used in Paris, providing the from Belgium, Europe’s biggest had spared it from intense scru- viewed. Mr. Rodrigues said the
ularly since January of last year, men who three days later would most definitive link so far be- source of jihadist fighters relative tiny as a jihadist base. officer had stopped by the build-
when the police raided a terrorist subject Brussels to its bloodiest tween the terrorist plots in Paris to population size. Mr. Laachraoui’s links to and ing at least twice to check wheth-
hideaway in the eastern town of attack since World War II. The and Brussels. Bernard Clerfayt, the mayor of familiarity with the area, where er the names of residents were
Verviers and foiled what the au- Belgians dropped the matter. In September, while using a Schaerbeek, said he had known the father of the Bakraoui broth- properly listed, but never entered
thorities said was a major plot. Whether Mr. Abdeslam knew false identity card, he was Mr. Laachraoui had gone to Syria ers ran a butcher shop, helps ex- because the Bakraouis did not list
That success, however, masked about the attacks being planned stopped along with Mr. Abdeslam but had been at a loss about how plain the choice of Schaerbeek for their names. “It took him three
rather than solved the problem, for Brussels is still not known, at the Hungarian-Austrian bor- to respond. Thinking that Mr. their bomb-making workshop on months to figure out that people
which exploded with brutal hor- but he certainly knew at least der, but was not detained. He Laachraoui would not return to Max Roos Street. were living” on the top floor, Mr.
ror in Paris, when militants, some of the militants who carried then rented a house in Auvelais, Belgium, he said the Schaerbeek Mr. Rodrigues, the building’s Rodrigues said, adding: “But it
many of them Belgians, killed 130 them out. The most notable was Belgium, that was used by the borough had struck him off the owner, said he saw Mr. Laa- was too late. That’s how things
people with guns and with bombs Najim Laachraoui, 24, who grew Paris attackers. electoral roll in 2015 but had been chraoui visit the building two or work in Schaerbeek.”
‘Wrested From a Promising Life,’ Victims From a Patchwork of Backgrounds

At least 31 people were killed in your talent brightened up the ambassador to Denmark. “And who was seeing his family off at spread across the world, Ms.
Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, evening,” she wrote. after a year or so, I realized, ‘He the airport, was also injured dur- Weah, 41, was one of eight sib-
and many of the victims remain HANNAH OLIVENNES does.’ ” ing the explosion, and he and lings. Many of her relatives were
unidentified. The victims of the The siblings were opposites, Maureen were hospitalized. to meet in Providence to attend
bombings, who were just starting Teacher at Islamic School but they were close, said Chris- Ms. Tapia, 36, was the first con- her stepfather’s memorial. Her
their day at Brussels Airport and tine Moore, a family friend. firmed victim death was confirmed by a family
a subway station, represent a A gym instructor at an Islamic “Alex has always been more of of the attacks. member in Rhode Island.
wide array of nationalities and school in Brussels, Loubna Laf- an intellectual,” Ms. Moore said “We danced In the moments before her
backgrounds. quiri was dedicated to teaching in an interview, “and Sascha is together at an death, Ms. Weah posed for a pho-
children re- gregarious but very sweet.” event for Wom- tograph in the airport, bundled
spect for oth- Sascha and Alexander Ms. Pinczowski, who spoke en’s Day just up in a black winter coat and
Law Student and Actor ers, self-confi- Pinczowski five languages, had an active so- recently,” said scarf. Her brother, Oscar Weah,
LONDON — Léopold Hecht dence, perse- cial life in New York, with friends Lady Sindey said the photograph had been
was a second-year law student at verance and one place for long. The children who worked in fashion and night Jouany, a taken around 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
the Université Saint-Louis in forgiveness, all of a hotel manager, they had lived clubs. She had attended Mary- friend of Ms. He had planned to pick her up
Brussels who enjoyed skiing and with a love and in Turkey, Greece and Germany, mount Manhattan College and Tapia’s who from the airport in New York lat-
had a knack for acting. appreciation and were on their way back to
Adelma Tapia lives in Paris. er that day.
was interested in events produc-
In the hours after the terrorist for Islam. New York, a city they both loved, Ruiz “She was a In Deventer, Ms. Weah was a
tion. She had interned at Unicef
attacks on Tuesday, his name ap- School offi- when they arrived at the depar- very active single mother with a 13-year-old
and was hoping to pursue a ca-
peared on a list of missing people cials, and her tures hall at Brussels Airport on woman. I’m still in shock. At first daughter,
reer in the city, Mr. Cain said.
as friends and Loubna students, were Tuesday. I thought it was someone else, whom family
Her brother loved traveling
family sent Lafquiri surprised when and it took time to understand members said
Mr. Pinczowski was going to and animals. In an Instagram ac-
desperate ap- she did not ar- how this could have happened to was currently
meet his fiancée in New York, count dedicated to his dog, Nel-
peals for infor- rive for class her and how close to home it has in the care of a
where he and his sister had re- son, a wirehaired vizsla, Mr.
mation on soon Tuesday. hit.” relative. Ms.
cently lived, so they could attend Pinczowski posted occasional
cial media. They later learned that she Ms. Tapia’s brother, Fernando Weah and her
a wedding together in North Car- photos of his sister and parents.
On Wednes- was one of the victims of the at- Tapia Coral, who confirmed her daughter were
day, Pierre olina. His sister was planning to The siblings were Dutch and
tack in the subway. Ihsane Bari, a death, said, “Adelma was a chef close and were
Jadoul, the spend the weekend with friends. lived in Lanaken, a Flemish part
woman who identified herself on and had studied marketing; she always togeth-
president of the Facebook as Ms. Lafquiri’s sister, They were standing in the Delta of Belgium. But they hoped to be- wanted to set up a Peruvian reser, according to
university, confirmed her death on Thursday ticket line and were on the phone come United States citizens and Elita Borbor
taurant in Brussels.” Ambrose Ajala,
Léopold posted on Face- night. with their mother, Marjan Pinc- considered New York a second Ms. Tapia’s Facebook page is Weah a family friend
Hecht book that Mr. She called Ms. Lafquiri, the zowski-Fasbender, when two home, Mr. Cain said. On Friday, filled with photographs of her who shared an
Hecht had died, mother of three boys, “an exem- bombs exploded. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York and her children. In one post, she apartment with Ms. Weah for
calling him a “victim of the bar- plary teacher” who had been James Cain, the father of Mr. called them “two of our own.” wrote about participating in a Pe- four years.
baric acts perpetrated on March “torn from her family by cow- Pinczowski’s fiancée, Cameron KATIE ROGERS ruvian food festival sponsored by Ms. Weah was a talented cook
22 at the Maelbeek metro sta- ards.” Cain, said in an interview that the Peruvian consul general in who often made traditional Afri-
tion.” “She was an exceptional wom- family and friends who had gath- Brussels. ANDREA ZARATE
ered in Brussels learned Friday
Mother of Twin Girls can dishes like Jollof rice, Mr.
Many students took to Face- an,” Mohamed Allaf, the school’s Ajala said. She had been living in
book to remember Mr. Hecht, 20, co-founder told CNN. “She repre- morning that Ms. Pinczowski, 26, LIMA, Peru — Adelma Tapia
and Mr. Pinczowski, 29, had not Ruiz, a Peruvian woman who had Volunteer for the Elderly the Netherlands since 1999, after
as a brilliant theater improviser. sented the true values of Islam

survived the blasts. lived in Brussels for almost nine fleeing Liberia as a refugee, he
“It is horrible to say that you, with generosity and caring. AMSTERDAM — Before Elita
Mr. Pinczowski and Ms. Cain, years, was traveling with her said.
who made me laugh so much that “She’s an energetic woman Borbor Weah set foot in Brussels
night, could be wrested from who met five years ago in North twin 3-year-old daughters to visit Airport on Tuesday, her family She spent three days a week as
who smiles all the time,” he add-
such a promising life,” Martin Sas Carolina, both loved to travel and her mother in New York when was already in mourning. a volunteer for a city organiza-
ed. DANIEL VICTOR
wrote on the university’s Face- and LIAM STACK were interested in world news two bombs exploded at Brussels A native of Liberia who lived in tion that provided social services
book page, which became a me- and politics. Airport on Tuesday. Deventer, the Netherlands, Ms. to residents, he said. She worked
morial to Mr. Hecht. “The first time I met him, I One daughter, Maureen, re- Weah was on her way to the Unit- mostly with older Dutch people,
Véronique Gigot described Mr.
New York-Bound Siblings thought, ‘Gosh, this young man ceived shrapnel wounds in one ed States to attend a funeral in and she was taking lessons in
Hecht as “radiant” at an improv Alexander and Sascha Pinc- thinks he knows more than I do arm, while the other, Alondra, Rhode Island when she was Dutch to speak with them more
show on March 14. “Your sense of zowski, a brother and sister liv- about international affairs,’ ” said was not injured. Ms. Tapia’s hus- killed in the attack on the airport. fluently. NINA SIEGAL
humor, your smile, your energy, ing in Belgium, never lingered in Mr. Cain, a former United States band, Christopher Delcambe, A member of a large family and ELI ROSENBERG
THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 ØN 13
BELGIUM ATTACKED
Uncovering the Links Between Brussels Suspect Charged

The Brussels and Paris Attackers With Terrorist Murders
By ALISSA J. RUBIN Mérogis in a Paris suburb and at
By LARRY BUCHANAN and HAEYOUN PARK
BRUSSELS — Federal pros- Prison de la Santé, which is in
The authorities believe the assailants in the Brussels and Paris terror attacks are part of the same Islamic ecutors in Belgium announced Paris. Ms. Coutant-Peyre said
State network. Details released by investigators show that those accused of involvement are linked by some Saturday that they had arrested she believed that he had been de-
key characteristics. One of the key connections between the two groups is Najim Laacharoui, the second a suspect believed to have been ported to Algeria after serving
suicide bomber at the Brussels airport, who made bombs used in both the Brussels and Paris attacks. deeply involved in the Brussels his sentence.
plot. He was charged with partici- Mr. Ameroud was shot by the
pating in a terrorist group, in ter- police on Friday and subdued at a
Brussels Paris rorist murders and in attempted tram stop in the Schaerbeek sec-
terrorist murders. tion of Brussels. Specific charges
The man was identified by the have not been filed yet, but the
authorities as Fayçal C. and in police said they were keeping
the Belgian press as Fayçal Chef- him for an additional 24 hours for
fou, an independent journalist. questioning.
Eric Van der Sijpt, a spokes- The fourth man who the pros-
man for the Belgian federal prosecutor said Saturday was being
ecutor’s office, said Saturday that held and charged with participa-
the authorities were trying to de- tion in a terrorist group is named
Ibrahim Khalid Najim Abdelhamid Bilal Salah Samy Name termine if Mr. Cheffou was the Aboubaker A. A man detained
el-Bakraoui el-Bakraoui Laachraoui Abaaoud Hadfi Abdeslam Amimour unknown man caught in a surveillance pho- with him in a car was released.
CARRIED tograph on Tuesday right before The investigating judge in
OUT the bombings at Brussels Air- charge of these cases released a
ATTACKS port. second person on Saturday, Taw-
The man, shown wearing a fik A., who was detained Friday
white coat and a dark hat and for questioning.
pushing a luggage cart, is be- In Brussels, organizers can-
lieved to have escaped around
the same time that two accom-
plices detonated their explosives.
Unidentified Ismaël Omar Chakib Ibrahim Foued Name The police found no weapons
Mostefaï Akrouh Abdeslam Mohamed- unknown or explosives during a search of
Aggad Mr. Cheffou’s home.
Mr. Cheffou appears to have
made a video in July 2014 in
Connections which he stood in front of a de-
between the attacks tention center for refugees and
asylum seekers in Steenokker-
Fingerprints or DNA evidence zeel, near Zaventem, where Brus-
of at least three Paris sels Airport is. In the video, Mr.
attackers were found in Cheffou criticized the govern-
Jawad Hamza Ali Mohamed Mohamed
apartments rented by two of ment for serving Muslim refu-
Bendaoud Attou Oulkadi Amri Abrini ACCOMPLICES
the Brussels bombers. gees meals before the end of the
daily fast during the month of Ra-
madan.
He was taken into custody on
Thursday, and the judge in BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE/EPA.
charge of the case issued a for-
mal arrest warrant on Friday in The authorities are trying to
Mohamed Abraimi Hasna keeping with Belgian law, which determine if they have this air-
Belkaid Lazez Aitboulahcen requires a hearing before a judge port attack suspect in custody.
and a warrant to be issued within
24 hours to keep a suspect in de- celed a “march against fear”
tention. planned for Sunday after the Bel-
Three other men were de- gian authorities urged people not
BRUSSELS PARIS tained in Brussels for further to gather, citing the threat level
questioning, the prosecutor’s of- and worries that the police would
Lived in Brussels fice said. One was identified as be stretched too thin to protect
At least 14 individuals tied to both Rabah N., who was mistakenly the march while continuing to in-
attacks were either Belgian or identified as Salah A. in a previ- vestigate the attacks.
lived in Brussels. A number of the ous news release, the prosecu- “We invite citizens not to dem-
Paris assailants spent time tor’s office said. onstrate tomorrow and to post-
together in Molenbeek, a Rabah N. is accused of being pone their march to a later date,”
connected to Reda Kriket, the the Brussels police said in a
working-class Brussels district.
suspect detained on Thursday statement after a news confer-
Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving near Paris by the French authori- ence held by the interior minister
direct participant in the Paris ties. The French interior minis- and the mayor of Brussels.
attacks, was able to hide among ter, Bernard Cazeneuve, said on “We understand that every-
family and friends in Molenbeek Thursday that Mr. Kriket was in body wants to express their emo-
before his arrest on March 18. the advanced stages of planning tions in these circumstances,” the
an attack in France. statement added.
Mr. Kriket is believed to be a ji- On a Facebook page set up by
hadist who raised money for a the organizers of the march,
network of militants in 2012 and
2013 and traveled to Syria in late
2014. He was well known to the
security services in both France
and Belgium, and he was named
A tangle of clues and
BRUSSELS PARIS in a 2015 court proceeding along connections as
with Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the
Committed chief on-the-ground planner of investigators sort
the Paris attacks.
Previous Crimes
Although details of the plot in- through evidence.
Many of the identified assailants in
volving Mr. Kriket have not yet
both plots had criminal emerged, the authorities have
backgrounds. Abdelhamid said that so far it has not been
Abaaoud and Ibrahim Abdeslam some users said they understood
linked to the Nov. 13 attacks in
spent time in the same Brussels the need to cancel the event, but
Paris or the attacks in Brussels
others disagreed.
prison. The Bakraoui brothers had last week.
Two other men were also being “By canceling we are showing
been sentenced to prison for
held. One, named in the prosecu- them that we are afraid and they
violent crimes, including carjacking
tor’s statement as Abderamane will have won,” said a user
and bank robbery. named Aurore Vandenborre. “I
A., has a criminal record in
France, according to press re- will be at the Bourse tomorrow,”
ports from the time of his trial she added, referring to the pedes-
that gave his full name as Abde- trian square in front of Brussels’
rahmane Ameroud. He was 27 19th-century stock exchange
years old when he was accused of building, where people have
providing logistical support to gathered around makeshift me-
the two Tunisian suicide bombers morials since the attacks.
who assassinated Ahmed Shah The Belgian federal crisis cen-
BRUSSELS PARIS Massoud, the Afghan opposition ter published a brochure on Sat-
leader, in 2001. Mr. Ameroud was urday titled “Terrorist Attack:
Visited or Tried to convicted of complicity in the What Next?” It provided guide-
Enter Syria murder in 2005. lines for those with questions like
He was also linked to an Af- “How do children react to trau-
Many of the individuals directly ghan and Pakistani network that matic events?” and “What can
involved in the Paris attacks had was suspected of training would- you do for someone who survived
traveled to Syria. Ibrahim be jihadists in the forest of Fon- an attack or someone who lost a
el-Bakraoui was deported by tainebleau near Paris and in the loved one?”
Turkey back to Europe last year, French Alps. In 2007, Mr. Ame- Brussels Airport said Saturday
suspected of being a terrorist roud, an illegal Algerian immi- that it would remain closed until
fighter trying to enter Syria, grant, was also convicted of beat least Tuesday.
ing part of a terrorist enterprise. The security on Saturday at
Turkey’s president said.
The Massoud assassination Brussels’ biggest train station,
took place two days before the at- known as Bruxelles-Midi,
tacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in New seemed back to normal on Satur-
York and at the Pentagon, and day except that there were now
both were organized by Al Qaeda. police officers and soldiers sta-
Mr. Ameroud’s lawyer at the tioned at doors on either end, and
time of his trial, Isabelle Coutant- some side doors were blocked.
Peyre, said Saturday in an in-
But the police and soldiers
terview that he was “a really
were checking neither bags nor
nice, sweet and polite person”
BRUSSELS PARIS backpacks, and their presence
who was singled out because he
seemed to be aimed mostly at in-
was an illegal immigrant in
Of Moroccan Descent stilling confidence in passengers
France. She said she had never

been convinced of his guilt. and passers-by.
At least 11 assailants were of Since December, rail travelers
Moroccan descent or had relatives “He was on trial with six other
people at the time and none of from Paris to Brussels have had
there. The parents of Abdelhamid to go through metal detectors
them seemed to know each oth-
Abaaoud, the suspected chief and a scanner set up at the lead
er,” Ms. Coutant-Peyre said. “He
planner of the Paris attacks, were was accused of having been to Af- car before boarding their trains.
Moroccan immigrants to Belgium. ghanistan before Massoud’s Although most trains here
The father of the two brothers in death but it was based on notes were on time, some with interna-
the Brussels attacks was a devout from French intelligence and tional destinations, in France or
Muslim who had also emigrated nothing really substantial.” the Netherlands, were running
from Morocco. Mr. Ameroud was sentenced in late for unexplained reasons.
2005 to seven years and served After passengers boarded a
his time in a prison at Fleury- train to Paris, three police offi-
cers passed through every car,
Aurelien Breeden contributed re- methodically asking each person
Source: Belgian and porting from Paris, and Kimiko to present a passport or identity
French authorities de Freytas-Tamura and Lilia card and then scrutinizing the
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Blaise from Brussels. document.
14 N
SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
University of California Adopts Statement Condemning Anti-Semitism

By IAN LOVETT versity’s governing body on Thursday, mitic forms of anti-Zionism and other resolution specifically addressing anti- now — when people wanted to attack
objections were raised from across the forms of discrimination have no place at Semitism was necessary because of me, they called me a dirty Jew,” Mr. Pat-
LOS ANGELES — When the Uni-
political spectrum. Pro-Palestinian the University of California.” what he suggested was a double stand- tiz said. “Today, you don’t hear that as
versity of California’s Board of Regents
groups complained that it was designed No penalties were outlined for those ard: While attacks on immigrants or much as you hear things like ‘Zionist
unanimously adopted a statement con-
to stifle opposition to Israeli policies. who violate the policy. pig.’”
demning anti-Semitism on its campus- Academics worried that it would im- Still, Dima Khalidi, the director of Pal- Across the country, the growing calls
es, it became the first public university pinge on free speech. And Jewish or- estine Legal, an advocacy group based
system to do so since the push for eco- to boycott, divest from and sanction Is-
nomic boycotts of Israel emerged on
ganizations, while praising the measure
as an important first step, said it did not
in Oakland, said that pro-Israeli groups
had “succeeded in convincing the re-
A precedent, unlikely to rael — a movement known as “B.D.S.”—
has led to emotional battles on one cam-
campuses across the nation.
But the measure — an attempt to
go far enough in addressing hostility gents that Palestine advocacy is inher- quell debates over Israel pus after another. Following student
they said Jews have faced on University ently anti-Semitic, and should be con-
combat hostility toward Jewish stu- of California campuses. demned.” She said the regents’ action on American campuses. votes on divestment on several campus-
es, swastikas have been painted on the
dents amid this growing opposition to In the end, the Board of Regents was even more troubling, given the indoors of Jewish fraternities. But sup-
Israel — softened a proposed flat-out dropped from the final resolution a di- tense scrutiny that Muslims are facing porters of Palestinians say accusations
condemnation of anti-Zionism, or oppo- rect condemnation of anti-Zionism, lan- in the current climate. of anti-Semitism are being used to si-
sition to the creation of a Jewish state. guage that had prompted an explosive “It’s very clear that they have as a Muslims are usually quickly con- lence any opposition to Israel.
And it seems unlikely to quell battles debate about free speech in one of the goal a restriction of political speech crit- demned by the universities, he said, “it
Some of the most bitter fighting has
that have rocked campuses here and country’s most vaunted public universi- icizing Israel and its policies,” she said. seems to be different for the Jewish
taken place in the University of Califor-
across the nation. Even as the measure ty systems. Instead, the final language But Norman J. Pattiz, a regent who community.”
was unanimously approved by the uni- simply read: “Anti-Semitism, anti-Se- helped write the measure, argued that a “When I was a kid — I’m 73 years old Continued on Page 17
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID KASNIC FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Museum Plan Inspires ‘Chicago Clout Politics’

Mayor and a Hollywood Filmmaker Are at Odds With Local Environmentalists on a Lakefront Project
By JULIE BOSMAN bit of a sequel. In 2014, he pulled back
CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Eman- from building his museum in San
uel has been publicly subdued in re- Francisco amid another furious com-
munity battle and after local officials
cent months, his caustic tempera-
rejected a proposal to construct the
ment largely under wraps as Chicago
building on a prime piece of bayside
struggles through problems on all
land in the Presidio.
sides: a crime wave, financial trou-
Once San Francisco encouraged
bles, public distrust and a struggle
the project to go elsewhere, Mr. Lu-
over civil rights.
cas and his wife, the businesswoman
But one local issue, pitting envi- Mellody Hobson, moved to bring the
ronmentalists against a Hollywood museum to her hometown.
director and local power brokers in a The Lucas Museum of Narrative
battle over lakefront land, has drawn Art would hold items from Mr. Lu-
out signs of the old and combative cas’s art collection, Norman Rock-
Mr. Emanuel. And it has turned a well illustrations, paintings and pho-
faded parking lot of crumbling as- tography. It would also explore the
phalt into one of the most fiercely history of film and host screenings,
contested pieces of land here. lectures and workshops, museum of-
‘Our lakefront The filmmaker George Lucas envi- ficials said.
sions that lot as the site of an undu- Few people object to the content. It
is our jewel. lating, futuristic showpiece of a mu- is the lakefront location that has
Many folks seum devoted to narrative art, with them up in arms.
three theaters and a 4,200-square- “There is this great historic legacy
really foot library. of the lakefront as a public amenity,
Local activists see it as a precious which really is deeply embedded in
appreciate that piece of Chicago’s waterfront, a place
LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART
the consciousness of Chicago,” said

and value that.’ of open views and public ownership. Friends of the Parks, the group that director of Friends of the Parks. “Our Top, a view from Philip Bess, an architecture profes-
They have sued to block plans to filed suit to block the project, as lakefront is our jewel. Many folks Northerly Island sor at the University of Notre Dame.
build the museum. “Friends of the Parking Lot.” On a re- really appreciate that and value of the site where “At the same time, it’s in keeping
JUANITA IRIZARRY,
Mr. Emanuel has sided with Mr. cent radio show he denounced the that.” the filmmaker with the history of Chicago that what
the executive director Lucas, portraying the museum as a group, saying it was endangering the happens on the lakefront depends on
In the tradition of powerful Chi- George Lucas
of Friends of the prize for Chicago, a singular cultural project by forcing “a legal fight to cago mayors, Mr. Emanuel has al- who has the power and authority. It’s
Parks attraction and a shiny new addition preserve a parking lot.” ready shepherded the project envisions a fu- Chicago clout politics.”
to Chicago’s expansive lakefront that “I know where I stand,” Mr. Eman- through the City Council. The Chi- turistic museum Friends of the Parks would like to
he hopes will give the city an eco- uel said. “I would like the lawsuit to cago Park District and the city Plan devoted to narra- see the land turned into a natural
nomic boost. go away so we can turn a parking lot Commission have all approved plans tive art. Above, a sanctuary. Ms. Irizarry said she was
He has been cautious in his public into a museum. It’s not that great a for the museum, and construction rendering of the especially irked that the museum
comments since the release of a vid- parking lot, trust me.” was scheduled to begin this spring. museum site. was offered the land practically free,
eo in November depicting the shoot- The plan has hit a nerve in Chi- But in February, Judge John W. a 99-year lease for $10, with the op-
ing of a black man, Laquan McDon- cago, where in 1836 it was mandated Darrah of United States District tion to renew twice.
ald, by the police. The video set off fu- that the lakefront be public ground to Court refused to dismiss a 2014 law- The museum’s planners have ar-
rious dissent that reached as far as remain “forever open, clear and suit filed by Friends of the Park gued that the Lucas Museum of Nar-
the streets outside Mr. Emanuel’s free.” against Chicago to block the project. rative Art would be built in an area of
home on the North Side. “We think it’s ridiculous that the The suit argues that leasing the land the lakefront that is already heavily
But he has reacted to the lakefront city of Chicago would essentially give to the museum is illegal. developed — within walking distance
dispute vigorously and, at points, away such an amazing public asset,” For Mr. Lucas, creator of the origi- of Soldier Field, the Shedd Aquarium,
sarcastically, mockingly dismissing said Juanita Irizarry, the executive nal “Star Wars” series, the battle is a Continued on Page 17
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Court Choice
A Deft Navigator
Of Legal Circles
cessor should pick the next jus-

From Page 1 tice, conservative advocacy
capital’s high-powered legal cir- groups say there is proof, like his
cles for decades. votes on gun rights or the fact
In a city where ambition is that he volunteered for Demo-
often rewarded when accompa- crats like Bill Clinton and Mi-
nied by partisan loyalty, he has chael Dukakis, that he is hardly
pulled off a rare feat, advancing as moderate as he may seem.
as a centrist whose hallmark is Those on the left have their own
finding the middle ground. His complaints — that he is not a bold
sharp mind — he was a standout thinker or reliably liberal — but
in high school and at Harvard, have mostly held back.
and won clerkships with legal lu- “He’s not an intellectual leader
minaries — has long commanded of the left or the right,” observed
attention. Mr. Civiletti liked to Tom Goldstein, an appellate law-
tease Mr. Garland’s fellow assist- yer and the founder of SCOTUS-
ants that he had a “résumé that blog, a website devoted to Su-
makes you want to cry.” preme Court news. “The people
Other judges, law school class- out there cheering for the Gar-
mates and old friends describe land nomination are the profes-
his ability to deliver solutions, sional legal class in Washington,
NILES WEST HIGH SCHOOL
identifying areas of agreement, D.C.,” Mr. Goldstein said. “What
sometimes on narrow grounds, you don’t see are the progressive,
committed liberals saying, Above, Mr. Garland in
when people are sharply divided. high school; right, fifth
‘Here’s our guy, let’s march into
“The essence of who you are is
battle for him.’” from the left, with Attor-
who you are at an early stage,”
Judge Garland, aware that he ney General Benjamin R.
said Abbe D. Lowell, a Washing-
is in for a tough slog, is “focused Civiletti’s staff in 1980.
ton lawyer who worked alongside
but calm,” said Senator Chuck
Mr. Garland as a fellow assistant
Schumer, the New York Demo-
to Mr. Civiletti. “Not only is he
crat, who overlapped with him at
book smart, but he’s really able to
Harvard and met with him in the the family’s basement; they his own view of bringing back solving, said Robert C. Post, a fel- “That wasn’t Merrick,” Mr.
use all of that intelligence to
Capitol last week. In a 2013 panel helped found a synagogue in R.O.T.C.
forge consensus.” low clerk and now dean of Yale Civilletti recalled in an interview.
discussion, titled Life Lessons what was once a fish store. One
In his rise to the top, Judge At Harvard Law School, as ar- Law School, he was “really in- “He was interested in getting the
Learned, the judge revealed his
Garland, 63, has made canny de- grandfather, a Russian immi- ticles editor of the Law Review, terested in connecting himself to right answer.”
approach to dealing with the
cisions: choosing the Justice De- grant, was a lawyer, handling Mr. Garland took on a delicate people who were politically in- As a young Washington law-
harshness of the city that has
partment aide job rather than wills and traffic court matters in task, handling a submission by volved.” yer, he developed a group of
been the backdrop to his life’s
starting his career at a prominent a one-man shop. Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of For advice on making his way friends he would remain close to
work.
law firm; later leaving a lucrative In high school, Judge Garland the Supreme Court, for whom he in Washington, Mr. Post said, Mr. for years. They would go to par-
“They tell you in Washington
partnership to get trial experi- was a star debater, the class vale- would eventually clerk. He was Garland turned to Representa- ties at the Coleman family home,
that if you want a friend, get a
ence as a federal prosecutor. He dictorian, an actor who sang friendly with both liberals and tive Mikva (who later became a play volleyball or barbecue and
dog,” he said then. “That is not
calls himself “an accidental show tunes (including the title conservatives, said Michael federal judge on the same ap- dance late into the night to the
true. Get a family. This is a hard
judge,” because he was offered a place to be.” song from “Hair”), a teenager Chertoff, who was also on staff peals court where Judge Garland Beach Boys and Otis Redding.
judicial appointment while in line who took an exchange student to and went on to become secretary now sits, as well as a mentor to Even though he was not skilled,
for a top Justice Department po- the prom because he worried she of Homeland Security under Mr. Obama). They were so close Ms. Coleman, a Republican, loved
sition. Absorb and Integrate would not have a date. He was so President George W. Bush. that Judge Mikva later relied on dancing with him because he
“Look at his record,” Ms. Cole- Slightly built, with a full head well regarded that when Fred “I don’t think he was ever Mr. Garland to vet his clerks.) “smiled so much.”
man said. “Every choice is virtu- of gray hair and a still-boyish Eisenhammer, a classmate and a viewed in a particular camp,” Mr. In Mr. Civiletti’s office, the fu- In the office, he and the other
ally perfect.” face, Judge Garland is meticu- freelance sportswriter claimed in Chertoff said. “He was a legal ture judge kept the attorney gen- young assistants were mentored
He was guided in the ways of lous — to deal with partial color- The Chicago Tribune last week craftsman. He was not an agen- eral briefed on antitrust matters by a colorful figure, Victor H.
Washington and the law by vari- blindness, he used to keep a list of that Judge Garland blocked him da-driven person.” at a time when the Justice De- Kramer, counsel to the attorney
ous mentors: a Supreme Court which ties go with which suits — in a relay race at summer day Offers from law firms awaited partment was trying to break up general. Mr. Kramer had spent
justice, an Illinois congressman- and easygoing by nature. camp during junior high school, Mr. Garland after he finished two more than a decade at the corpo-
A.T.&T. and I.B.M., and he also
turned-judge, a former corporate His success in Washington his old friends rebuked him, Mr. prestigious clerkships, first with rate law firm Arnold & Porter be-
helped address the legal fallout
lawyer. But Judge Garland has seems rooted in skills he learned Eisenhammer says, insisting that a federal appeals court judge, fore quitting to help provide legal
from the Iran hostage crisis in
thrived in part, many from both growing up, said Barry Rosen, “Merrick was the best.” services for the poor. He urged
Henry Friendly, and then Justice 1979. Some aides tried to use their
parties say, simply because he is who first knew him as a Cub His parents were Democrats, Brennan, in 1979. But as someone lawyers to work in public service.
access to push ideological agen-
nice. Several people used similar, Scout and went on to Harvard though not activists; as a young interested in policy and problem “In private practice, I spent my
das with the attorney general.
somewhat surprising, language Law with him. “He didn’t draw man, Mr. Garland spent two sum-
to describe the tough-minded le- attention to himself” and “he was mers volunteering for his home-
gal advocate: “a sweet spirit,” always a listener,” his old friend town congressman, Abner Mik-
Frank Keating, the former Okla- recalled. va, an outspoken liberal Demo-
homa governor and a Republi- Today, he has a talent for let- crat. (To this day, Ms. Roter said,
can, put it. ting others talk about them- she does not know her brother’s
From his days as a high school selves. Whether in a meeting or party affiliation.)
student leader in the Chicago at a party, he leans slightly to- He navigated through a politi-
suburbs in the tumultuous late ward whoever is speaking, head cal controversy at Harvard in
1960s — where he spoke up for nodding. “He’s absorbing what 1973, as the Vietnam War was
free speech yet shunned protests he hears and integrating it,” said winding down — and seemed to
against the Vietnam War — to his Martha Minow, the dean at Har- come out on both sides. At issue
time at the hypercompetitive vard Law School. was whether to hold a student
Harvard Law Review, and The future judge intended to be referendum on whether Harvard
through his years in Washington, a doctor, not a lawyer, when he should reinstate a Reserve Offi-
Judge Garland has accumulated arrived at Harvard in 1970 from cers’ Training Corps (R.O.T.C.)
friends and seemingly made few the Chicago suburbs, where he program. As a member of a stu-
enemies. was raised in a family of modest dent committee, Mr. Garland
But when it comes to a Su- means with a deep connection to joined a unanimous vote, under
preme Court confirmation pro- their Jewish roots. (He saw medi- pressure from a leftist group, to
cess, his careful course could cine, and later law, as “a helping hold the referendum. Then, after
PATRICE GILBERT/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
hurt as much as it helps. With Re- profession,” his sister, Jill Roter, resistance by the Harvard ad-
publican leaders refusing to hold said.) His mother served on the ministration, he joined a unani- Above, Merrick B. Garland at confirmation hearings for the
hearings on his nomination and school board; his father ran a mous vote against holding it. In bench in 1995; right, Jamie Gorelick, center, Amy Jeffries
insisting that Mr. Obama’s suc- small advertising business out of the process, he never divulged and Mr. Garland of the Clinton Justice Department.
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Judge Merrick B. Garland,

left center, and Senator
Chuck Schumer on the
Capitol steps during a
visit last week.
When Stephen Jones, the law-

yer for the accused bomber,
Timothy J. McVeigh, complained
to Mr. Garland about the conduct
of a prosecutor, he said, the issue
was quickly resolved. (A month
before the president nominated
Judge Garland for the Supreme
Court, Mr. Jones, a Republican,
wrote a four-page letter to the
White House praising him as the
“ideal nominee.”) When Mr.
Ryan, a Democrat, refused Mr.
Garland’s request that he ask
Oklahoma City federal judges to
recuse themselves, Mr. Garland
did not insist. He just found
someone in Washington to do so.
“I’m not used to Eastern poli-
tics,” Mr. Ryan said. “I found that
most everybody with the excep-
tion of Merrick that worked in JULIE GLASSBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Washington, you have to be care-
ful about trusting them.” Robert De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower, in 2014. He said that the issue of autism was “deeply personal” to his family.
Finding Common Ground

During his 19 years on the
bench, Judge Garland has tried
Anti-Vaccine Film Pulled From Tribeca Festival
to resist what can be an isolating By STEPHANIE GOODMAN cense was also revoked over his concerns for Mr. De Niro after over the past 15 years.”
job. He turns up at investitures, Facing a storm of criticism failure to disclose financial con- he initially added it to the festi- When the festival’s plan to
portrait unveilings and charity over its plan to show a docu- flicts of interest and ethics vio- val. The film was to have been show the film was made public
dinners and socializes with mem- mentary about the widely de- lations. shown just once, on April 24, on Tuesday, filmmakers and
bers of the city’s legal elite. He bunked link between vaccines Information about the film no and was to be followed by a dis- medical experts were vocal in
holds annual summer reunions and autism, the Tribeca Film longer appears on the festival’s cussion with the director and their condemnation of it. The
for his fiercely loyal clerks at his website, but on Friday, the site, subjects of the film. documentarian Penny Lane
Festival on Saturday pulled the
home in Bethesda, Md., serving tribecafilm.com, did not men- Dr. William Schaffner, a pro- (“Our Nixon”) posted an open
film from its schedule next
bagels and lox and cooing over tion Mr. Wakefield’s revoked li- fessor of preventive medicine at letter on Thursday in Filmmak-
month.
their children, whom he calls his cense or the 2010 retraction, the Vanderbilt University er Magazine telling the festival
In a statement, Robert De that the screening “threatens
“grand-clerks.” School of Medicine, said on Sat-
Niro, a founder of the festival, the credibility of not just the
He tutors disadvantaged chil- urday that he believed “the en-
wrote: “My intent in screening other filmmakers in your doc
dren and performs the occasional tire board as well as Mr. De
this film was to provide an op- slate, but the field in general.”
wedding. At the 2000 Nantucket
ceremony of Beth Wilkinson, a portunity for conversation Reversing course Niro have learned a lot in the
Doctors and infectious dis-
around an issue that is deeply last several days.”
top aide to him at Justice, and
David Gregory, the former host personal to me and my family. after taking criticism “My hat is off to them for lis- ease experts also spoke out.
“Unless the Tribeca Film Festi-
tening, thinking about it, dis-
of the NBC program “Meet the But after reviewing it over the
past few days with the Tribeca
for a documentary by cussing it and responding,” he
val plans to definitively unmask
Press,” the nervous judge started Andrew Wakefield, it will be yet
the ceremony without the bride. Film Festival team and others a discredited activist. said.
Nevertheless, Dr. Schaffner
another disheartening chapter
“David turned to him,” Ms. Wil- from the scientific community, where a scientific fraud contin-
kinson recalled, “and said, ‘Mer- we do not believe it contributes said, it was troubling for scien- ues to occupy a spotlight,” Dr.
rick, don’t you think we should to or furthers the discussion I tists that a film promoting “dis- Mary Anne Jackson, a profes-
wait for Beth?’” had hoped for.” saying instead that the study credited ideas” got so close to a sor of pediatrics at the Uni-
In his chambers at the impos- The film, “Vaxxed: From “would catapult Wakefield into forum as prestigious as the Tri- versity of Missouri-Kansas City,
ing federal courthouse here, Cover-Up to Catastrophe,” was becoming one of the most con- beca Film Festival. said in an interview on Friday.
ZACH GIBSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES Judge Garland keeps a coffee pot directed and co-written by An- troversial figures in the history “It gave these fraudulent As the criticism mounted on
“strategically placed,” he has drew Wakefield, the author of a of medicine.” And on Twitter, ideas a face and a position and Friday, Mr. De Niro defended
time learning more and more said, so that he has to walk by the study that was published in the Mr. Wakefield described the an energy that many of us the film, saying that he and his
about less and less,” he told the clerks to get to it, and can stop British medical journal The film as a “whistle-blower docu- thought they didn’t deserve,” wife, Grace Hightower, have a
assistants, one of them, Eric L. and ask what they are doing. Lancet and then retracted in mentary.” he said. “We’re all for ongoing child with autism and that “we
Richard, recalled. Rather than have them write 2010. Mr. Wakefield’s medical li- A festival spokeswoman said reasonable debate and discus- believe it is critical that all of
Mr. Garland, who joined Ar- long memos for him, as is the on Saturday that she had no sion, but these are ideas that the issues surrounding the
nold & Porter in 1981, ultimately custom of many other judges, he Liam Stack contributed report- further comment about what have been proven to be incor- causes of autism be openly dis-
chose much the same path. He insists on doing his own research, ing. specifically in the film raised rect many, many, many times cussed and examined.”
was so eager to work on trials at for fear that he might miss some
the firm, he later said, that he nuance or the finer points of an
California Regents Adopt Anti-Semitism Measure

spent “one winter in Helena, argument. Then, he said: “We
Mont., in minus 50 degrees.” But just argue it out. I pick clerks who
in 1989, shortly after becoming a can say no to me, in a nice way —
partner, he abruptly quit, trading who can say, ‘That’s wrong,
his corporate office, big paycheck judge, and this is the reason From Page 14
and a portfolio that included anti- why.’”
trust cases, to become a worka- His colleagues say that as chief nia system, where nearly all of
day prosecutor in the office of the judge, a position he assumed in the student government coun-
United States attorney here. (His 2013, he can find a sliver of com- cils have approved divestment
financial disclosure forms show mon ground and build a decision proposals. However, no univer-
he is nonetheless a wealthy man, around that. One pointed to a po- sities have actually divested.
with $6 million to $23 million in litically charged case that chal- The regents said that they
assets, including trust funds es- lenged the constitutionality of a felt their report, “Principles
tablished by the parents of his ban on federal contractors mak- Against Intolerance,” was need-
wife, Lynn.) ing political donations. ed to help ease hostility against
In 1995, Jamie Gorelick, a top Judge Garland pulled liberal Jewish students that has arisen
Clinton administration Justice and conservative judges toward on a number of campuses amid
Department official, hired Mr. the middle, issuing an opinion the growing opposition to Israel
Garland to be her right-hand that upheld the law, but on the over the country’s treatment of
man. He was known as an ex- narrowest grounds. The final Palestinians.
acting, demanding supervisor vote was 11 to 0; the Supreme “Expressions of anti-Semi-
who often worked late and had Court refused to hear an appeal. tism are more coded and diffi-
high expectations for his staff. On the bench, he is a tough cult to identify,” the report said.
But he also found a way to get the questioner. “He would often “In particular, opposition to Zi-
best out of people and was quick come back from oral arguments onism is often expressed in
to give others credit. and his first question to us would ways that are not simply state-
Years later, he told interview- be, ‘Do you think I went too far ments of disagreement over
ers: “I like legal problems. I like out there? Do you think I was too politics and policy, but also as-
learning about legal problems. I rough?’” said one former clerk, sertions of prejudice and intol-
like cooperating with others in Danielle Gray. “We all thought, erance toward Jewish people
figuring out legal problems.” ‘You could not have been nicer in and culture.”
At Justice, Mr. Garland also asking these very tough ques- At the Berkeley campus, anti-
ERIC RISBERG/ASSOCIATED PRESS
proved adept in the spotlight. He tions.’” Semitic graffiti — “Zionists Protesting students at a University of California Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco
ran several high-profile national Having been passed over by should be sent to the gas cham- on Wednesday. The board was accused of trying to stifle opposition to Israeli policies.
security prosecutions, including Mr. Obama twice — first for Jus- ber” — appeared on the wall of
the case of Theodore J. Kaczyn- tice Sonia Sotomayor, and then a bathroom in a university tion. She said students now But many did not agree, say- lems that people have with the
ski, known as the Unabomber, Justice Elena Kagan, both more building. At the University of faced “classic anti-Semitism ing that the regents were ef- policies of Israel.”
and the attack at the 1996 Olym- palatable to the political left — California, Los Angeles, one merged with a new anti-Zion- fectively trying to quiet a de- Omar Zahzah, a graduate stu-
pics in Atlanta. Judge Garland is, the White student was questioned about ism. These things are so inter- bate about Israel and Palestine dent of Palestinian descent at
But it was his work on the 1995 House hopes, a man for this mo- how she could be impartial on a twined. Students who are not that had been going on for gen- U.C.L.A., said any condemna-
bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah ment. Still, even with his mostly- judicial board, given that she even openly supportive of the erations. tion of anti-Zionism had person-
Federal Building in Oklahoma in-the-middle record, it may not was “very active in the Jewish Jewish state are being targeted “This is the culmination of a al implications for him: His rel-
City that helped burnish his cre- be enough.
community.” because of their perceived sup- campaign on behalf of pro-Is- atives were displaced during
dentials with Republicans there “If you wanted to game a Su-
“B.D.S. is in virtually all of its port.” rael organizations to equate the 1948 war that helped estab-
and his reputation as a problem preme Court nomination, you
aspects anti-Semitic,” said Tam- She added that the university criticism of Israel with anti- lish the modern Jewish state,
solver. He also knew how to navi- would go to one side or the other,”
mi Rossman-Benjamin, a He- was the first to specifically rec- Semitism,” said Tallie Ben Dan- and he wanted to continue to
gate what Patrick Ryan, the for- said Neal Katyal, former acting
solicitor general. “Merrick surely brew lecturer at the University ognize “that there are forms of iel, an academic council coordi- tell his family’s story.
mer United States attorney in
had people whispering in his ear of California, Santa Cruz, and anti-Zionism that are anti-Se- nator for Jewish Voice for “Campuses remain a hotbed
Oklahoma City, called the “dag-
for years to do that.” one of the founders of the mitic. That’s huge.” Peace, which supports the of repression for this type of
gone snake pit” of Washington.
Amcha Initiative, a group that Mr. Pattiz added that the B.D.S. movement. “There are discussion, even as debates
combats anti-Semitism on cam- compromise statement clearly people who see any criticism of about Palestine are becoming a
puses and that pushed for the distinguished between anti- Israel as anti-Semitic. That mainstream issue,” Mr. Zahzah
University of California resolu- Semitism and anti-Zionism. erases the very real moral prob- said.
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Museum Proposal Inspires ‘Chicago Clout Politics’

huge amount of buildings that would move the museum to the email. “Mayor Emanuel will
From Page 14 are already there, some right on other side of Lake Shore Drive, continue to fight to ensure the
the Field Museum and the Ad- the lake. George’s museum which runs behind the land on museum and those benefits
ler Planetarium. One of the would not obscure views of the the waterfront. stay here in Chicago.”
lake.” He described the mu-
hulking structures of McCor- Mr. Emanuel sees the mu- Friends of the Parks and the
mick Place, a large convention seum’s chances of being built in seum as no threat to lakefront city are expected back in court
center, is just to the south of Chicago as “seriously” endan- access, nor a blight on the wa- in April. As for the mayor’s
where the museum would be gered by the lawsuit. terfront. “Friends of the Parking Lot”
built. An increasingly frustrated “The Lucas Museum will of- comment, the group has been
“It’s hardly an inviolate land- group of people have recently fer incredible educational, cul- restrained.
scape anyway,” said Henry S. argued that the museum should tural and economic opportuni- “There is a parking lot on it at
Bienen, a former Northwestern pick another site within the city. ties in addition to adding more the moment,” Ms. Irizarry said.
University president who is a Thomas Hickey, a Chicago ar- green space to the city,” Shan- “But we see it as an opportunity
member of the museum’s chitect, even independently non Breymaier, a spokeswoman to someday have beautiful
board. “You’re talking about a produced rough plans that for Mr. Emanuel, said in an green space.”
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ELECTION 2016
Sanders Seizes 2 Western States and Some Momentum Over Clinton

From Page 1
Ohio, Florida and North Carolina
this month.
At a rally in Madison, Wis., late
Saturday afternoon, Mr. Sanders
assured more than 8,000 support-
ers that his victories had cleared
a viable path to the nomination.
“We knew from Day 1 that politi-
cally we were going to have a
hard time in the Deep South,” Mr.
Sanders said. “But we knew
things were going to improve
when we headed west.”
Noting the “huge” voter turn-
out — in Washington, Democratic
Party officials estimated more
than 200,000 people participated
on Saturday, close to the record
set in 2008 — he told the crowd,
“We are making significant in-
roads into Secretary Clinton’s
lead.”
The victories in Washington
and Alaska, which awarded 16
delegates on Saturday, slightly
narrow the gulf with Mrs. Clinton
in the quest for the 2,382 dele-
gates needed to clinch the Demo-
cratic nomination. As of Saturday
evening, Mrs. Clinton had rough-
ly 280 more so-called pledged del-
egates, who are awarded based
on voting, and 440 more superdel-
egates — party leaders and elect-
ed officials — than Mr. Sanders.
But the wins are likely to be-
stow on the Sanders campaign a
surge of online donations with
which to buy advertising in the
expensive media markets of New
York and Pennsylvania, which
hold primaries next month. The
victory will also embolden Mr.
Sanders to stay in the race and
continue challenging Mrs. Clin-
ton on her ties to Wall Street and ELAINE THOMPSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
her foreign policy record.

Hawaii Democrats also voted A precinct overflowed in Seattle. Senator Bernie Sanders, left,
on Saturday, awarding 25 dele- greeted supporters before speaking on Saturday at a campaign
gates through a “presidential rally in Madison, Wis.; the state’s primary is on April 5.
preference poll,” a hybrid event
in which voters showed up at a
scheduled meeting, like a caucus, of now, gotten more votes than And as Mrs. Clinton sought to
anybody else, including Donald demonstrate her toughness and
Trump. I have gotten 2.6 million preparedness to be commander
more votes than Bernie Sanders,” in chief in response to the terror-
‘We knew things and “have a bigger lead in
pledged delegates, the ones you
ist attacks on Tuesday in Brus-
sels, she also had to avoid inflam-
were going to win from people voting, than
Barack Obama had at this time in
ing liberal primary voters who
still associate her with her 2002
improve when we 2008.” Senate vote to authorize the Iraq
Mrs. Clinton has shifted her fo- war.
headed west.’ cus and her words to taking on On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton
the Republicans in November, but said the responses to the Brus-
given Mr. Sanders’s influence sels attacks by the leading Re-
over liberal voters she would publican candidates, Donald J.
but voted by secret ballot, like a need in a general election, she has
primary. Trump and Mr. Cruz, amounted
been cautious how she discusses to “reckless actions” that would
Republicans did not hold any domestic and foreign policy.
contests on Saturday. The next alienate American allies, demon-
With Mr. Sanders’s focus on in- ize Muslims and embolden Rus-
nominating battle for both par- come inequality and taking on
ties will be the April 5 primaries sia.
Wall Street, Mrs. Clinton has con- Mr. Sanders ran an emotional
in Wisconsin, followed by the tinued to reach out to working-
April 9 Democratic caucuses in 90-second ad in Hawaii, called
class voters, including holding a
Wyoming, another contest that “The Cost of War,” featuring Rep-
rally on Tuesday at a machinists
plays to Mr. Sanders’s strengths. resentative Tulsi Gabbard, a vet-
and aerospace workers union hall
His victories on Saturday were eran from Hawaii who reminded
SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES at the Boeing factory in Everett,
not unexpected; both Washing- viewers that Mr. Sanders voted
Wash.
ton and Alaska have relatively School in North Seattle burst not about corporations.” quarters is in Brooklyn; on Satur- “I was made an honorary ma- against the Iraq war.
low percentages of the black and with more than 1,400 caucusgoers The Sanders campaign blan- day, Mr. Sanders opened an office chinist some years ago, so I feel a “Bernie Sanders will defend
Latino voters who have bolstered holding lattes, pushing strollers keted Washington with $1 million in the borough’s Gowanus neigh- particular connection here to my our country and take the trillions
Mrs. Clinton’s campaign this and wearing “H” or “Bernie” lain ads. Mr. Sanders found a sweet borhood, just a few miles from brothers and sisters in the ma- of dollars that are spent on these
year, and he has done well in pel pins. Bleachers were set up spot of support among Seattle’s where he grew up. chinists,” she told the crowd. “I interventionist, regime change,
states holding caucuses. onstage to accommodate the young voters. A video clip of his Lately on the campaign trail, am no person new to this strug- unnecessary wars and invest it
But the results also highlighted crowd. “This is what democracy rally on Friday, just over the state Mrs. Clinton, bracing for some gle. I am not the latest flavor of here at home,” an impassioned
the uphill climb Mrs. Clinton looks like,” Janet Miller, the cau- line in Portland, Ore., went viral losses in the caucus states, the month. I have been doing this Ms. Gabbard said, against scenic
would face in winning over the cus organizer, said from the au- after a delicate songbird perched seemed to have grown annoyed work day in and day out for views of Hawaii.
young and liberal voters who ditorium’s stage. on his podium, inspiring the Twit- by the commentary from political years.” Foreign policy was what moti-
have flocked to the Vermont sen- Mr. Sanders won that precinct ter hashtag #BirdieSanders. “I rivals that Mr. Sanders’s cam- She also knocked Mr. Sanders vated Warren Jones, 65, a retired
ator, and who often express con- on Saturday, and many others. “I think there may be some symbol- paign has drawn far more enthu- for not supporting the Export- software engineer, to caucus for
cerns about her fund-raising and appreciate Bernie’s fervor and ism here,” Mr. Sanders said to a siastic supporters. “I totally re- Import Bank, the government- Mr. Sanders on Saturday in Se-
speechmaking practices. honesty,” said Ian Forrester, 25, a roar of applause. spect the passion of my oppo- backed agency that provides low- attle. “She was wrong on Iraq,
On Saturday morning, the au- barista and rock musician who Mrs. Clinton will have a chance nent’s supporters, absolutely re- interest loans to help companies and proved she didn’t learn from
ditorium at Eckstein Middle caucused for Mr. Sanders. to regain momentum, and a wash spect it,” Mrs. Clinton said while doing international business, like that experience, but was wrong
“We’ve all seen the poor and the of delegates, when the Democrat- campaigning on Tuesday in Boeing, and which Mr. Sanders on Libya, too,” Mr. Jones said. “I
Yamiche Alcindor and Kristen middle class suffer during this ic primary moves to her adoptive Washington. and some Republicans, including think in large part she is respon-
Millares Young contributed re- economic downfall, and we need home state, New York, on April “And here’s what I want you to Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, have sible for ISIS, though there’s
porting. someone who cares about them, 19. Her national campaign head- know,” she continued, “I have, as opposed as “corporate welfare.” plenty of blame to go around.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 ØN 19
ELECTION 2016
AD OF THE WEEK
A Stop-Trump Message
In Chalkboard Math
There’s a basic reason not
to vote for Gov. John Kasich,
the ad proclaims: math.
Through chalkboard arith-
metic and some condescend-
ing narration, a new ad from
the Club for Growth political
action committee adds an
anti-Kasich message to its
anti-Trump campaign, accus-
ing Mr. Kasich of splitting the
opposition to Donald J.
Trump.
THE MESSAGE
One of wonky delegate
math, told with some school-
room animation. Using num-
bers and a bar graph on a
chalkboard, the ad depicts the
current delegate totals for
each candidate. The narrator
proclaims “a vote for Kasich
actually helps Trump,” and
then stacks Mr. Kasich’s bar
on top of Senator Ted Cruz’s,
with their combined delegates
appearing larger than Mr.
Trump’s (the math, however,
is still in Mr. Trump’s favor,
739 delegates to the 608 of Mr.
Cruz and Mr. Kasich com-
bined.)
Shifty bar graphs aside, the
ad’s message is simple, as the
narrator closes: “It’s time to
put differences aside. To stop
Trump, vote for Cruz.”
IMPACT
The ad reverberated not
just for its proclamations, but
for what accompanied it —
DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES the Club for Growth PAC en-
A NEW REPUBLICAN Donald J. Trump before addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. His worldview does not fit into his party’s recent history. dorsed Mr. Cruz, the first time
the influential anti-tax group
has endorsed a candidate in a
In Trump’s View, Foreign Policy Is a Deal to Be Made presidential primary. It also

put in stark, black and white
terms what Mr. Cruz and
some other anti-Trump Re-
diminished force in the world, an publicans have been arguing:
From Page 1 opinion he has held since the late that only Mr. Cruz can beat
strategic goals he sought. He 1980s, when he placed ads in The Mr. Trump, and that voting
again faulted the Obama adminis- New York Times and other news- for Mr. Kasich hurts Mr.
tration’s handling of the negotia- papers calling for Japan and Sau- Cruz’s chances. Mr. Kasich in-
tions with Iran last year — “It di Arabia to spend more money sists that as the race now
would have been so much better if on their own defense. shifts to more moderate
they had walked away a few Mr. Trump’s new threat to cut states, he will begin beating
off oil purchases from the Saudis Mr. Cruz and can win the
times,” he said — but offered only
was part of a broader complaint nomination at the convention.
one new idea about how he would
change its content: Ban Iran’s about the United States’ Arab al-
trade with North Korea. lies, which many in the Obama
Mr. Trump struck similar administration share: that they
themes when he discussed the fu- often look to the United States to
ture of NATO, which he called police the Middle East, without
“unfair, economically, to us,” and putting their own troops at risk.
said he was open to an alternative “We defend everybody,” he said.
organization focused on counter- “When in doubt, come to the Unit-
terrorism. He argued that the ed States. We’ll defend you. In
best way to halt China’s place- some cases free of charge.”
ment of military airfields and But his rationale for abandon-
ing the region was that “the rea- TAKEAWAY
antiaircraft batteries on re- The Club for Growth has
claimed islands in the South Chi- son we’re in the Middle East is for
oil, and all of a sudden we’re find- spent more than $7 million in
na Sea was to threaten its access negative advertising against
to American markets. ing out that there’s less reason to
be there now.” He made no men- Mr. Trump since last year, ac-
“We have tremendous econom- cording to Kantar Media/
ic power over China,” he argued.
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, VIA DIGITAL GLOBE tion of the risks of withdrawal —
that it would encourage Iran to CMAG. The group had been
“And that’s the power of trade.” SOUTH CHINA SEA A satellite image shows vessels dredging sand on the disputed Spratly Islands. critical of Mr. Kasich in the
He did not mention Beijing’s abil- dominate the Gulf, that the pres-
past, releasing a “white pa-
ity for economic retaliation. ence of American troops is part of
per” last year saying he had a
Israel’s defense, and that Ameri-
Mr. Trump’s views, as he ex- “mixed record on matters of
can air and naval bases in the re-
plained them, fit nowhere into the economic liberty.” But this is
gion are key collection points for
recent history of the Republican the first time the group has
intelligence and bases for drones advocated support for a spe-
Party: He is not in the interna-
and Special Operations forces. cific candidate. With its evi-
tionalist camp of President
Mr. Trump seemed less com- dent willingness to spend
George Bush, nor does he favor
fortable on some topics than oth- heavily on stopping Mr.
President George W. Bush’s call
ers. He called the United States Trump, it could very well be-
to make it the United States’ mis-
“obsolete” in terms of cyberwea- come another “super PAC” in
sion to spread democracy around
ponry, although the nation’s capa- Mr. Cruz’s growing arsenal of
the world. He agreed with a sug-
bilities are generally considered advertising support.
gestion that his ideas might be
on the cutting edge. Changing channels . . .
summed up as “America First.”
In the morning interview,
“Not isolationist, but I am
asked if he would seek a two-state
America First,” he said. “I like the Aloha! Vote for Me?
or a one-state solution in a peace
expression.” He said he was will-
accord between the Israelis and As Hillary Clinton and Sen-
ing to reconsider traditional the Palestinians, he said: “I’m not
American alliances if partners ator Bernie Sanders scrap for
saying anything. What I’m going every delegate, both cam-
were not willing to pay, in cash or to do is, you know, I specifically
troop commitments, for the pres- paigns were on air in the
don’t want to address the issue Honolulu market in the days
ence of American forces around because I would love to see if a before the state’s Democratic
the world. “We will not be ripped deal could be made.” caucuses on Saturday. Mrs.
off anymore,” he said. But in the evening, saying he Clinton ran an ad full of Ha-
In the past week, the bombings had been rushed earlier, he went waiian children and recut her
in Brussels and an accelerated back to a position outlined Mon- “New World” ad, using a quo-
war against the Islamic State day to the American Israel Public tation in which Hawaii’s most
have shifted the focus of the cam- CHRISTOF STACHE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel famous son, President Oba-
paign trail conversation back to MIGRANT CRISIS A police car led refugees to a registration center in southern Germany last year. group. “Basically, I support a two- ma, praises her. (The presi-
questions of how the candidates state solution on Israel,” he said. dent has not endorsed any-
would defend the United States “But the Palestinian Authority one.) Mr. Sanders countered
and what kind of diplomacy they of how far he was willing to take He named three advisers in ad- Trump acknowledged that this has to recognize Israel’s right to with an emotional 90-second
would pursue around the world. the confrontation over the islands dition to five he announced earli- would require deploying ground exist as a Jewish state.” ad featuring Representative
Mr. Trump explained his in the South China Sea, which are er in the week: retired Maj. Gen. troops, something he does not fa- In discussing nuclear weapons Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat of
thoughts in concrete and easily — which he said he had learned Hawaii. Ms. Gabbard, a vet-
remote and lightly inhabited but Gary L. Harrell, Maj. Gen. Bert K. vor. “We should’ve taken it, and
digestible terms, but they ap- about from an uncle, John G. eran of the Iraq war, explains
extend China’s control over a ma- Mizusawa and retired Rear Adm. we would’ve had it,” he said, re-
peared to reflect little consider- Trump, who was on the M.I.T. fac- that she is endorsing the Ver-
jor maritime thoroughfare. But, Charles R. Kubic. They reflected ferring to the years in which the
ation for potential consequences. ulty — he seemed fixated on the mont senator because he op-
he added, “I would use trade, ab- a continuing bias toward former United States occupied Iraq.
Much the same way he treats po- large stockpiles amassed in the poses “unnecessary wars.”
solutely, as a bargaining chip.” military officers, rather than dip- “Now we have to destroy the oil.”
litical rivals and interviewers, he Cold War. While he referred brief-
Asked when he thought Ameri- lomats or academics with foreign He did not rule out spying on
personalized how he would en- ly to North Korean and Pakistani
gage foreign nations, suggesting can power had been at its peak, policy experience. General Har- American allies, including lead- Tell Me More
Mr. Trump reached back 116 rell, a Special Forces veteran, ers like Angela Merkel, the Ger- arsenals, he said nothing about a
his approach would depend partly danger that is a cause of great It seems a heartwarming
on “how friendly they’ve been to- years to the turn of the 20th cen- was a commander in the failed man chancellor, whose cellphone tale of fighting for the Ameri-
tury, the era of another uncon- “Black Hawk Down” mission in was apparently a target of the consternation among global lead-
ward us,” not just on national in- ers: small nuclear weapons that can dream: A mechanic opens
terests or alliances. ventional Republican, Theodore Somalia in 1993. Admiral Kubic, National Security Agency. Mr. his garage to welcome day-
could be fashioned by terrorists.
At no point did he express any Roosevelt, who ended up leaving now president of an engineering Obama said the agency would no light, recalls how his father
In criticizing the Iran nuclear
belief that American forces de- the party. His favorite figures in firm, has been a sharp critic of longer target her phone but made “started this business dec-
deal, he expressed particular out-
ployed on military bases around American history, he said, in- President Obama’s handling of no such commitments about the ades ago,” talks about the
rage at how the roughly $150 bil-

the world were by themselves clude two generals, Douglas Mac- the attack on Libya that helped rest of Germany, or Europe. good times, the bad times,
lion released to Iran (by his esti-
valuable to the United States, Arthur and George S. Patton — oust Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. “I’m not sure that I would want and his worries about Mr.
mate; the number is in dispute)
though Republican and Demo- though he said that, unlike Mac- Asked about the briefings he to be talking about that,” Mr. was being spent. “Did you notice Trump’s “empty promises”
cratic administrations have for Arthur, he would not advocate us- receives and books he has read Trump said. “You understand before proclaiming that Mr.
they’re buying from everybody
decades argued that they are es- ing nuclear weapons except as a on foreign policy, Mr. Trump said what I mean by that.” Cruz is a “principled leader.”
but the United States?” he said.
sential to deterring military ad- last resort. (He suggested Mac- his main information source was Mr. Trump was not impressed But the story ends there.
Told that sanctions under Unit-
venturism, protecting commerce Arthur had pressed during the newspapers, “including yours.” with Ms. Merkel’s handling of the ed States law still bar most Amer-
and gathering intelligence. Korean War to use them against Until recently, his foreign pol- migrant crisis, however: “Ger- ican companies from doing busi- Numbers
Like Richard M. Nixon, Mr. China as a means “to negotiate,” icy pronouncements have largely many is being destroyed by Mer- ness with Iran, he said: “So, how
Trump emphasized the impor- adding, “He played the nuclear come through slogans: “Take the kel’s naïveté, or worse,” he said. stupid is that? We give them the $309,790 The amount spent
tance of “unpredictability” for an card, but he didn’t use it.”) oil,” “Build a wall” and ban Mus- He suggested that Germany and money and we now say, ‘Go buy by Democratic candidates so
American president, arguing that Mr. Trump denied that he had lim immigrants and visitors, at the Gulf nations should pay for Airbus instead of Boeing,’ right?” far in Hawaii.
the country’s traditions of democ- had trouble finding top members least temporarily. But as he pulls the “safe zones” he wants to set But Mr. Trump, who has been $11.1 MILLION The amount of
racy and openness had made its of the foreign policy establish- closer to the nomination, he has up in Syria for refugees, and for pushed to demonstrate a basic political advertising already
actions too easy for adversaries ment to advise him. “Many of been called on to elaborate. protecting them once built. command of international affairs, seen in New York and Wis-
and allies alike to foresee. them are tied up with contracts Pressed about his call to “take Throughout the two conversa- insisted that voters should not consin, two states that vote in
“I wouldn’t want them to know working for various networks,” the oil” controlled by the Islamic tions, Mr. Trump painted a bleak doubt his foreign policy fluency. April.
what my real thinking is,” he said he said, like Fox or CNN. State in the Middle East, Mr. picture of the United States as a “I do know my subject,” he said. NICK CORASANITI
20 Ø N THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
Man Cuffed
On Failure
To Return
VHS Tape
Law Catches Up
On a 14-Year Rental
By MIKE McPHATE
The law caught up with a
wanted man on the streets of
North Carolina this week.
The man, James Meyers, was
driving his 10-year-old daughter
to school in Concord, northeast
of Charlotte, when a police car
pulled him over for a broken
brake light.
But when the officer ran his li-
cense, he confronted him with an
older crime, from 14 years ago.
“Sir, I don’t know how to tell you
this,” the officer began. Mr. Mey-
ers had a 2002 warrant out for
his arrest for failing to return a
VHS movie rental of “Freddy
Got Fingered.”
“I just laughed,” Mr. Meyers,
37, recalled.
The officer let Mr. Meyers go
and told him to show up later at
the police station, where officers
took him to a magistrate’s office,
patted him down and put him in
handcuffs. KIRSTEN LUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
The story of Mr. Meyers’s or- Nicolaus Copernicus Elementary, a 98-year-old school building in Jersey City, where 16 of 19 water
deal has gained wide attention, fountains and coolers were found to have lead levels higher than permissible. The school switched to bottled water.
spreading from a YouTube video
he posted to a local broadcaster
Lead in Water Continues to Torment Many Schools

and, finally, ricocheting around
the world on social media.
Fueling the fascination are the
quaint technology involved in
the crime — a VHS tape, the ing or disabling ones with ex-
bulky cassette that seems like From Page 1 cessive lead concentrations.
such a distant memory in the has fought for lead safety na- That can be ineffective, be-
age of Netflix — and the choice tionwide, said in an interview. cause the levels at any fountain
of movie. Of all the films to be The problem is persistent and or tap can swing wildly as resi-
handcuffed over, “Freddy Got widespread. Baltimore’s public due breaks loose in lead plumb-
Fingered” is arguably among schools switched entirely to bot- ing. Dr. Edwards, the Virginia
the most awkward. tled water in 2007 because rip- Tech specialist, recalled testing a
Starring the gross-out comedi- ping out the lead plumbing would single tap 10 times. Eight tests
an Tom Green at the height of have been impractical. Sebring, judged the water perfectly safe.
his fame, the movie was vicious- Ohio, found elevated lead levels The other two showed “astro-
ly panned by critics. Some called in August after workers had nomical amounts of lead,” he
it among the worst movies ever stopped adding an anti-corrosion said, “like eating five to 10 paint
made. It has, nonetheless, gar- chemical to the water supply. chips.”
nered a cult following. The Los Angeles Unified “This is like Russian roulette,”
In an interview, Mr. Green School District allotted $19.8 mil- he said.
said he also laughed when he lion in September to retrofit or So it was in Newark, where the
heard about Mr. Meyers’s case. remove its 48,000 drinking foun- E.P.A. sampled water in 2003 as
“It is just kind of ridiculous all tains to erase a small but tena- part of an outreach program on
around,” he said. “I think the fact cious lead threat. Ithaca, N.Y., lead, and found contamination in
that the movie was ‘Freddy Got schools switched temporarily to three schools. The district began
Fingered’ just makes it funnier bottled water in January after replacing school water fountains
for some reason. I don’t know water tests found elevated lead and installing filters on violating
why.” levels at two schools. water sources, but never got
Mr. Meyers, a caterer who Congress could easily have ahead of the problem. From 2012
also performs as a dance music cracked down on lead in schools. through 2015, nearly one in eight
D.J. under the name Mad Influ- In fact, it once did. The 1988 Lead water samples exceeded the
TY WRIGHT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
ence, said he had no idea what Contamination Control Act re- E.P.A.’s 15 parts-per-billion
happened to the VHS tape, but quired schools to scrap lead-lined threshold.
he does remember watching it water coolers, test drinking wa- “Did we know we had a prob-
and laughing hysterically. ter and remedy any contamina- lem? Yes,” said Marion A. Bol-
Lawyers say arrests for over- tion they found. But a federal ap- den, Newark’s superintendent
due rentals are rare, but cases peals court struck down part of early last decade. “ Did we think
the law affecting schools in 1996. we had adequately remediated
have been reported in several
And while some states have de- the problem? Yes.”
states, among them Colorado,
vised their own lead-testing Here in Jersey City, the public
rules, federal lawmakers have schools are classic candidates for
yet to revisit the issue. a lead problem. Two-thirds are
over 80 years old, and a third
In North Carolina, a The only regulation left is a
1991 rule by the federal Envi- more than a century old. The sys-
traffic stop uncovers ronmental Protection Agency re-
quiring periodic tests for lead and
tem had been under state control
since 1989 because of poor man-
an older crime. copper by most public water sys- agement and low test scores;
tems, whether the supplier is a only recently, with Marcia Lyles
big utility or a well in a trailer as the superintendent, did the
park or campground. state agree to return control to lo-
Wisconsin, Texas and South Car- But although schools and day cal officials.
olina. care centers are the main sources Jersey City taps and fountains
In 2012, a woman in New Mex- of water for children on most went untested until the E.P.A.
ico was arrested in front of her weekdays, only the few schools took samples in 2006, again part
five children and accused of fail- that operate their own wells fall of the federal outreach program,
ing to return a “Twilight” DVD under the rule. The vast majority and turned up lead concentra-
set and book to a library. She lat- of schools use treated water from tions up to 60 times the federal
er won a settlement of $7,500 be- utilities. threshold at eight schools. Not
cause the city had failed to prop- And while the utilities test their RICHARD PERRY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
until early 2008, after more tests
erly notify her about a sum- water, virtually all lead contami- found fresh contamination at six
mons, her lawyer, Eric Dixon, nation occurs inside schools — in Cases of bottled water, top, at Sebring McKinley Junior Senior High in Ohio. of the schools, did the superin-
said. lead pipes, water-cooler coils and Elevated levels of lead were found there in August. Aqua Pro-Tech Laboratories, tendent at the time, Charles T.
linings, and in leaded-metal foun- above, began testing water in Newark schools this month. Epps Jr., switch those students to
“Arresting people for these
tains and taps. bottled water.
petty issues” clogs up the crimi-
“If you’re a mom-and-pop cof- Jersey City’s mayor then, Jer-
nal courts, Mr. Dixon said. Such ery weekday to push out lead nation. Women face an increased installed thousands of water
fee shop in Sparta, New Jersey, ramiah Healy, declared the mat-
cases should be decriminalized that accumulates overnight. Nor risk of miscarriage, along with fountains with long-lasting brass ter closed. “We believe this is a
and have a private well, you’re
and handled like traffic tickets in required to certify every quar- did some filters on Newark potential organ damage and de- fittings to reduce maintenance situation that is isolated to the af-
civil court, he said. ter,” said Robert Barrett, the school fountains reduce contami- velopmental problems in the costs. They later discovered that fected schools and to certain wa-
Mr. Meyers was ordered to ap- chief executive of Aqua Pro-Tech nation sufficiently. baby. the leaded brass fittings tainted ter fountains within those
pear in court on April 27 to an- Laboratories, a New Jersey envi- The Centers for Disease Con- Schools built before 1986, when the water in some fountains be- schools,” The Jersey Journal
swer the charge of “failure to re- ronmental testing laboratory. trol and Prevention says children an amendment to the Safe Drink- yond the E.P.A.’s lead standard. newspaper quoted him as saying.
turn rental property,” a misde- “But if you’re a school, you don’t whose blood lead content ex- ing Water Act banned lead The district’s $19.8 million lead Mr. Healy was wrong. The dis-
meanor. His attorney, Adam have to do anything.” ceeds five micrograms per decili- plumbing, pose the greatest haz- initiative seeks, in part, to correct trict tested all its fountains and
Seifer, said Mr. Meyers’s worst- Mr. Barrett, whose firm tests ter — 50 parts per billion, or less ard. Fountains may be fed water that. “The approach we’re taking taps in mid-2008 and found that
case scenario would be proba- water in 13 states, said the New- than a millionth of an ounce in a through lead pipes commonly now is to get rid of anything with water in 27 more schools was as
tion and a fine. ark and Flint revelations prompt- pint — should see a doctor. High used in the early 20th century. a brass fitting,” Roger Finstad, much as 80 times higher than the
But the charge would be tough ed reassessments by schools and blood lead levels can stunt a Older water coolers may have the district’s maintenance and E.P.A.’s lead threshold. Under
to prove, Mr. Seifer added. The other institutions that had not child’s mental development and operations director, said. pressure from advocates, the dis-
video store, J&J’s Video in Salis- scrutinized their plumbing in damage a range of organs. But In New York City, officials have trict tested selected water
bury, has closed, and the tape is years, if ever. even smaller amounts can affect uprooted and replaced all lead sources at 38 buildings in 2010
“No one was testing,” he said. children’s intellectual develop- pipes leading from water mains and found yet more lead. In a 98-
missing. Further, the state must
show that Mr. Meyers intended “Now all of a sudden they’re all ment, and the agency says no lev- Crisis in Flint draws into schools, swiftly replaced year-old school, Nicolaus Coper-
to steal the tape, and there is no going crazy.”
In Newark, where school offi-
el of lead is safe.
The E.P.A.’s 1991 lead rule —
attention to a problem equipment when tests showed
high lead levels, and ordered
nicus Elementary, 16 of 19 water
fountains and coolers were found
evidence of that, Mr. Seifer said.
Mr. Meyers said he rewatched cials disclosed elevated lead lev- the one that requires most public that won’t go away. weekly pipe flushing at any above permissible levels.
“Freddy Got Fingered” on els earlier this month, Mr. Bar- water systems to periodically school with a violation. All That school and some others
Wednesday. About 1:30 a.m., his rett’s firm began testing water test for lead and copper — limits schools’ water is regularly test- were switched to bottled water,
phone rang. On the other end systemwide on March 19. Stu- the amount of lead in drinking ed. The result? Only 1.3 percent and fountains and taps were
dents at the 30 schools now drink water to no more than 15 parts lead linings and components. of nearly 90,000 water tests have turned off. But that was not the
was a voice re-enacting one of
bottled water, and the youngest per billion. The rule is being re- exceeded the city’s lead thresh- end.
the most famous scenes from the But even newer buildings can
students were offered free blood vised, though, and that limit old. The program is “a model for A 2013 retest of all 2,000-plus
movie, when Freddy ties sau- face a threat. Under industry
tests. could soon be lowered. Even the nation,” said Dr. Philip Lan- water sources found yet more
sages to his fingers and chants, pressure, Congress defined
There, as in Los Angeles, high though the rule does not apply to drigan, an expert on lead and a contamination, including one
“Daddy, would you like some lead levels persisted even though most schools, districts that do “lead-free” in the amendment as professor of preventive medicine fountain whose water tested 853
sausage.” workers flush the water pipes ev- monitor drinking water generally no more than 8 percent lead. and pediatrics at the Icahn times the accepted maximum.
“I instantly knew who it was,” use it as a guideline. Plumbing hardware like faucets School of Medicine at Mount Si- Among those water sources were
Mr. Meyers said. “I almost died.” Michael Wines reported from Jer- Tainted water is not the big- and connectors often contained nai. 10 in prekindergarten classes
Mr. Green, who is on a com- sey City, and Patrick McGeehan gest source of lead exposure in that much lead until 2013, when That scorched-earth approach where daily tooth brushing was
edy tour in Australia, told Mr. and John Schwartz from New humans; on average, the E.P.A. the permissible level fell to near is the surest way to control lead part of the regimen.
Meyers he would help with any York. Kate Taylor contributed re- says, it makes up about a fifth of zero. threats, but few school systems “Any fountains in this building,
fees related to the case. porting from New York, and Tyler contamination. Pregnant women Los Angeles school officials have the money or knowledge to they don’t even work,” the Nico-
Alicea from Ithaca, N.Y. Alain working in schools are at great- learned of the 8-percent rule the pursue it. Many instead follow a laus Copernicus principal, Diane
Susan Beachy contributed re- Delaquérière and Doris Burke est risk because fetuses are most hard way. In the 131 schools built whack-a-mole strategy, testing a Pistilli, said this week. “Parents
search. contributed research. profoundly affected by contami- over the last decade, the district sample of water sources, then fix- were concerned, and rightly so.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 ØN 21
OBITUARIES
VIT SIMANEK/CTK, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
The director Jan Nemec in July during filming for “The Wolf of
Royal Vineyard Street,” a comedy based on his life.
Jan Nemec Is Dead at 79;

Czech New Wave Director
By WILLIAM GRIMES their escape. While trying to steal
Jan Nemec, whose surreal, a loaf of bread, they find them-
parable-like films made him one selves at one another’s throats.
of the leading lights of the Czech “Diamonds of the Night,”
new wave in the 1960s, died on which, like his student film, drew
March 18 in Prague. He was 79. on Mr. Lustig’s wartime writings,
His wife, Iva Ruszelakova, con- put Mr. Nemec at the forefront of
firmed his death, the newspaper the new Czech cinema.
Dnes (Today) reported. She did He was invited to contribute to
not give the cause. “Pearls of the Deep,” an anthol-
In the years leading up to the ogy showcasing up-and-coming
Soviet invasion of Czechoslova- directors, with every segment
kia in 1968, Mr. Nemec estab- based on a story by the Czech
lished himself as one of the most writer Bohumil Hrabal. Mr.
formally inventive filmmakers in Nemec’s film, “The Poseurs,” told
a group that also included Milos the tragicomic story of two eld-
Forman, Ivan Passer and Jiri erly residents at a clinic who
Menzel. spend their days bragging about
In films like “Diamonds of the their glamorous pasts but turn
Night” (1964) and “A Report on out to be complete nonentities.
the Party and the Guests” (1966), With “A Report on the Party
which brought him to the atten- and the Guests,” Mr. Nemec be-
tion of American audiences when gan to run afoul of the govern-
it was shown at the New York ment censors; recognizing the
Film Festival in 1968, he explored film’s subversive political under-
the primal urge for freedom and tones, they blocked its release for
the ways in which human beings, two years. He managed to com-
under duress, cope with life’s ob- plete a third feature, “Martyrs of
stacles. Love,” which consisted of three
He employed a style he called love stories with farcical over-
“dream realism,” relying on tones, in 1967.
haunting imagery, flashbacks, After being barred from the
seeming hallucinations and other state film studios, he quickly
dislocating devices to bend his made a short film, “Mother and
narratives in unexpected direc- Son,” while attending a student
tions. film festival in Amsterdam, with
In “Diamonds of the Night,” financing from West German
filmed with a hand-held camera,
two young men escape from a
Nazi prison train and wander
across a bleak landscape, their A filmmaker who
thoughts and fantasies played
out on the screen as they encoun- called his style ‘dream
ter strange scenes and even
stranger people.
realism.’
The unwitting characters on
their way to a garden party in “A
Report on the Party and the television and a Dutch film com-
Guests” find themselves in thrall pany, further straining his rela-
to a host who enforces a series of tionship with the Communist
sadistic games, all in the name of government.
good, clean fun.
In 1968, he began filming the
“I am concerned with man’s re-
documentary “Oratorio for
actions to the drastic situations in
Prague,” intended as a hymn to
which, through no fault of his
the new artistic freedoms under
own, he may find himself,” Mr.
the reformist government of Al-
Nemec once told an interviewer
exander Dubcek. The film, which
in a discussion of “Diamonds of
ended with scenes of Russian
the Night.” “After all, so many
people’s fates rest in the hands of tanks rolling through the streets
others. Through his destiny I of Prague, had to be smuggled
want to interpret the emotions a out of the country.
man goes through in such situa- Unable to work as a filmmaker,
tions, to assess the meaning of Mr. Nemec was permitted to
his striving.” leave Czechoslovakia in 1974. He
Jan Nemec was born on July made several films for television
12, 1936, in Prague. He played pi- in Germany, including a version
ano and clarinet and for a time of Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” be-
thought of becoming a jazz mu- fore emigrating to the United
sician until dissuaded by his States, where he made documen-
practical-minded father, who con- taries and videos.
vinced him that film was a more He returned to the Czech Re-
likely bet. He enrolled in the Film public in 1989 and for a time
and Television School of the taught film at the academy of
Academy of Performing Arts, performing arts, his alma mater.
known as FAMU, where the re- He made the documentary “Late
vered filmmaker Vaclav Krska Night Talks With My Mother”
encouraged him at every turn. (2001). At his death, he was film-
Mr. Nemec graduated in 1960, ing “The Wolf of Royal Vineyard
earning his diploma after making Street,” a comedy based on his
the film “A Piece of Bread,” based life.
on an autobiographical short In addition to his wife, Mr.
story by Arnost Lustig about Nemec, whose first three mar-
three prisoners being transport- riages ended in divorce, is sur-
ed by train from one concentra- vived by a daughter, Arleta Nem-
tion camp to another and plotting cova.
David Smyrl, 80; Portrayed

Mr. Handford on ‘Sesame Street’
By The Associated Press
David Smyrl, an actor best

known for his role as Mr. Hand-
ford, the retired firefighter who
ran Hooper’s Store, on the long-
running PBS children’s show
“Sesame Street,” died on Tues-
day in Wynnewood, Pa., outside
Philadelphia. He was 80.
His wife, Cheryl, said the cause
was lung cancer.
Mr. Smyrl played the smiling,

singing store owner on “Sesame

Street” from 1990 to 1998. He suc-
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION WORKSHOP
ceeded Leonard Jackson, who
had played a grumpier version of David Smyrl, with Elmo, on
the same character. Will Lee, “Sesame Street” in 1992. He
who played Harold Hooper, the played the role of Mr. Hand-
original owner of the store, died ford from 1990 to 1998.
in 1982, and his character’s death

was written into the show. Cosby Show,” in which he played
Mr. Smyrl — who was often Sam Lucas, a contractor.
billed as David Langston Smyrl, Mr. Smyrl was born in North
his full name — started his televi- Philadelphia on Sept. 13, 1935. Be-
sion career in New York in the sides his wife, he is survived by a
1970s and appeared on Broadway stepson, Pancho Scott.
in the musical “Working” in 1978.
He was employed as a writer on
the sitcom “Benson” and as both The Times Book Review,
a writer and an actor on “The every Sunday
22 Ø N THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
Bob Ebeling Dies at 89; Warned of Challenger Disaster Deaths

ADAMS—Olive Arnold, 103, of
Deaths
BAXTER—Joan K.
New York City passed peace-
By WILLIAM GRIMES fully on March 24, 2016. Wi-
dow of Julius J. Adams,
Thirty years ago, Bob Ebeling mother of Julie (Josiah) and
Carolyn (Robert), grand-
drove to the headquarters of the mother of four and great-
aerospace contractor Morton grandmother of three, she
was the beloved matriarch of
Thiokol in Brigham City, Utah, to a large and loving clan of ex-
watch the launch of the space tended family and friends.
Born in Anoka, Minnesota in
shuttle Challenger. On the way, 1912, she was the daughter of
William J. and Marie Ellen
he leaned over to his daughter (Parker) Arnold and the
Leslie and said: “The Challenger youngest of seven. With her
husband in the 1950's, she
is going to blow up. Everyone’s created Global News Syndi-
going to die.” cate, empowering Negro
journalists to impact the so- of Locust Valley, NY and
Mr. Ebeling (pronounced EBB- cial and political scene, and in Palm Beach Gardens, FL on
1956 wrote “Time Bomb,” an
ling), an engineer at Thiokol, account of the Emmett Till
March 24, 2016 age 90. Loving
mother of Raymond S. III and
knew what the rest of the world murder. With her husband John H. Proud grandmother
and daughters she estab- of Kevin J., Diana, Todd, Han-
did not: that the rubber O-rings lished the Harlem Dance ley and Theodora. Interment
designed to seal the joints be- Foundation and the Central private. In lieu of flowers, do-
Harlem Brownstone Preser- nations may be made to Old
tween the booster rocket’s seg- vation Committee, which was Westbury Gardens or Glen
ments performed poorly in cold instrumental in securing the
landmark designation of the
Cove Hospital.
www.DodgeThomas.com
weather. A severe cold snap in Mt. Morris Park neighbor-
hood. She composed the mu-
Florida was about to subject the UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BRUCE WEAVER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
sical “Santa Claus and the
BEBELL—Norman Lars,
WWII Marine officer and
O-rings to temperatures more Bob Ebeling in 2008. He and his colleagues at Thiokol knew that the shuttle’s seals performed Unicorn,” which was present- pioneer in the nitrogen burst
ed for 15 years at Aaron Da- system in photography, tele-
than 30 degrees lower than at any poorly in cold weather. Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. vis Hall. For her 100th birth- vision color dailies and mo-
previous launch. day, a children's reading
bench was dedicated in her
tion picture film post produc-
tion, died on March 21, 2016.
During the afternoon and name in Mt. Morris Park. Predeceased by his wife
evening before the launch, Thio- the entire burden of the disaster served as an infantryman in the helped repair dikes and water- Rochelle and survived in lov-
AUGUST—Burton, of Roches- ing memory by his children
kol engineers, relying on data on his shoulders, although it was Philippines during World War II. control structures. ter, NY, passed peacefully Harlan and Kara. Memorial
provided by Mr. Ebeling and his he, on the afternoon before the He returned to San Diego after In 1990, President George Bush with his wife Joan at his side will be at Frank E. Campbell,
1076 Madison Ave., New
on March 18, 2016 just weeks
colleagues, argued passionately launch, who made a critical his discharge and in 1949 married presented him with the Theodore before his 101st birthday. York, NY 10028 on April 2, at
11:30am. (212)288-3500.
for a postponement of the launch phone call to Allan J. McDonald, Darlene Popejoy, who survives Roosevelt Conservation Award
AUSTIN—Joyce Phillips,
in conference calls with NASA the Thiokol engineer in charge of him. In addition to his daughter for his work. In 2013, he was passed from cardiac failure, BIKOFF—Carole,
born Brooklyn, NY August 18,
managers at the Kennedy Space the solid rocket motor project at Leslie, he is also survived by named the National Wildlife Ref- September 10, 1923 - March
21, 2016. Former Executive 1929, of Woodbury, NY and
Center in Florida and the Mar- the Kennedy Space Center, alert- three other daughters, Kathleen uge System’s volunteer of the Vice President of the Federa- Ann Arbor, MI, died March 10,
tion of Protestant Welfare 2016. Daughter of the late
shall Space Flight Center in ing him to concerns about the Ebeling, who confirmed his year by the National Wildlife Ref- Agencies, NYC, served the Rose Mantel Schwartz and
Huntsville, Ala. They were over- O-rings. death, Judy Kirwan and Terrie uge Association and the National Diocese of New York and Dr. Emanuel Schwartz, be-
loved wife of Dr. William
Episcopal Church and was
ruled not only by NASA, but also “I think this was one of the Johnston; 12 grandchildren; 16 Fish and Wildlife Foundation. longtime vestryman of Trini- Bikoff, adored mother, grand-
mother, great-grandmother,
by their own managers. mistakes that God made,” Mr. great-grandchildren; and two Mr. Ebeling’s anguished inter- ty Church. Survived by her
sister, Dr. Mildred Phillips and sister, sister-in-law, mother-
On the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, Ebeling told Howard Berkes of great-great-grandchildren. view with NPR in January moved her niece, Ms. Tippi Brooke in-law, cousin, aunt, niece and
Phillips. Services at Trinity friend. We are heartbroken to
sitting in a conference room with NPR in January, on the 30th anni- Mr. Ebeling enrolled in Califor- hundreds of listeners to send ex- Church, Broadway and Wall lose her and filled with joy to
his daughter and Roger Boisjoly, versary of the event. “He should- nia State Polytechnic University pressions of support and sympa- Streets, Tuesday, March 29 at have known her.
10:00am.
Thiokol’s chief seal expert, Mr. n’t have picked me for that job. I in San Luis Obispo, earning a de- thy. BRESLIN—Rev. John B., S.J.,
on March 21. Beloved brother
Ebeling watched on a large pro- gree in mechanical engineering Mr. McDonald, his former boss BARTOS—Michael Voice,
of Patrick Breslin, of Wash-
on March 18. Born in New
jection screen as the Challenger in 1952, and went to work for Con- at Thiokol, called him. “I told him York City on May 13, 1942.
ington, DC. Reposing at the
Murray-Weigel Hall Chapel,
cleared the launching pad. “I vair, a San Diego manufacturer of that he was not a loser, that a los- Son of Martha Voice Bartos
515 E. Fordham Rd., Bronx,
turned to Bob and said, ‘We’ve An engineer who airplanes, rockets and spacecraft. er was someone who has a
and Armand P. Bartos.
Husband of Joan. Father of
NY on Monday, 3-5 and
7-8:30pm. Funeral Mass at the
just dodged a bullet,’” Mr. Bois- The company made the first At- chance to act but doesn’t, and Peter, Catherine and John.
Murray-Wejgel Hall Chapel,
joly told The Guardian in 2001. argued for the las rockets used by Project Mer- worse, doesn’t care,” Mr. McDon-
Brother of Armand, Mary
and Adam. Attended the Dal-
ton School, Collegiate and the
Tuesday, 11:30am. Interment
at the Jesuit Cemetery, Au-
A minute later, the O-rings cury, NASA’s manned orbital ald said in an interview on Thurs-
failed and the Challenger explod- postponement of the flight program. day.
High School of Music and Art.
Received a BMus from India-
riesville, NY. In lieu of flow-
ers, donations may be made
to Northeast Province of the
na University School of Music
ed in a ball of fire, killing all sev-
en crew members aboard.
shuttle’s launch. Mr. Ebeling joined Thiokol, as
it was then known, in 1962. A sup-
“He really did do something,”
he added. “I told him that if he
and an M.A. from Brooklyn
College Conservatory of Mu-
Society of Jesus, 39 E. 83rd
St., New York, NY 10028. For
information, contact Farenga
sic. Conducted orchestras in
Bros., Inc. Directors (718)
Among them was Christa McAu- plier of rockets and missile pro- had not called me, we never New York City and Florida
and recorded with the Polish 654-0500.
liffe, a schoolteacher from New pulsion systems, the company in would have had the opportunity National Orchestra. In later
CHARNEY—Leon.
Hampshire who had been chosen don’t know, but next time I talk to 1974 won the contract to build to try to avert the disaster. They years worked in real estate
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
sales, lastly with Douglas Elli-
to be the first citizen passenger in him, I’m going to ask him, ‘Why? solid rocket boosters for the would have just gone ahead with man. Served on Board of through attorneys Warren R.
Gleicher, Lawrence N. Fried-
space. You picked a loser.’” space shuttle program. Mr. Ebe- the launch. At least we had the Trustees of Kinhaven Music
School. Memorial service to land and Thomas J. Fleming,
Mr. Ebeling never recovered Mr. Ebeling died on Monday in ling was manager of the ignition opportunity to try to stop it.” be held at a later date. Contri- deeply mourn the loss of our
esteemed client and friend
bution in his memory may be
from the disaster. “I’ve been un- Brigham City at 89. His daughter system and final assembly for the The public response to Mr. made to Kinhaven Leon H. Charney who died on
March 21, 2016 at age 77 and
der terrible stress since the acci- Leslie Serna recalled the morn- shuttle boosters. Ebeling’s interview eventually (www.Kinhaven.org).
send heartfelt condolences to
dent,” he told The Houston ing of the launch in an interview After leaving Morton Thiokol, had an effect, especially after a BARTOS—Michael. The
his family. Leon was a leader
in the real estate industry,
Chronicle in 1987. “I have head- on NPR that day. Mr. Ebeling became a volunteer former Thiokol executive and a Board of Directors, staff and philanthropist who supported
fellow shareholders of 82-83
aches. I cry. I have bad dreams. I Robert Vernon Ebeling was at the Bear River Migratory Bird NASA official contacted by Mr. Tenants Corp. mourn the
Jewish and medical causes,
peace broker, cantor, author,
go into a hypnotic trance almost born on Sept. 4, 1926, in Chicago. Refuge near his home in Brigham Berkes of NPR wrote words of passing of Michael Bartos, a
member of our Board and
television talk show host and
a great lover of Israel and ad-
daily.” His father, Ado, an auto mechan- City. In 1989, in response to dam- encouragement. In a follow-up long time resident of 40 East visor to Israeli officials. Leon
83rd Street. We extend our
He soon left Thiokol and the ic, took the family to San Diego age caused by flooding of the piece, Mr. Berkes asked Mr. Ebel- deepest sympathy to his wife,
was a true renaissance man
and a gentleman of the
engineering profession. For the when Robert was a boy. After Great Salt Lake, he created ing if he would like to respond. Joan, and his children, highest order and will be
Catherine, Peter and John.
rest of his life he faulted himself graduating from high school he Friends of the Bear River Refuge, Mr. Ebeling said: “You helped greatly missed.
for not doing enough to prevent was called up by the Army — his which raised money to restore bring my worrisome mind to BARTOS—Michael. CHERMAYEFF—Sara Anne
We mourn the loss of our Duffy, born 1934 in Baltimore,
the launch. mother, the former Irene Kramer, the sanctuary. Drawing upon his ease. You have to have an end to dear friend Michael. We will MD. Died March 16, 2016.
At times, he seemed to carry sat on the local draft board — and engineering background, he also everything.” remember him in the neigh- Sara died peacefully at home
borhood, on the tennis court of natural causes with her fa-
and in the concert hall. Our mily at her side. She was the
thoughts are with Joan and daughter of three time Pulit-
the family. zer Prize winning political
Arlene and Chester cartoonist for The Baltimore
Charles Kaufman, 87; Revitalized Conservatory Sun, Edmund Duffy and ar-
tist, designer, entrepreneur
Anne Rector Duffy, and God-
daughter of H.L. Mencken.
Sara was married to Ivan
By SAM ROBERTS ty a bank ever had.” First Settlement to the Civil War,” Chermayeff from 1955 to
Charles Kaufman, who led a The bank gave him more time, was later published. 1977. She is survived by their
daughters, Catherine, Sasha
faculty coup that spared the cen- and six months later the debts In addition to his son Jason and and Maro Chermayeff and
her grandchildren, Loulou,
tury-old Mannes College of Music were paid. his wife, he is survived by three and Fanny David, Phineas
in Manhattan from a troublesome He improved the school’s man- other sons, Caleb, Anthony and and Olivia Howie and Su Huai
Chermayeff. Sara was a gra-
merger in 1979 and then restored agement and fund-raising and Ethan, and four grandchildren. duate of Sarah Lawrence Col-
it to fiscal soundness, died on raised its public image, in part by Dr. Kaufman joined Mannes in lage and a creative and vi-
brant individual whose
March 17 at his home in Hillsdale, arranging the move to the expan- 1974 and taught the history and talents included painting,
theory of music. He was an ebul- writing and cooking. She was
N.J. He was 87. sive quarters on the Upper West known by all her friends as a
Side, which had been occupied by lient presence who played the re- brilliant and humorous con-
The cause was acute myeloid versationalist.
a school for handicapped stu- corder, was familiarly known as
leukemia, his son Jason said.
dents. Chuck or Dr. K, and was some-
Following the faculty revolt, times mistaken for the actor Telly
most of the school’s trustees He stepped down as dean ef-
Savalas, best known for playing
were removed by the State Board fective January 1996.
the title role on the television de-
of Regents, and their successors Charles Howard Kaufman was tective series “Kojak.” Both men
turned to Dr. Kaufman to restore born in Manhattan on Nov. 29, were totally bald.
harmony. 1928, the son of Irving Kaufman, a “If he’s angry he’s enthusias- SARA KRULWICH/THE NEW YORK TIMES
During 16 years as Mannes’s tic, if he’s happy he’s enthusi-
leader, he transplanted the school Charles Kaufman in 1995. An
astic, if he’s annoyed he’s enthu- ebullient presence, he was
from four cramped brownstones siastic,” Constance Green, a grad-
on East 74th Street to a building A dean who restored uate of Mannes who sang with
known as Chuck or Dr. K.
on West 85th Street that included
concert halls, a library and a dor- Mannes College of the Metropolitan Opera chorus,
said in 1995. “He’s full tilt all the of fiscal irresponsibility, ignoring
mitory; transformed it into an in-
dependent division of the New Music’s fiscal health. time.”
Mannes was founded in 1916 by
the professional opinions of the
faculty and disregarding the
School; expanded the faculty; David and Clara Mannes, a mar- needs of the students.
and created early-music prepara- ried couple who toured the coun- “It would be a merger, yes,” he
tory and graduate programs and certified public accountant, and try performing on the violin and said, “like a sardine merging into
the Mannes Camerata, dedicated the former Sophie Smith. the piano. the belly of a whale.”
to performing medieval, Renais- He was raised in Mount Ver- Its teachers have included Er- Mannes, which had about 200
sance and Baroque music. non, N.Y., served in the Army, nest Bloch, Alfred Cortot, James students to Manhattan’s 750 at
Dr. Kaufman inherited an insti- married Rhoda Elkind and went Galway, Vladimir Horowitz, the time, operated on an appren-
tution with $1,600 in its account, to work in his father-in-law’s Grant Johannesen, Yo-Yo Ma, Al- tice system with almost as many
$150,000 in delinquent bank loans, sportswear business to support berta Masiello, Jan Peerce, Peter teachers as students.
no outgoing telephone service be- his wife and four sons. He left to Serkin and Rosalyn Tureck. In March 1979, the board
cause of overdue debts, and a pursue his passion: music. Among its former students were scrapped a conditional merger.
building all but owned by the city He received a bachelor’s de- Richard Goode, Eugene Istomin, Two months later, the faculty per-
because of unpaid water bills. gree from Columbia University in Anthony Newman, Murray Pera- suaded the state to oust the trus-
Using bargaining skills he had 1965, followed by master’s and hia, Eve Queler, Julius Rudel and tees for what the regents de-
developed when he was in the doctoral degrees in musicology Frederica von Stade. scribed as an “appalling” neglect
garment business, Dr. Kaufman from New York University, where Dr. Kaufman became a leading of duty.
met with three bank officers who he was a protégé of Gustave faculty spokesman opposing the After Dr. Kaufman became
came to foreclose. “I told them I Reese. His dissertation, “Music 14-member board’s proposal to head of the school, he kept on the
couldn’t pay,” he recalled in 1995, in New Jersey 1655-1860: A Study merge Mannes with the much wall of his office a letter from the
“but I could provide them with of Musical Activity and Musi- larger Manhattan School of Mu- old trustees informing him and 23
some of the most hideous publici- cians in New Jersey From Its sic in 1979. He accused the board colleagues that they were fired.
Peter Brown, 80, an Actor Peter Brown, left, and John

Russell in “Lawman,” shown
on ABC from 1958 to 1962.
In Westerns and Soap Operas
He was stationed in Alaska
By ELI ROSENBERG audience had a good time,” Mr.
with the Army in the mid-1950s
Peter Brown, who had starring Brown said in an interview.
and enrolled at the University of
roles in two television westerns Mr. Brown later starred as California, Los Angeles, when he
Chad Cooper, a Texas Ranger, in
in the 1950s and ’60s and later left the service. He told his family
acted in soap operas, died on the 1965-67 NBC series “Laredo.” that his first break in the en-
Monday in Phoenix. He was 80. He also appeared in films, in- tertainment field came after he
The cause was Parkinson’s dis- cluding “Darby’s Rangers,” met a studio executive while
ease, his family said. “Merrill’s Marauders,” “Summer working as a gas station attend-
Magic,” “Ride the Wild Surf” and ant in Los Angeles.
Mr. Brown played Deputy
“Foxy Brown.” Mr. Brown’s last acting credit
Johnny McKay on “Lawman,”
As television westerns fell out came in 2005 when he returned to
which was seen on ABC from

1958 until 1962. His character was of favor, Mr. Brown found suc- ABC, VIA PHOTOFEST the western genre in the movie
the wide-eyed but tough sidekick cess on soap operas. He played “Hell to Pay,” but his family said
Dr. Greg Peters on “Days of Our 1935, and his name was changed he continued to make appear-
of Marshal Dan Troop, played by
Lives” from 1972 to 1978 and was when his mother remarried. He ances at collectors’ shows and
John Russell, tasked with bring-
also seen on “Loving” in 1983, moved with his family to the western festivals.
ing order to Laramie, Wyo.
“The Young and the Restless” West Coast when he was young. He is survived by his fifth wife,
“When we had a good time, the
from 1989 to 1991, and “The Bold Mr. Brown said that he learned Kerstin Kern; his daughter,
and the Beautiful” from 1991 to his craft from his mother, Mina Christie McBride; his sons, Mat-
1992. Reaume, a stage and radio ac- thew and Joshua; his brothers,
More obituaries appear on He was born Pierre Lind de tress, and learned from Mr. Rus- Philip, Michael and Paul; and
the preceding page. Lappe in New York City on Oct. 5, sell how to act onscreen. three grandchildren.
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COLINVAUX—Paul Alfred. DANIEL—Joanne Lomenzo. GOLDBERG—Marion H. 77, Adams, Olive Goldberg, Marion H. Monnig, Hugo STOLZBERG—Julie.
passed away peacefully on August, Burton Groth, Joseph Newman, Lawrence SCOPPETTA—Nicholas. The Dalton community
March 22, 2016 at her home in HUPERT—Mark, 89, of New The Board of Trustees and mourns the passing of Julie
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL. York City, passed peacefully Austin, Joyce Grove, Andrew Papazian, Leda staff of New York Blood Cen- Hiraga Stolzberg, beloved
Marion was a former Direc- on March 23, 2016 surrounded Bartos, Michael Halperin, Jesse Reynolds, Cathy ter (NYBC) mourn the loss of alum ('90), remarkable
tor of Training for the De- by family. Loving husband of our former Trustee and parent, and gifted teacher for
partment of Probation of the Dr. Cesia Hupert and father Baxter, Joan Heaney, Anne Ruvinsky, Joan friend, Nicholas Scoppetta. fourteen years. Hundreds of
City of New York. She was to Matthew (Meghan) and Bebell, Norman Hoerner, Gloria Scoppetta, Nicholas Nick, who served on the students, their families, and
born in Brooklyn, New York Danny (Maria). Adoring NYBC board from 2009 to her Dalton peers were
to Solomon Goldberg and grandfather of Maya and Bikoff, Carole Holland, Fred Silbermann, Kurt 2015 was a remarkable indivi- blessed by her expertise,
Anna Palter, emigrants from Miles. Beloved brother-in- Breslin, John Hupert, Mark Slutsky, Eugene dual and a true American beautiful friendship, and deep
Warsaw and Bialystock, Po- law, uncle and great-uncle of success story, rising from the passion for children and
land. While growing up, Ma- a large and loving clan. Mark Charney, Leon Joseph, Maurice Snell, George foster homes of mid-20th cen- teaching. We extend our
rion lived with her family in was born in Lodz, Poland and Chermayeff, Sara Kaiser, Bertram Sokolski, Carol tury New York to the highest deepest sympathies to her
the Bronx and attended City was a survivor of six years in levels of public service and devoted husband and former
College of New York, where the concentration camps. Af- Colinvaux, Paul Kaufman, Charles Stanford, Peter philanthropic achievement. faculty member Craig, and to
she graduated with a BA in ter his liberation, Mark stu- Connolly, Peggy Kessler, Emanuel, Stolzberg, Julie From prosecuting crime in her children, Emi ('27) and
1959. As a young lady she died at the University of Mu- the Manhattan DA's office Tai ('29). The Dalton School
lived in Manhattan. After her Daniel, Joanne Kirby, Winston Ungar, Emanuel and rooting out corruption
nich to become an engineer. has lost an extraordinary
Among the last generation of marriage in 1987, she and her He and his family immigrat- Donovan, Robert Kornheiser, Muriel Weiland, Suzanne with the Knapp Commission, member of its family who al-
Joie passed away peacefully husband resided in East
“explorer” scientists, Paul in her sleep on March 17, 2016. ed to the United States in Duban, Michael Kulik, Dominic Weisfuse, Rahel to heading New York City's ways will be remembered
Alfred Colinvaux, 85, died Fe- Windsor, NJ, Saratoga, CA, 1959. Mark, a lover of all Child Welfare Agency and and deeply loved.
She devoted herself tirelessly Washington DC, and Lauder-
bruary 28, 2016 on Cape Cod, to her family and friends, things chocolate, was an avid Emmett, Carolyn Lonner, Fred Fire Department, Nick's life- Ellen C. Stein, Head of School
MA, where he had lived and dale-By-The-Sea, FL. In Flori- Yankees fan and the pa- time of service to those in
maintaining vibrant relation- da she was active as Secreta- Frost, Stevens Masey, Jack
worked at the Marine Biologi- ships with loved ones from triarch to us all. Memorial need will never be forgotten. UNGAR—Emanuel
cal Laboratories after retir- ry of Our Art-By- The-Sea, a services will be held at the Gentry, Jeff Mcnally, Virginia In particular, Nick's leader-
New York to New Zealand. “Manny,” 82, passed away
ing, in 1998, from the Smithso- local Artists Club. Marion is Riverside Memorial Chapel, ship of the FDNY in the wake
Charming, lively, and warm, March 20, 2016 in Indianapolis,
nian Tropical Research Insti- survived by her husband of 28 180 West 76 Street, New York, of the September 11th at-
she loved to entertain and IN. He was born In Brooklyn,
tute in Balboa, Panama. Co- years, Eduardo 'Ed' Elizondo, NY on Monday, March 28, tacks are now a central part
hosted countless memorable KULIK—Dominic. McNALLY—Virginia Patricia, NY to Simon “Sam” Ungar
linvaux was Professor Emeri- cousins Meyer Stiskind of 2016 at Noon. Donations in his of our city's history. As Fire
dinners and parties. Joie's na- The Horace Mann School and Rose Eller Roehrig on
tus at The Ohio State Univer- New York City, Eileen Hir- memory can be made to Commissioner and later as a
tural style, modern elegance, community profoundly July 2, 1933. Manny grew up
sity, where he was a profes- schfeld of Boynton Beach, Doctors Without Borders. NYBC Trustee, Nick was in-
and impeccable taste in fash- mourns the sudden loss of in Coney Island and served in
sor of Zoology from 1964 until FL, Zena Kovack of West strumental in expanding the
ion, wine, and food inspired our beloved alumnus, parent the United States Air Force
1991. In 2008, a National Public Hartford, CT, and their re- deep partnership between
everyone who knew her. A and Trustee, Dominic Kulik, from 1951 to 1955, where he
Radio host aptly described spective families. the FDNY and NYBC, includ-
lifelong athlete, she swam Horace Mann 1982. Always rose to the rank of Staff Ser-
Colinvaux as “Linnaeus and ran competitively in her ing our organizations' bone geant. He worked for Queens
GROTH—Joseph C., JR., 86, an active and loyal member marrow donation programs,
meets Indiana Jones.” Over a youth and enjoyed passions beloved husband of Nancy of the HM community, parti- Group Inc., first in Long Island
fifty-year career, Colinvaux for tennis and hiking. Before JOSEPH—Maurice J. with FDNY members now City, NY and then in Indiana-
Flynn Groth since 1969, died cularly as a young gifted ath- making up the largest group
explored the Alaskan and the birth of her children, she March 21st in Santa Monica, May 23, 1926 - March 24, 2016. lete and record setting - Var- polis for 46 years, retiring as
Siberian Arctic, the Galapa- studied French at La Sor- Maurice J. Joseph, 89, of Sa- of bone marrow and stem Executive Vice President and
CA. Online memorial at www. sity swimmer, Dominic re- cell donors. Nick's leadership,
gos Islands, and the Amazo- bonne, graduated from treasuryofpersonhood.com rasota, FL and New York City turned to HM first as a dedi- Corporate Director of Manu-
nian jungle in Brazil, Ecuador, UCLA, and sold mainframe died on March 24, 2016. Lov- friendship and, most impor- facturing. He also was a 32
cated parent and then as an tantly, his example, have in-
and Peru on a mission to dis- computers for IBM in its GROVE—Andrew. ing husband, father and active member of the Horace Degree Mason. Manny is sur-
cover the history of the cli- heyday. She lived with her fa- The Hunter College commu- grandfather. WWII Navy ve- spired our organization, and vived by his loving wife, Eve-
Mann Board of Trustees, will continue to inspire us for
mate. Trained as a paleoeco- mily in San Francisco and nity mourns the loss of An- teran. Always in our hearts. serving from May 2012 into lyn; sons, Ken (Debbie) Un-
logist, with a Ph.D. from Duke Washington, DC before set- drew Grove, the husband of Services by Toale Brothers, years to come. To his wife, gar and Scott (Emily) Ungar;
his current term. A deeply de- Susan, and to his children and
(1962) and post-doctoral train- tling in her beloved New York our alumna Eva Kastan Sarasota, FL. voted family man, Dominic and grandchildren, Max,
ing at Yale, Colinvaux ex- City. A loving mother, Joie Grove. Hunter and its stu- grandchildren, we send our Sam, David, and Thomas Un-
was married to Lorraine Kay- died peacefully in her sleep at love and deepest sympathies.
tracted fossilized pollen from was a committed volunteer, dents have benefited im- ton Kulik '82 and was the lov- gar. Anyone who met Manny
the bottom of ancient lakes organizer, and fundraiser for mensely from the family's her home just before Christ- Howard P. Milstein, would come to learn of his
ing father of Dante '15 and mas. Honored with the Chairman;
as a tool to investigate cli- each of her children's deep commitment to educa- Nakai. Passionate about en- pride in his military service,
mate conditions at the end of schools. In spite of a rare ill- tional access. We extend our award, “A Catholic, a Lady Christopher D. Hillyer, MD, his pleasure in learning Japa-
vironmental sustainability and a Student” upon gradua- President and CEO
the last glacial maximum ness, she lived her life to the deepest condolences to Eva KAISER—Bertram S., died of and corporate social respon- nese culture and language,
(20,000 years before present). fullest with grace, courage, and her daughters, Karen tion from her beloved Mary his satisfaction in serving one
natural causes on January 26, sibility, he pursued these Louis Academy, Virginia
Using little more than rubber tremendous humor, and a Grove and Robie Spector, 2016, in Tampa, Florida. He causes both professionally company for nearly half a
boats, and a sediment “coring prodigious sweet tooth. She who is a Hunter College lived a long and lovely life. century, and the delight from
was born in New York City on and personally. Dominic's in- She cherished and enjoyed SCOPPETTA—Nicholas,
rig” he designed with OSU en- spent her last days with fami- Foundation Trustee. April 5, 1919 and received sight, and his caring and being a father and grandfath-
gineer Vincent Vohnout, Co- ly, enjoying favorite movies, Jennifer J. Raab President, every moment of her 65 year (1932- 2016). The Board of er. Manny and Evelyn cele-
Bachelor's and Master's thoughtful attention to his romance with her husband, Directors, Friends Commit-
linvaux and his team of scien- stories, champagne, and Hunter College; degrees from CCNY. He is work on behalf of Horace brated 56 years of marriage
tists removed tubes of lake See's chocolates. Her spirit Joan H. Grabe, Chair, William Charles McNally. She tee, Youth Ambassadors and on March 19, 2016. In lieu of
survived by his wife, Joy Mann are irreplaceable. May is survived by her two daugh- staff of New Yorkers For
mud that had lain undisturbed and vitality are deeply Hunter College Foundation Kaiser, his daughter, Robin the Kulik family — Dominic's flowers, memorial contribu-
for thousands of years. The missed. Joie is survived by Board of Trustees ters Patricia A. Ross married Children (NYFC) mourn the tions may be made to the St.
Zager, five grandchildren and beloved parents Alan and to Stephen M. Ross of South- loss of our beloved founder,
pollen buried in the mud Dick Daniel, her loving hus- four great-grandchildren. He Nancy Kulik, brothers Dr. Vincent FoundatIon, 8402
could then be dated and used band of 35 years; their child- HALPERIN—Jesse. ampton, NY and Johannes- Nicholas Scoppetta. Known Harcourt Road, Suite 210, In-
We mourn the passing of our was predeceased by his son, Alfred Kulik and Glen Kulik burg, South Africa, Nancy E. for his lifelong commitment
to identify pre-historic cli- ren, Richard, Grace, and Ted; Laurence Jay Kaiser in 2005. and their children, and his sis- dianapolis, IN 46260 or
mate conditions. In a pre- and her seven siblings and beloved husband, father and McNally of Manhattan and to public service, Nick was a give.stvincent.org/donate.
grandfather. We will love you ter, our dear friend Regina Southampton, NY her son champion for youth in foster
Google Earth era, without be- their families. Kulik Scully HM '81 and John
nefit of GPS technology, Co- forever. The Halperin family. William C. McNally Jr. and his care. As a young child, Nick
Scully — be comforted in the wife, Constance of Rancho WEILAND—Suzanne
linvaux explored in the old Services March 27 11:30am at spent years in the New York
DONOVAN—Robert V. The vibrant memory of Dominic Santa Fe, CA and her step- (Adelman), 92, in Cambridge,
ways, quizzing tribal fisher- Boulevard-Riverside Chapels, City foster care system. MA, formerly of NYC. Loving
Employees of Alliant Insur- 1450 Broadway, Hewlett, Kulik. Horace Mann extends grandchild Douglas Benson, These early experiences
men and local traders, and ance Services, Inc. sadly re- its heartfelt condolences and mother to Nancy (Weiland)
poring over aerial maps to Long Island. KAUFMAN—Charles. his wife Catherine and their shaped his drive and vision as
cord the passing of our col- The Mannes School of Music sympathy to his grieving fa- three children. Virginia was and Tom Carpenter, and
identify sectors of jungle to the first Commissioner of grandmother to Jonathan K.
league, friend and mentor, HALPERIN—Jesse. community mourns the mily and to his many friends. an avid lover of literature. A NYC's Administration for
search for tiny, unmapped Robert V. Donovan. Bob was “We mourn alongside you.” In Stavely. Predeceased by Ed-
lakes undisturbed by human The Board of Governors and death of its former president true believer in the power of Children Services (ACS) and
greatly respected by his the members of The and dean, Dr. Charles Kauf- lieu of flowers, gifts can be an inquiring and informed win I. Weiland, her cherished
activity. At times, Colinvaux founder of NYFC, the private husband of 65 years, daugh-
peers and admired by his Seawane Club, record with man. A legendary educator made to the boys' college mind. A lifelong graceful partner to ACS. The young
and his team were able to many clients, all of whom refund at the following link: ter Patricia Stavely, sister Ad-
travel by helicopter or bush profound sorrow the loss of and leader, Chuck was a be- swimmer. Competitive on the boy who overcame so much
lied on his wisdom for de- our beloved member, Jesse loved figure, particularly by https://www.gofundme.com/ golf course and at the bridge rienne Doniger, and brother
plane. More often, their tar- became an extraordinary Peter Adelman. Loved by her
cades. We send condolences Halperin. We extend heartfelt the Mannes students. A musi- jrvuegs4 table. Possessed of a sharp man who touched the lives of
gets were accessible only by to Bob's wife, Carol and his Michael Colacino '75 nieces, nephews and the
foot or canoe, and so they sympathy to his wife, Reva cology scholar who was a sense of humor. And a sensa- nearly everyone he met. An
children Carol, James and and the entire Halperin protege of Gustave Reese, Chair, Horace Mann tional pair of legs. Which was many friends she made over
marched through dense, un- innovator, visionary, and re- her years. She will be missed.
Chris. family. Chuck Kaufman joined the Board of Trustees fortunate given how much former, Nick devoted himself
charted jungle, for weeks at a John S. Beres, Thomas M. Kelly, Ph.D. Contributions in her memory
time, with machetes in their Jeffrey Greenfield Mannes faculty in 1975, be- time she spent in the arms of to giving kids in care the op-
James V. Mannino President coming president in 1980, Horace Mann Head of School her husband on the dance may be made to Smith Col-
hands, food and equipment portunity to lead lives as va- lege, Southern Poverty Law
on their backs. Colinvaux's dean in 1989 when Mannes floor. Virginia died the night luable as his became. NYFC's
DUBAN—Michael. HEANEY—Anne M., merged with The New before what would have been Center, and Doctors Without
early work in Alaska deve- 87, died at her home in New Board, Friends Committee, Borders.
loped a 130,000 year-long data We will miss Michael who School, then distinguished LONNER—Fred, died in his her husband's birthday had Youth Ambassadors and
was a friend, like a brother, to York City on December 29, professor in 1996, remaining he not passed away 10 years
set that is still used to study 2015. Born in Manhattan on home on March 20, 2016, in staff are honored to carry on
the climate prevailing during us and all who knew him. on the Mannes faculty until New York, New York. He was earlier. Her family is sure his remarkable legacy. We WEISFUSE—Rahel,
Ellen, Richard, Lois and John June 18, 1928, Anne lived her his retirement in 2002. A man they both decided it was time nee Ginsburg, of Riverdale,
the great Ice Age migrations entire life in the City. She was 85. Mr. Lonner was born on extend our deepest condolen-
across the “Bering Land of letters, savvy, boundless February 11, 1931, in Mellrich- to celebrate his birthday ces to his wife, Susan, his NY, formerly of Garden City,
employed by Schenley Distil- energy, and lion-hearted de- together again. Virginia will NY, passed away peacefully
Bridge.” Colinvaux continued EMMETT—Carolyn C. lers, and later Samsonite. As stadt, Germany to Nelly and children, Eric and Andrea, his
this work in Siberia in the last termination, Chuck Kaufman Siegfried Lonner. He moved be very much missed by her son-in-law, Pat, his daughter- on March 21, 2016 after a long
Passed away on March 12, a child Anne contracted polio,
days of the Soviet Union, and led Mannes through existen- to the United States at the family and her many, many in-law, Sally, and his beloved illness at age 97. Predeceased
2016 at age 75. A renowned and that and other health
his leadership role in early tial crises, moved it to greatly age of five and graduated friends. A memorial service grandchildren Luca, Lucie, by her beloved husband, Dr.
Poet, Editor and Author, she issues bedeviled her for her
Reagan - Gorbachev - era improved facilities, upgraded from City College of New will be held in her honor in the and Nicholas. Louis Weisfuse in 1968, she
is survived by her loving sis- life. But these did not stop her
“glasnost” helped establish the faculty and overall pro- York in 1953. He married Sas- Spring. will be sorely missed by her
ter Arlen. Carolyn began writ- from living an active life
an academic Edtente. At the gram, secured a brighter fu- si Notea in 1960. Prior to be- children Deborah Lipner
ing and reading her poetry in especially intellectually and
equator, in the tradition of ture as part of The New ginning his career, Mr. Lon- Weisfuse (Robert Lipner), Ju-
the 1950's in New York City. spiritually. She had a lifelong
Darwin, Colinvaux was fas- School, and inspired genera- ner was a proud member of SCOPPETTA—Nicholas. dith Weisfuse (Michael Wax),
Throughout her career she involvement with religion,
cinated by the extraordinary, tions of professional musi- the U.S. Armed Services. Mr. MONNIG—Hugo, The trustees and staff of The and Isaac Weisfuse (Evelyn
was an Editor, taught poetry especially her Roman Catho-
and to this day unexplained, cians and music lovers. Sim- Lonner had an esteemed 93, in Palm Springs, CA. Sur- Children's Aid Society mourn Horn), as well as grandchild-
workshops, and helped form lic faith. She was active in pa-
vastness of equatorial spe- ply put, there would be no career as a commodities tra- vived by brother George; the passing of Nicholas ren Eva Jenny Sokol (Jason
The Rockland Poets. She au- rish life. Anne also had many
cies diversity. Ultimately, Co- Mannes today without Dr. der at Phillip Brothers and daughters Lore Monnig, Scoppetta, a fierce advocate Sokol), Louis Lipner (Annika
thored and published over 70 friends in the priesthood and
linvaux published evidence Charles Kaufman. The subsequently, his own firm, Lindsay Holbrook and Lisa for New York City and its Goldman), Deborah and
poems including her book had many conversations with
that he argued disproved the Mannes community will be Fred Lonner & Co. He dedi- Miller; and three grandchild- children who faced towering Aaron Wax, Ari and Lois
titled I HAD A WORLD. A them about church issues and
long- reigning “refugia” hy- forever grateful. Our deepest cated his time and resources ren. Born in St. Louis, MO. challenges. He spent 18 years Weisfuse, and great -
social activist and animal doctrine. She was not shy in
pothesis, which posited that condolences are offered to to numerous charitable Graduated Harvard and Uni- on the Children's Aid board, granddaughters Ruby and
lover, her beautiful spirit will her opinions. In many ways
pockets of warm, wet flora his entire family. Mannes will causes, including Shaare Tze- versity of Virginia Law ultimately as president and Madeline Sokol. May her me-
live with us in the gift of her she was a woman ahead of
might have survived the Ice hold an event to honor and dek Medical Center, UJA Fe- School. United States Army then chairman, before be- mory be for a blessing. Dona-
poetry. her time. Anne was devoted
Age, spurring localized spe- celebrate Dr. Charles Kauf- deration and Jericho Jewish 1943-1945. Attorney at Mil- coming commissioner of the tions may be made to Zamir
to her family. As a second ge- man's life at a date to be an- Choral Foundation.org.
ciation. Although the question neration immigrant she took Center. He is survived by his bank Tweed, Hadley & Mc- Administration for Children's
FROST—Stevens Landon, nounced shortly.
remains unresolved, his re- many family responsibilities beloved children David Lon- Cloy; Sherman & Sterling and Services in 1996 and later the
died at home in Brunswick,
In Memoriam
search was instrumental in Linda Rappaport, Chair, ner, Janet Lonner, Sharon Kennecott Corporation. commissioner of the New
Maine on March 15, 2016. He ahead of her own interests. Mannes Board of Governors
laying the foundation for She was instrumental in rais- Prince, Scott Prince, Jonath- Board Member at Empire York City Fire Department.
was born in New York City on Richard Kessler, Dean,
modern thinking and re- ing two of her nephews, an Lonner, Lauren Young, Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Pre- Our hearts go out to his wife,
January 5, 1920, and he grew Mannes School of Music
search on Amazonian spe- Robert and John, when their Leora Tanenbaum and his deceased by wives Lulie Susan; daughter, Andrea; son, BAUM—Phil.
up in Pleasantville, New York. David Van Zandt, President,
cies diversity. When not in mother, Anne's sister Isabel- loving grandchildren. He was Engelsmann, Jacqueline Eric; and the rest of his Two long years without you.
He was the son of John Wil- The New School
the Arctic, the Amazon or his la, needed to work to support preceded in death by Sassi Forsyth and Lisa Powers. family. Still with us in my soul and in
liam Frost, a lawyer in New
laboratories, Colinvaux pur- the family. She also cared for Lonner and Carole Caplan Phoebe C. Boyer, the memory of the many
York, mayor of Pleasantville,
sued other passions. At Ohio her widowed mother Janet as Lonner; and his brother, President and CEO; whose life you touched. You
and long a board member of
State, he was privileged to she aged. After Janet died Joseph Lonner. Iris Abrons, Board Chair will never be forgotten when
Bowdoin College, and Christi-
win every teaching prize then na Gurlitz Frost, a member of Anne moved to the Fort NEWMAN—Lawrence. those who loved and respect-
offered. His skill as an orator the Harper publishing family. Washington neighborhood Larry Newman, 76, passed ed you are here remember-
was renowned. During the Steve Frost graduated from where she resided for the rest KESSLER—Emanuel, dearest MASEY—Jack, away on March 16, 2016 in ing you. Bette.
Vietnam-era student uprising Bowdoin College in 1942. He of her life. To the very end of husband of Muriel for 66 President of Metaform, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico. A SCOPPETTA—Nicholas.
and occupation of Ohio State was a hard working and loyal her life Anne had a vibrant in- years, devoted father of Eve died in Manhattan on Sunday, longtime resident of New The former partners of
in May 1970, Colinvaux ad- COHN—J. Gunther.
alumnus of the college and a tellect, engaging friends in in- and Steven, adored Grandpa March 13, 2016 of natural York, Larry, together with Linden & Deutsch mourn the
dressed, impromptu, a throng 3/6/11 - 3/24/08
proud member of the Alpha sightful and stimulating con- of James, Jacob, Rachel, Mi- causes. An exhibition design- close friend, Bill Stein, found- passing of our former distin-
of demonstrating students, Global warming would be of
Delta Phi fraternity. He was a versations on all current reli- chael and Alison, died at er and author, he was held in ed Newman-Stein, Inc., a suc- guished associate who, from
using the power of his voice great concern. As a scientist,
generous supporter of the gious, political, medical issue home peacefully on March high esteem internationally cessful consumer research his earliest years of practice,
and words to disperse the you devoted your career to
Bowdoin College Museum of of the day. Anne was prede- 25, at 96. Graduate of F&M for the role that he played as firm. Larry enjoyed sports, displayed those stellar
crowd. His oratory so in- improving our environment.
Art and the Bowdoin Interna- ceased by her parents, Janet and Cornell Law. Distin- design director for the United theatre, ballet, opera and the characteristics that forged
fluenced legendary football Your inventions include the
tional Music Festival. During and Owen, and her siblings, guished Counselor at Law, States Information Agency in diverse cultural bustle of New his exemplary career in pub-
coach, Woody Hayes, that ge- Catalytic Converter, used to
World War II Steve Frost Edward, Isabella, Owen and student of Shakespeare, avid projecting America's image York City. He was an insa- lic service.
nerations of OSU football purify the air from car ex-
served in the United States Charles. She is survived by gardener, skilled canoeist and abroad during the Cold War tiable and extensive reader, a
players were urged to take hausts, worldwide. Dad, you
Army Air Corps as a crew her nieces and nephews: swimmer. Lt. Colonel in the period. His was a cultural of- passionate and eclectic mu-
Colinvaux's introductory eco- are missed by family, friends,
member on B-29 aircraft. He Robert, John, Charles, Marie, Army JAGs in WWII. Funeral fensive in which he commis- sic lover, a world traveler,
logy course. In 1973, Colin- colleagues and mostly by
was awarded two Distin- Janet, and Jude. A Memorial at Hellman Memorial Chapel, sioned many of the outstand- and before there were SILBERMANN—Kurt.
vaux authored the first un- your daughter Vicki.
guished Flying Crosses for Mass will be held at the Spring Valley, on March 27, ing design talents of the per- “foodies,” Larry became an Cantor of Temple Emanu-El
dergraduate textbook in Eco- bravery in action over ene- Shrine of St. Frances X. Cabri- 10:45 am. iod, among them: R. Buck- accomplished culinarian. But of Englewood, NJ for over 30
logy, which was used, in vari- ni at 10:30, Tuesday, March most importantly, Larry was FISHMAN—Julius G. We miss
my territory. After the war, minster Fuller, Charles and years, he died peacefully at
ous editions, to educate ge- 29, 701 Fort Washington Ave. kind and generous. Survived you, please send us strength
Steve Frost entered the field Ray Eames, George Nelson age 92 after a distinguished
nerations of students in the NYC 10040, followed by in- by his wife, Sandy, of 48 during this difficult time.
of banking in New York City. and Chermayeff & Geismar, life and career. He leaves his
United States and abroad. A ternment of Anne's ashes at to create World's Fair Pavi- years, he will be missed. Do- Love, Children and
He had season tickets to the wife of 68 years, Inge (May) Grandchildren
lifelong oarsman who had Metropolitan Opera, was a Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Lau- lions and exhibitions reflect- nations to the charity of your Silbermann, his daughter
rowed in Henley Royal Re- member of the University rel Hill Blvd, Woodside, NY. KIRBY—Winston Lawrence ing the achievements of the choice in Larry's honor are Judy Freilich and son-in-law
gatta, Colinvaux also was an Club of New York for over fif- Born in New York, NY April 7, United States in art, science appreciated. Ary Freilich, and grand- LIPMAN—Samuel.
original faculty advisor for ty years, and enjoyed restor- HOERNER—Gloria Larmon, 1918 died Friday March 11, and technology. He was De- daughters Elizabeth Freilich My dearest Sandy, wherever
the Ohio State University ing old houses, including 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Ca- sign Chief for the 1959 Ameri- and Sarah Benedek and her I may go you are always
crew. In addition to extensive Tiverton, the sea captain's rolina. He was an Army ve- can National Exhibition in husband David Benedek. in my heart.
scientific writings and a me- house in Topsham, Maine teran, and avid tennis player, Moscow, scene of the Nixon- PAPAZIAN—Leda of Long Is- Funeral services will be held Love, Your Miss Penny
moir of his Amazon explora- which his great-great-grand and member of the Unitarian Khrushchev Kitchen Debate. land City, NY passed away on at Temple Emanu-El of Clos-
tions (”Amazon Expeditions: father purchased in 1837. He Church. He married June “Make-Believe: America: U.S. Friday, March 25th at the age ter, NJ on Monday morning. LIPMAN—Samuel.
My Quest for the Ice-Age retired in 1995 as a Trust Offi- Campfield August 27, 1949. He Cultural Exhibitions in the of 81 after a long illness. Leda For information call Eden You are still loved, missed
Equator” (2008), Colinvaux cer and Vice President at Citi- obtained his master's degree Cold War,” an exhibition at was born and lived her entire Memorial at 201-947-3336. and remembered always.
was the author of two, widely bank Corporation in Manhat- from Columbia University the Museum of Design Atlan- life in Astoria, but also cher- May his memory be for a The Lipman Family
read “popular” explorations tan. Steve Frost was an avid and spent his career in broad- ta (MODA), through June 12, ished her summers in the Cat- blessing.
of the intersection between sailor and won several regat- casting and education. He is 2016, demonstrates the signi- skill Mountains, which was
science and such modern pol- SILVERMAN—Dr. Melvin.
tas in Casco Bay during his survived by his wife of 66 ficance of his contribution to- her home away from home. 9/11/25 - 3/27/14
itical issues such as global cli- college years. He was a years, June C Kirby; sons, ward projecting a positive After receiving her Masters
mate change and crowding Remembering our 40 happy
member of the Cruising Club Neil and L.J. Kirby; grand- image of the United States in of Education from NYU, SLUTSKY—Eugene Harvey. years together and our world
due to over-population: “Why of America. He crossed the sons, Jack and Dean Kirby; this difficult period. Continu- Leda fulfilled her lifelong call-
Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: A lifelong New York resident, travels. Missing you doesn't
Atlantic in a 35-foot sailboat and nephews, Jeff, Eric, ing his role at the United ing by teaching kindergarten Eugene was professionally diminish or gets easier. Much
An Ecologist's Perspective” and then sailed around Swe- Dave, and Hugh. States Information Agency, at P.S. 85 in Astoria for over
(1978) and “The Fates of Na- known as Gene Harvey. He love always.
den and Great Britain. Other he was responsible for the fifty years. She brought great was a pioneer music promo- Your Lizzy
tions: A Biological Theory of sailing adventures took him planning and execution of the joy and love to her work as
History” (1980). Both books ter representing jazz and
to the coast of Labrador, to age 89, passed away peace- US Pavilion at Expo '67, now she impacted the lives of R&B luminaries in the 1970s
were translated into nume- the French Islands of St. fully in her sleep on February Montreal's Biosphere. After thousands of students. Leda's
rous languages and published and 1980s, but is particularly
Pierre et Miquelon, to the Bri- 2, 2016. She grew up in Ocean founding MetaForm, Inc. in warm sense of humor and remembered for having fos-
throughout the world. Paul tish West Indies, and along City, NJ and the Philadelphia New York City in 1979, he was fun always brought smiles to
Colinvaux was born in St. Al- KORNHEISER—Muriel M., 94, tered the singing career of
the Atlantic coast from New suburbs. Gloria attended the of Delray Beach, passed Project Manager for nume- all she met as well as her fa- Whitney Houston. He man-
bans, England in 1930. He York to Nova Scotia. Maine University of Pennsylvania rous major American mily and friends who loved
grew up in London during the away March 24, 2016. Married aged her career during the
was always his favorite cruis- before marrying Hiram Charles in 1943. Mother of museum exhibitions includ- teasing and being teased by 1980s. Gene was a graduate
Battle of Britain, studying, ing ground. He often sailed Gates Larmon, founder of ing the Ellis Island Museum her. She will be deeply
even as a boy, the ecology of Lloyd (Sandy) and Sandra of Rhodes and New York Uni-
with young family members, Larmon Photo, Inc., camera (Jerry); grandmother of Mi- and the Statue of Liberty missed. Leda was pre- versity, directing and produc-
plant regrowth in the craters who learned to share his love stores in the Delaware Val- Museum in New York Har- deceased by her brother, Leo
left by German bombs. A gra- chael (Chari), Randi, Leah ing films and local theater
of wind and sea. Steve Frost ley. They met after she left a (Poncho), Peter (Alexis) and bor. He received Presidential and her parents, Diana and early in his career, and was a
duate of Jesus College, Cam- was predeceased by his note on his classic Packard Design Awards for his role in Bedros. Leda was beloved by
bridge University (1956), Co- Matthew (Brooke); great- world traveler. Predeceased
brothers and sisters-in-law parked outside his first store grandmother of Jessica, Ja- both. In a recent documenta- her niece, Lyssa and her nep- by his parents Sidney and
linvaux served in the British William, Marjorie, Hunter, at the Avenue of Shops in ry film, his role as a member hew Greg and their families.
Army of the Rhine in occu- mie, Emma, Julia, Jack, Han- Sophie Slutsky, Gene was
and Carolyn. He is survived Jenkintown, PA. Five years nah, Sarah, James and Elise. of the World War II Ghost Relatives and friends are in- loved and will be missed by
pied Germany as a Second by his nieces and nephews after Hiram's early death in Army Camouflage Corps was vited to visit with the family
Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, Her family is her prime lega- his devoted companion,
Marjorie, Richard, Christina, 1963, Gloria married Ralph cy. Very few women can portrayed. Born in Brooklyn, at the Thomas Quinn Funeral Ingrid Kvam, and her children
42nd Regiment. In 1966, he Clifford, Sherry, Daniel, Kath- Warren Hoerner, MD, an al- he was a graduate of the Fi- Home at 35-20 Broadway,
discovered a new species of match Muriel's energy and Bruce (Pamela) Haskell and
ryn, William, and Juliana, and lergist and emeritus for 57 integrity. A product of CCNY, orello LaGuardia High School Long Island City, NY on Sa- Brian (Dawn) Haskell, and by
flower in the Galapagos, by his grandnieces and grand years at Abington Memorial of Music and Art and Yale turday, April 2nd from 3 - 6
which was subsequently City College of New York, her Gene's brother Edward
nephews George, Karen, Sa- Hospital. They enjoyed many career started as a classifica- School of Art and Architec- pm with remembrances (Pamela) Slutsky and nep-
named for him (”Passiflora rah, Alexander, Sarah, Eli- happy times traveling, includ- ture. The Masey Archive in shared at 5 pm.
colinvauxii”), as was the Ga- tion analyst for the U.S. Navy. hew Andrew (Heather)
zabeth, and Kaleb. A memor- ing frequent cruises aboard At war's end, she co-founded New York is dedicated to his Slutsky. Donations in his
lapagos diatom, “Amphora ial will be held in Brunswick in the QE2. A wannabee golfer projects and will be main-
paulii.” In 1971, he was award- one of New York's first com- name can be made to The
June. The family can be con- and an avid bridge player, puter processing companies; tained in the future by Yale's Lone Soldier at
ed a Guggenheim fellowship. tacted at StevensFrost1920@ Gloria was on the First Team Sterling Memorial Library. A
In 2013, he received a lifetime heading the finance and per- REYNOLDS—Cathy, www.Israelforever.org.
gmail.com. Services are un- at Huntingdon Valley Country sonnel departments. Retire- mentor to many young de- on March 19, 2016. Lifelong
achievement award from the der the direction and care of Club for over forty years. She signers and museum cura-
American Quaternary Asso- ment brought on golf and Brooklyn Resident. For wake
Brackett Funeral Home, served as the First Team charity work. Active club tors, he was much beloved and funeral details, visit
ciation. In addition to his be- Brunswick. bridge chairman and for for his outrageous good hu-
loved wife of fifty-four years, member of Old Westbury mclaughlinandsons.com. SNELL—George B.
twenty-three years wrote the Golf and Country Club (New mor, full-throated enthu- The Partners, Counsel, asso-
fellow scientist Llewellya Hil- bridge column for the club's siasms and zeal for life; he
lis, Colinvaux leaves a sister GENTRY—Jeff D., Jr. York), Quechee (Vermont), ciates and staff of McLaugh-
There are not enough words monthly newsletter. Later in Key Biscayne (Florida) and worked until his death at 91. lin & Stern, LLP sadly record
(Margaret Robinson of Nor- life, Gloria earned her real es- He is survived by his wife,
folk, England), two children to describe what we lost this The Hamlet (Florida). Muriel RUVINSKY—Joan the passing of our friend and
Sunday. Jeff D Gentry, Jr. tate license and joined John was president of both the Beverly Payeff-Masey, two Fahnestock, 72, passed away retired partner, George B.
(Catherine Colinvaux of Tener Garbutt, Inc. She was stepchildren, three step-
Northborough, MA and was born on September 15, Towers of Key Biscayne and peacefully and gracefully on Snell. George was greatly re-
1958 in Dallas, Texas and died especially skilled in helping The Hamlet Country Club. grandchildren and a nephew. March 21 at 12:30pm in Mon- spected by his partners and
Roger Colinvaux of Washing- people find their perfect Mary Lou Masey, his first
ton, DC), four grandchildren, March 20, 2016 in a skiing ac- She valiantly fought her me- treal, bathed in light and sur- warmly admired by his many
cident at Snowbird Ski Resort home. Gloria was a member dical problems to the end. wife, predeceased him in rounded by sangha. A yoga clients, all of whom con-
generations of students, and of Huntingdon Valley Country 1991. To honor his specific in-
thousands of books. in Alta, Utah. He graduated Those who know her will teacher with an international fidently relied on his wise
from the Greenhill School in Club and the Two Century never forget her. Services structions, no public ceremo- following, Joan is survived by counsel for decades. We send
Dallas Texas, and later from Trap Club where she served will be on Tuesday, March 29, ny of remembrance is sched- her daughter, Jessica Ruvin- condolences to Sigrid, Dieter
CONNOLLY—Peggy A. as scorekeeper. Early in her uled. A private interment will
March 16, 2016. Of New York, the University of Utah in 1984 at 2pm. Star of David Memor- sky; by her partner, Kathleen and Andrea and their fami-
with degrees in Geology and marriage to Hiram, she ial Chapel, 1236 Wellwood be held in Washington, D.C. Knipp; and by her half-sister, lies, and to his wide array of
NY, formerly of Buffalo, NY. joined the Junior Colony Club
Beloved daughter of John R. Geological Engineering. He Avenue, West Babylon, NY Patricia Locke Munger. A colleagues and friends.
was an entrepreneur and an of Ambler where she served 11704. Shiva will be observed memorial service will be held
(late Mary) Perrin Connolly.
as vice president. In a theater

Dear sister of John (Patricia) oil, gas and mining innovator. at her children's homes. Do- MASEY—Jack You called me on Sunday, April 10 at 3pm at
He was a member of the Alta performance at the club, she nations may be made in her boy architect. I loved you. the Unitarian Church of Mon-
Connolly, Suzanne Connolly, stole the show as a distracted,
Janellen Reznicek and the Club, Mensa Club, an avid col- honor to the charity of your Merle and I adore Beverly. treal, 5035 Boulevard de Mai- SOKOLSKI—Carol, nee Stitt.
lector of vintage race cars, gum - chewing secretary. choice. Wally sonneuve Ouest.
late Mary Jo Waas Connolly. Gloria is survived by two On Monday, March 21, 2016,
Also survived by loving and was also a passionate Carol Sokolski, of Silver
skier. daughters, Carol and Barba-
nieces, nephews, cousins and ra, two grandchildren and Spring. Beloved wife of Alan
friends. Peg was a graduate three great-grandchildren. In Sokolski; devoted mother of
of Buffalo State College and lieu of flowers, donations in Lynn Sokolski (Bentley No-
an accomplished profession- her memory to St. Jude Child- land) and Lauren Sokolski,
al in the fashion industry; ren's Research Hospital grandmother of Samantha
taught at FIT in New York, would be most appreciated. Noland, and sister of Fred H.
enjoyed worldwide travel, Stitt. A private memorial
music, reading, her family HOLLAND—Fred, 64. Died- gathering will take place in
and the family pets. The fa- March 5, 2016. Born in Colum- April. Interment will follow la-
mily will be present on Friday bus, Ohio. Lived in NYC since ter at Arlington National Ce-
from 3-7pm at the John E. '82. As a visual artist/perfor- metery. Memorial contribu-
Roberts Funeral Home (Am- mer, choreographer, he was tions may be made to Doc-
herst Chapel) 280 Grover widely recognized for his tors Without Borders (Mede-
Cleveland Hwy. (at Bailey) unique, poetic visual lan- cins San Frontieres).
Amherst, NY 14226. A Mass guage and has been awarded
of Christian Burial will be many grants and residencies.
celebrated on Saturday at His current show of sculpture
10am at Infant of Prague is at Jack Tilton Gallery in STANFORD—Peter.
Church, 921 Cleveland Drive, NYC until April 9th. Survived The National Maritime His-
Cheektowaga, New York by sister Anna Austin, broth- torical Society mourns the
(please assemble at church). ers Aaron, David and Law- loss of our President Emeri-
Share condolences at rence, Aunt Thelma Baker, tus and founder, whose extra-
www.jerfh.com. Memorial and cousins. Memorial ser- ordinary contributions pre-
contributions may be made vice at Middle Collegiate served our maritime heri-
to a charity of choice. Church on April 10 at 3:30. tage. Fair winds, Peter.
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Taking Another Stab

Once vilified, the 1991 novel ‘American Benjamin Walker plumbs the depths for his
Psycho’ turned out to be ahead of its time. starring role in a Broadway musical version.
By DWIGHT GARNER By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
When Bret Easton Ellis’s “American Psycho” was about On a recent weekday morning, the actor Benjamin
to be published in 1991, word of its portrait of a monster — Walker put down the plastic rat he had been caressing,
an amoral young Wall Street serial killer named Patrick stripped down to his underwear and began a run-through
Bateman, who nail-gunned women to the floor before do- of “American Psycho,” which opens at the Gerald Schoen-
ing vastly worse to them — was met with outrage. feld Theater on April 21. Bestriding the rehearsal room
There were death threats. A book tour was scuttled. like a pomaded colossus, he sang and danced to Duncan
The Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Sheik’s electronic music, slicing and stabbing as Roberto
Women proposed a boycott of the novel’s publisher. An Aguirre-Sacasa’s book demands.
advance review of “American Psycho” in The New York Mr. Walker plays Patrick Bateman, a character first in-
Times Book Review was titled “Snuff This Book!” Some troduced in Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial 1991 novel,
stores refused to stock the novel. an obsidian-dark satire of ’80s excess. An investment
I didn’t read “American Psycho” at the time. I was two banker with a maniacal streak, Patrick loves pop music,
years out of college in 1991, and while I’d eagerly ingested aerobic workouts, Dove bars and dissecting women. “I’m
the stylish mid-80s debuts of the so-called “brat pack” a pretty sick guy,” he explains.
writers, of which Mr. Ellis’s novel “Less Than Zero” What’s a nice guy like Mr. Walker doing in a role like
(1985) is a crucial artifact, I’d moved on. this?
Yet it disturbed me that, in the moral panic over “Amer- Born in a small Georgia town in 1982 to a church-organ-
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QUOTABLE ON THE WEB BRYSHERE Y. GRAY
“If you make a movie

Finding His Voice Beyond ‘Empire’
In the latest “Ask a Showrunner”
interview, Joe Weisberg and Joel
about Miles Davis, it’s Fields discuss “The Americans”:
gotta be gangster.” nytimes.com/television interest?
By TAMARA BEST
D O N C H E A D L E , W H O C O - W R OT E ,
D I R E C T E D A N D S TA R S I N “ M I L E S In Season 2 of the Fox smash “Empire,” Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande and Ri-
A H E A D ,” PAG E 1 3 hanna.
CORRECTIONS Hakeem Lyon was kidnapped and later
An article last Sunday about the betrayed his father, Lucious, plotting to
Scottish opera director David McVic- become head of the family music business You’re still new to Hollywood. How’s the
ar misspelled part of the name of the himself. And when the show returns on adjustment been?
production he is directing at the March 30, Hakeem may just be a father, too Los Angeles has a lot of different charac-
Metropolitan Opera. It is “Roberto — with his dad’s former fiancée. ters, and I’m still getting used to it. You
Devereux,” not “Roberto Dev- have to stay focused on what you want
That’s a lot of drama for any-
ereaux.“ The article also misspelled
one’s first acting role, and and not get distracted; having too
the surname of a soprano in the
Bryshere Y. Gray, 22, who much free time can get you into
production. She is Sondra Rad-
vanovsky, not Radvanovksy. And an plays Hakeem, had been trouble. I moved to Cali, but
accompanying picture caption much more focused on a Philly will always be my
misidentified one of the three singers music career when he home. This Christmas, I
shown rehearsing. The singer at the took the part of the gave away 10,000 bikes
right is Mariusz Kwiecien — not [in Philadelphia]. I
“I loved being on ‘The Matthew Polenzani, who is also in
youngest Lyon
know the platform I
brother. A Philadel-
Walking Dead,’ and I the production.
phia native who raps have, and I want to
love that I’m off ‘The The DVD column last Sunday about as Yazz the Greatest, use it for good.
the 1924 film “L’Inhumaine” mis-
Walking Dead.’ ” stated the birth year of the French
he started by per- Has anyone in the
J O N B E R N T H A L , N OW I N N E T F L I X ’ S director Marcel L’Herbier. He was forming in base- industry taken you
“ D A R E D E V I L ,” PAG E 1 7 born in 1888, not 1988. ments around that under his or her
city and worked his wing?
An article last Sunday about film
portrayals of Hank Williams mis- way up to festival I went to see Will Smith
stated the circumstances of his shows like Made in [a Philadelphia native] when
death. He died in West Virginia, in America. Now, the I first got the role on “Empire,” and
the back seat of a limousine on the success of “Empire” has he’s been my mentor ever since.
way to a New Year’s Day show in landed him a record deal with Columbia.
Canton, Ohio, in 1953. He was not “They say art imitates life, and a lot of Who’s your favorite current rapper?
heading to a New Year’s Eve show in things that happened to me in Season 1 Definitely Kendrick [Lamar]. His lyrics are
West Virginia.
didn’t happen to me in real life until Season well thought-out. And in terms of singers,
The Playlist column last Sunday, 2 aired, like working with Timbaland and Usher.
about two musicians who died on the
Swizz Beatz,” he said by phone from Los
same day, misstated a word in the
Angeles, where he now lives. Here are What have you been listening to today?
lyrics from “Precious Lord, Take My
Hand,” a song that Joey Feek, one of edited excerpts from the conversation. “Down in the DM” [by Yo Gotti], Tank’s
“What people do in the the musicians, performed with her new album [“Sex Love & Pain II”], “Mes-
name of religion is not husband, Rory, on the final Joey + Why does Hakeem want to be chief execu-
tive? Just revenge?
merize” by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti and
Rory album. The lyrics include “I am “Bill Gates” by Lil Wayne.
necessarily all that tired, I am weak, I am worn” — not With all the hurt and pain and everything
holy.” “I am ’lone.” Lucious put him through, he wanted to get
DAVID WALTER BANKS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
How’s your own album coming? How is it
M I C H E L L E M O N AG H A N , O N T H E him back. But he always wanted to be the different than what Hakeem does?
N E W H U LU S H OW “ T H E PAT H ,” head of Empire. Hakeem is a mixture of He cares about his family’s emotions, but
PAG E 1 7
I leave Hakeem on Fox and on billboards.
Cookie and Lucious — that’s not a good he’s going to do what he wants to do. I’m going through life and putting it all in
place to be in mentally. You have parents the music. I’m just really honest and talk-
that have been dysfunctional your whole Who can he trust? ing about stuff that people may be sur-
life, and you’re just trying to figure out life He trusts Jamal to the fullest. If anything prised to know I went through.
through success and money. happens, he can go back to him and vent.
But then it’s Cookie after that. On “Fear,” Drake said that the honesty in his
Like Lucious, will Hakeem do anything to music left him too exposed. Do you have
stay in power? Even though she whacks him with a broom? that concern?
Yeah. He is trying to take his manhood That’s still love, in some ways. No. You have a voice, you’ve got to be
back from his father, mother and brothers. honest. Why hide it?
Who would you like to see as Hakeem’s love

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SHAPES OF MOROCCO, MoMA REVISITS TALK ABOUT
SCRAWLED IN CHALK THE 1960s A HUNGRY ACTOR
JACK ANDERSON R O B E RTA S M I T H JA S O N Z I N O M A N
Radouan Mriziga considers The installation of the Mu- Take a funny hit show
himself an artisan as well as seum of Modern Art’s per- that had a long run in a
a dancer and choreographer. He manent collection has for years small Off Broadway theater
treats his body as a tool to fashion been the purview of one or two in the late 1990s, add a char-
not only changing shapes in space curators from its department of ismatic television star and
but also forms on the floor on painting and sculpture, who con- revive it on Broadway: This
which he moves. In “—55,” his centrate almost exclusively on formula worked well for
55-minute solo that is to have its those mediums. But faced with “Hedwig and the Angry
American premiere as part of the reinstalling its fourth-floor perma- Inch,” which debuted in 1998
Live Arts Live Ideas festival, he nent collection galleries after a and triumphantly arrived
uses chalk and tape to trace intri- Picasso sculpture show, MoMA is uptown with Neil Patrick
cate lines and circles on the stage suspending a familiar postwar Harris in 2014.
while he dances. His bodily mo- narrative. Instead, it has nar- Why not try it with “Fully
tions may vanish, but his designs rowed the focus to the 1960s, one Committed,” Becky Mode’s
remain. of the most artistically diverse 1999 claws-bared satire of
Moroccan-born and influenced decades of the 20th century, while the high-end Manhattan
both by his country’s traditional inviting 17 curators to collaborate restaurant business? Jesse
arts, which often emphasize on a wide-angle view of the Tyler Ferguson, best known
patterning, and by modern dance, period’s achievements. for the ABC sitcom “Modern
Mr. Mriziga is based in Brussels, “From the Collection: 1960- Family,” plays a struggling
1969,” opening Saturday, April 2, actor taking reservations in a
includes drawings, prints, photo- tsunami of an establishment —
graphs, architecture, design and and several dozen other roles,
film. It further expands the story including customers calling to
line by representing over 400 complain. Jason Moore (“Avenue MATTHIAS CLAMER
artists from around 20 countries Q”) directs the solo show. Pre-
on six continents. (On view 2016 JAMES ROSENQUIST/LICENSED BY VAGA, NEW YORK, NY views begin Friday, April 1, at the Jesse Tyler Ferguson
through March 12, 2017; 212-708- Lyceum Theater (212-239-6200; stars in the one-person
A detail of “F-111,” from
9400, moma.org.) 1964-65 by James fullycommittedbroadway.com). show “Fully Committed.”
Rosenquist.
POP Geese,” a “ritual music drama”

performed in seven languages. It
DRAWING A SOUND is written for her band, Jade
Tongue, as well as a string quar-
FROM BROAD TRAVEL tet, and the dancer Satoshi Haga
serves as her narrative foil. Its
B E N R AT L I F F first performance, with the Mivos
Quartet, will be on Monday,
The ambition of the singer March 28. (Roulette, Brooklyn; The singer and composer
and composer Jen Shyu roulette.org.) Jen Shyu at Players
keeps pushing outward. She Theater last year.
has drawn large parts of her
music from travel and
BENIAMIN BOAR
study in places including
East Timor, Taiwan and
Radouan Mriziga is Indonesia, where she has
bringing “—55” to New learned spoken languages,
York Live Arts. folk narratives, dances and
instrumental techniques. At home
where he studied with Anne in New York, she invests this
Teresa De Keersmaeker, a knowledge in improvisation,
choreographer known for her working with some of the best
ability to invest repetitive move- jazz musicians around.
ments with emotional force. There’s great erudition in
Uniting structure her work, but she
with sentiment, Mr. wears it lightly; what
Mriziga is creating you notice, both in her
striking patterns singing and her band-
of his own. leading, is wild originality, pur-
(Thursday, March pose and discipline. Ms. Shyu’s
31, through Satur- latest project is “Song of Silver
day, April 2, at 8
p.m., 219 West
19th Street,
Chelsea; 212-924-
0077, from $15.)
JACOB BLICKENSTAFF FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
TELEVISION comet with a nuclear blast, but —

well, we’ll say no more here in
RIDING IT OUT case you want to binge this very
binge-able series later.
TO THE BITTER END This much is clear: Impending
global annihilation brings out the
NEIL GENZLINGER
dissembling side of public institu-
tions, whether it’s the United
“You, Me and the Apoca- States government or the Catholic
lypse” hasn’t been the rat- Church. The church has had a
ings success that NBC hoped for, priest named Jude (Rob Lowe)
but it has been one of the season’s vetting the many messianic
most enjoyable series nonethe- claims that the apocalypse has
less. Its finale is Thursday night, generated, and it wants a savior
March 31, and the fate of the no matter what. “The people need
world hangs in the balance. A hope,” a superior told him. “We
comet is on a collision course with promised them a messiah, so we
Earth, and multiple plot threads must give them one. Whether we
PARK CIRCUS/MGM have been counting down to ED MILLER/WTTV PRODUCTIONS LIMITED believe in him or not is inconse-
impact day. A lot of hopes were quential.”
FILM
From front left, Jenna Fischer and Megan Mullally in “You, Me and the
Warren Oates in “Bring riding on a plan to divert the Apocalypse” on NBC. The fate of the world is at stake in the finale.
Me the Head of Alfredo
BLEAK TALES Garcia” (1974).
OF MORALITY CLASSICAL hour interval between Mr. Park-

er’s death, on March 12, 1955, in
DANIEL M. GOLD
tures, beginning with three west- IMAGINING BIRD the hotel suite of his patron Bar-
erns: his little-seen first film, oness Pannonica De
Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984)

“The Deadly Companions”; “Ride IN THE AFTERLIFE Koenigswarter and the moment
the High Country,” an early gem that death became public, and
was known for his movies C O R I N NA d a F O N S E CA-
starring Joel McCrea and Ran- imagines Mr. Parker dreaming up
about savage collisions between WO L L H E I M
dolph Scott in their last major music he never had a chance to
old eras and new, reflecting his roles; and, of course, “The Wild The tenor Lawrence Brown- compose.
own experience as a director who Bunch,” a masterpiece of slow- lee is familiar to New York The Apollo performances,
straddled the studio system and motion shoot-’em-up balletics. opera audiences for his precise directed by Ron Daniels and
New Hollywood. Difficult and Friday adds “Straw Dogs,” his coloratura and smooth bel canto conducted by Corrado Rovaris,
headstrong, Mr. Peckinpah made impossibly dark home-invasion singing. This week, he shows off a have a bit of a life-in-death flavor
films that critics said glorified thriller, and “Bring Me the Head different side of his artistry — of their own, having barely sur-
carnage and were more than of Alfredo Garcia,” the tequila- including wordless scat riffs — in vived the bankruptcy of Gotham
faintly misogynistic. Even so, his soaked, murderous bounty-hunt- the role of Charlie Parker for the Chamber Opera, which commis-
bleak morality tales re-energized ing fable that gathered terrible New York premiere of “Yardbird,” sioned the work with Opera Phila-
several genres. reviews but is now regarded as a an opera by the composer Daniel delphia. DOMINIC M. MERCIER
Starting on Thursday, March 31, harbinger of today’s ultraviolent Schnyder and the librettist (Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m. and Will Liverman, left, and
the Film Society of Lincoln Center black comedies. (Through April 7; Bridgette A. Wimberly. Sunday, April 3, at 3 p.m.; 800- Lawrence Brownlee in
will screen all 14 Peckinpah fea- 212-875-5601; filmlinc.com.) “Yardbird” focuses on the 48- 745-3000; Apollotheater.org.) “Yardbird.”
Dance
Pirouetting Into a Different Take on History

Dance Theater of Harlem porated passages from lesser-known
works. “Very old ballets — some steps are
embraces works by women. almost 200 years old,” she said. “Since it’s a
purely classical piece, I tried to fill it with
By GIA KOURLAS
steps I like and some steps maybe that are
Lately, the world of ballet has been scruti- sometimes forgotten.”
nized and criticized for two things: its lack Chyrstyn Fentroy, who is cast in both of
of diversity and the paucity of female the new dances, called Ms. Kunikova’s bal-
choreographers. Dance Theater of Harlem let delicate and very classical, which she
has the first one covered. This season, it will said she thought would elevate the compa-
do something about the second. ny’s artistry. Ms. Kunikova does not let a de-
Sitting behind her desk at this company’s tail slip by. “We’re not always reeled in to do
headquarters recently, the artistic director the classical works that are this specific,”
Virginia Johnson was eager to talk about Ms. Fentroy said. “It’s healthy for us to
two women in particular. One was Dianne work on our technique and present our-
McIntyre, the esteemed modern dance selves as the classical dancers that we’re
choreographer who has not only created trained to be.”
her first ballet but also her first work on Ms. McIntyre’s work stretches the
point. The other was Elena Kunikova, a dancers in a different way. The focus is on
Russian who is much admired for her teach- women, specifically, as the choreographer
ing and staging of classical ballets. Both will put it, “black, brown and beige” who “have
present new works at City Center, where helped create an openness in society in the
Dance Theater appears beginning on April face of all kinds of obstacles.”
6. In “Change,” which is set to a recorded
These choreographers are part of the score that includes songs performed by the
company’s new initiative, Women Who Spelman College Glee Club and original mu-
Move Us, created to support new work by sic by the percussionist Eli Fountain, Ms.
women. It’s still early, but the program, McIntyre is considering women in three dif-
funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation, ferent times: the slavery and civil rights
could signal the start of a new artistic direc- eras, and the present.
tion. The choice to commission these All the dancers that she worked with in
choreographers in this moment reveals the company, Ms. Johnson said, have expe-
something that Dance Theater has rarely PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARLI CADEL
rienced rejection or struggled for exposure
shown in the years since its return in 2012 because of their race. “This piece isn’t just
after an eight-year hiatus: the right combi- Above, from left, Stephanie about looking at the political scene and go-
nation of purpose and spirit. Rae Williams, Nayara ing on marches,” Ms. McIntyre said. “No,
Ms. McIntyre’s ballet, “Change,” a trio, Lopes and Lindsey Croop this is today in our arts world, and they have
explores issues of women and race by in “Change” at Dance lived it.”
loosely evoking important female figures Theater of Harlem’s In terms of creating movement, Ms. Mc-
from historical times to the present. “Di- rehearsal space; from near Intyre said she was on a learning curve. “I
anne holds the world to a high standard,” right, the artistic director would ask them: ‘I’m going to do this big tilt
Ms. Johnson said. “She wants to not just be Virginia Johnson, the over to the side with a turn. Can you do that
making dances. She wants to bring truth to adviser Carmen de on point?’ They wouldn’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ or
the stage. How beautiful is that?” Because Lavallade and the ‘that’s impossible.’ They would just try.”
Ms. McIntyre comes from modern dance, choreographer Dianne She also asked the dancers to research
“her whole idiom and way of being is com- McIntyre. black women including Sojourner Truth,
pletely different,” said Ms. Johnson, who be- Mary McLeod Bethune and Fannie Lou
lieves that it is important for ballet dancers Hamer. Ms. Fentroy, whose focus was Har-
“to understand a different way of moving “I think it was just not knowing enough riet Tubman, said Ms. McIntyre opened
and a different source for their work.” about how we were doing,” Ms. Johnson their minds to the world beyond dance.
When Ms. Johnson was considering a said of that time. Now she is learning, as she “It was different, but in the most positive
classical ballet to include in the company’s put it, how “to paint inside the lines,” though way,” Ms. Fentroy said. “I think it’s some-
season, Ms. Kunikova’s name popped into she added, “budget lines are hard to paint thing that all of us really needed. It was
her head. And naturally so: Ms. Kunikova inside.” good for our brains and for our souls to work
has been teaching class at Dance Theater with her. This company has so much history.
Ms. Johnson has had help. During the
for the past two years. “Why does she have It was important to do something where we
first half of 2015, Sharon Gersten Luckman,
to be just the conduit?” Ms. Johnson said. said, “more democratic origins, like the have to dive deeper. There’s so much impor-
a former executive director of Alvin Ailey
“Why can’t she be the source?” peasant pas from ‘Giselle’”; and the sylph tance behind what we represent, but per-
American Dance Theater, was brought in by
Both choreographers have instilled in and her partner, a poet or a dreamer. forming this piece and feeling everything
Ms. Glass to help manage the day-to-day
their ballets a sense of history, and that’s In this tribute to ballet, Ms. Kunikova has that this piece is meant to represent brings
promising for the revamped Dance Theater. operations.
The company has shrunk to 14 dancers included allusions to classics and also incor- you to tears.”
The company was formed in 1969 by Karel
Shook and Arthur Mitchell in response to from 18. But for the first time, Ms. Glass
the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Lu- said, it is reporting profits from its tours,
ther King Jr. and has always represented $2,500 to $5,000 for each engagement. Now
something bigger than ballet — that black Dance Theater has a surplus in part be-
dancers could thrive in classical dance.
It hasn’t always gone smoothly. In 2004, A dance program
the company went on hiatus because of addresses ballet’s paucity
overwhelming debt; when it returned to the of female
stage, under Ms. Johnson’s artistic direc-
tion, it was much altered. The new dancers choreographers. SPRING 2016
weren’t as technically proficient or experi- cause it moved its New York season from
enced as those from Mr. Mitchell’s era, and
the company’s repertory, which veered into
generic contemporary ballet, frequently
disappointed as well. Despite the compa-
the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center to City
Center, which is known as a dance house
and was the company’s home before the hi-
atus.
April 19–May 29
ny’s diversity, there have been times when
Dance Theater seemed like any other mid- But at City Center, the proof of growth will
size contemporary company. be on the stage, and a big test will be Ms.
At the start of 2015 Dance Theater under- Kunikova’s “Divertimento” for six dancers,
went internal changes in anticipation of a set to one of her favorite pieces of music:
deficit. Laveen Naidu stepped down as ex- Glinka’s “Divertimento Brillante,” on JEWELS
ecutive director, and Anna Glass, who was themes from Bellini’s opera “La Sonnam- —
APR 19, 23 Eve, 27, 28, MAY 1
brought in to evaluate the organization, be- bula.” In it, Ms. Kunikova focuses on three
came its interim executive director, a job archetypes in classical ballet: the aristo-
21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS I
that became permanent this month. cratic couple; a lively ingénue pair with, she —
APR 20, 24, 29, 30 Mat
AMERICAN MUSIC
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APR 21, 30 Eve, MAY 7 Mat
CLASSIC NYCB I
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APR 22, 23 Mat, 26, MAY 3, 5
SPRING GALA
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MAY 4 at 7 PM
ALL BALANCHINE
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MAY 6, 8, 10, 12
21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS II

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MAY 7 Eve, 18, 20, 21 Mat
ALL ROBBINS
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MAY 11, 13, 14 Mat & Eve, 15
CLASSIC NYCB II
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

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MAY 24-29
Programs subject to change.
Go inside the season

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(212) 496-0600
Vienna Waltzes illustration by Jamie Lee Reardin © 2015

Theater
Another Stab at ‘American Psycho’

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
ican Psycho,” so many smart people made a
rookie mistake: They’d confused author
with character. Bret Easton Ellis and Pat-
rick Bateman were pariahs.
Flash forward 25 years, to 2016. Lo, how
things have changed. Over the past decade
or so, Bateman has become a pop some-
thing, a grinning, blood-flecked national
gargoyle. A brash new musical based on
“American Psycho” is set to open on Broad-
way. You can purchase Bateman action fig-
ures. Bateman memes — photographs and
GIFs from the director Mary Harron’s ex-
cellent 2000 film version of “American Psy-
cho” — splash across every corner of the
web. (“I have to return some videotapes” is
among the movie’s indelible lines.)
Each Halloween, there’s at least one
Bateman at the party, some fellow with a
gleaming ax and a raincoat, his hair slicked
tightly back in that cretinous late-80s style
still favored by Donald Trump’s sons.
How to fathom the second coming of Pat-
rick Bateman? The cult following and grad-
ual critical embrace of Ms. Harron’s film,
which starred Christian Bale, has played
the primary role. Ms. Harron recognized
the coal-black satire in Mr. Ellis’s novel and
teased it to the surface. In her “American
Psycho,” dire comedy mixes with Grand
Guignol. There’s demented opera in some of
its scenes. The film, like a painful zit on one’s
lower lip, pops.
That Mr. Ellis’s novel, alleged by some to
be among the most misogynistic books in
American lit, was coaxed to cinematic life
by a woman adds Möbius-strip layers of cul-
tural complexity. Film and gender scholars
will be off in the corner, continuing to untan-
gle the knots, for at least a generation.
With time, the book itself has picked up a
good deal of grudging respect, too. It’s seen
as a transgressive bag of broken glass that
can be talked about alongside plasma- KERRY HAYES/LIONSGATE FILMS
soaked trips like Anthony Burgess’s “A
Clockwork Orange” (1962) and Cormac
McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” (1985), even There are only a handful of torture
if relatively few suggest Mr. Ellis is in those scenes. This novel is not wall-to-wall muti-
novelists’ league. lation; it’s wall-to-wall moral vacuity. Still,
I read “American Psycho” for the first these scenes are brutal in their exactitude:
time recently, and this is certain: This novel There are power drills and chain saws and
was ahead of its time. lips snipped off with nail clippers and
The culture has shifted to make room for vaginas cut out to store in gym lockers.
Bateman. We’ve developed a taste for bar- Mr. Ellis told The Paris Review he con-
baric libertines with twinkling eyes and sulted an F.B.I. textbook about serial killers
some zing in their tortured souls. Tony So- to come up with some of this stuff. I some-
prano, Walter White from “Breaking Bad,” times had to read between my fingers. Yet
Hannibal Lecter (who predates “American there’s also a comic book texture to the lit-
Psycho”) — here are the most significant eral and figurative overkill.
pop culture characters of the past 30 years. Here again, Mr. Ellis was racing ahead of
Along with Bateman, they comprise a the culture. Something has happened since
Mount Rushmore lineup of the higher anti- 1991 to our response to violence, especially
hero naughtiness. (Lisbeth Salander in when it is seasoned with a shake of wet or,
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is among especially, dry humor. Increasingly inured
the too-rare rejoinders to a world in which to the mess, we’ve learned to savor the wit.
men can brutalize women without regard.) The catharsis that horror can provide
now travels on a second and more in-
tellectualized rail. Whether this fact will
Patrick Bateman is a save or sink us, morally, we do not yet know.
Shortly after the book’s publication, Mr.
mannequin, the ultimate Ellis spoke words to The Times that he
soulless product of a shouldn’t have had to speak: “I would think
soulless time. most Americans learn in junior high to dif-
ferentiate between the writer and the char-
acter he is writing about. People seem to in-
Thanks to these characters, and to first-persist I’m a monster. But Bateman is the mon-
son shooter video games, we’ve learned to ster. I am not on the side of that creep.”
identify with the bearer of violence and not The writer Donald Barthelme once put
just cower before him or her. this same idea more memorably: “Don’t
Mr. Bale’s role in Bateman’s liftoff is im- confuse the monster on the page,” he ad-
possible to underestimate. You can trace vised, “with the monster here in front of
the character’s ascent along the arc of the you.”
actor’s career. (Bateman, Batman, Bale, RICHARD PERRY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
“American Psycho” is, in its way, strange-
baleful — there’s a malevolent linguistic ly moving. The novel is streaked with Bate-
richness in this subject matter.) He’s slowly Top, Chloë Sevigny and
become recognized as the dominant actor of Christian Bale in the 2000
his generation. This lends Ms. Harron’s film film “American Psycho”;
backward flowing gravitas. above, Benjamin Walker is
Picking up “American Psycho” now, you preparing to star in a stage
can’t help but ask yourself: Do people get adaptation at the
outraged by books anymore? Salman Schoenfeld Theater; left,
Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” aside — it Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991
was published three years before Mr. Ellis’s book; below left, a recent
novel — it’s difficult to recall a recent novel issue of New Statesman,
that was so arduously condemned. the British weekly; and
The battles over books like “Lady Chat- right, an essay about Mr.
terley’s Lover,” “Tropic of Cancer” and “Lo- Ellis’s book by Roger
lita” are far back in the rearview mirror. The Rosenblatt in The New
complicated misogyny and Islamophobia York Times Book Review.
that flow through the French writer Michel
Houellebecq’s novels are greeted with a
wink and a shrug.
Reading Mr. Ellis’s novel today, the hyste-
ria of 1991 is almost inexplicable to me. It’s
apparent from the start that Patrick Bate-
man is a sendup of a blank Wall Street gen-
eration. He’s a male mannequin, the ul-
timate soulless product of a soulless time,
Warren Zevon’s “Excitable Boy” come to
howling fruition.
TONY CENICOLA/THE NEW YORK
The New York Times Book Review piece
was written by Roger Rosenblatt. The nov-
elist John Irving, also writing in the Book
Review, correctly called Mr. Rosenblatt’s
essay “prissy enough to please Jesse
Helms.”
Bateman is a serial killer. He’s also an Ex-
eter and Harvard grad, a gourmand, a tan-
ning enthusiast and a ruthless fashion
critic. A common literary-world rap against
this novel was frustration with its endless
litanies of what people wear. (Typical sen-
tence: “McDermott is wearing a woven-lin-
en suit with pleated trousers, a button-down

cotton and linen shirt by Basile, a silk tie by novel’s offbeat comedy to print Bateman’s man’s attempts to confess his crimes. He
Joseph Abboud and ostrich loafers from Su- response to this: “ ‘It was the Waldorf salad, lusts for genuine contact. He tells one wom-
san Bennis Warren Edwards.”) Evelyn,’ I say, teeth clenched. ‘It was the an to go home because he thinks he might
I found these litanies shrewd, a signal Waldorf salad that was making me act like harm her. “I think,” he says, “I’m losing it.”
that Bateman is all about surfaces. They an ass!’” Who isn’t driven to the brink by a Writing in Town and Country, Mr. Ellis
also feel like Mr. Ellis’s satire of writers who Waldorf salad? said recently that if he had composed the
fill their pages with descriptions of trees This food talk is a reminder that “Ameri- novel in the past decade, Bateman might be
and birds and insects. Clothes are Bate- can Psycho” has yet to receive its full due as “palling around with [Mark] Zuckerberg
man’s pileated woodpeckers. the most wicked and sustained mockery of and dining at the French Laundry, or lunch-
It’s impossible, in 2016, to talk about the late-80s restaurant scene that we have ing with Reed Hastings at Manresa in Los
“American Psycho” without mentioning NEW STATESMAN
in our literature. Bateman and his friends Gatos, wearing a Yeezy hoodie and teasing
Bateman’s hero-worship of another well- are forever sitting down to meals like eagle girls on Tinder.”
tailored suit: Donald Trump. Bateman cover with this headline: “American Psy- carpaccio and free-range squid and gazpa- Swipe left, young ladies.
keeps a copy of Mr. Trump’s magnum opus, cho.” cho with hunks of raw chicken in it. Alive today, Bateman would also proba-
“The Art of the Deal,” on his desk. His Bateman asks his girlfriend, “Why wasn’t The book’s consumption gets darker. By bly stand at the back of a Trump rally and —
dream is to be invited on the Trump yacht. Donald Trump invited to your party?” She the end, Bateman attempts to turn a dead if he could find a designer version — pull on
This is probably the place to point out that replies: “Oh god. Is that why you were woman into meatloaf. Here we approach a red cap that reads: “Make America Great
a recent issue of New Statesman, the British acting like such a buffoon? This obsession the grisly and infamous portions of “Ameri- Again.”
weekly, had a drawing of Mr. Trump on its has got to end!” It provides a sense of this can Psycho.”
Theater
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Stagecraft

On the care, feeding and tion of the Jack Black movie, at the Winter
Garden Theater.
kind of working.”
THE WORRIES “One of the biggest problems
wrangling of fog. THE EFFECT Rock ’n’ roll fantasy. Stage fog that I’ve had with fog machines is the sound
is so essential to the rock-band ethos that they make, because they’re actually pretty
By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES even the characters talk about it — twice. loud, and when we’re in a space this small,
The barometric pressure affects it. So do the THE DESIGNER NATASHA KATZ “In the world that sort of gives the game away. Ryan
whims of air-conditioning systems. Under of rock ’n’ roll, you want to see the beams of Rumery, our sound designer, has a fire
the wrong circumstances, it could get light in the air, and the only way you can see sound effect running nearby, and that helps
whooshed into the crowd the moment the a beam of light is by having — I hate to use mask the mechanical sound.”
curtain rises. this word — a particulate in the air: our ver-
Stage fog is a delicate creature: whether sion of dust, really. It’s an incredible, incred-
as haze that hangs in the air, a thicker vapor, ible tool for us if used correctly.” The Wildness
or the low-lying kind that the lighting de- THE WORRIES “The hardest thing is getting
Kyle Jarrow and Lauren Worsham’s
signer Natasha Katz calls “Brigadoon” fog rid of haze, and even dry ice. You want it to glammed-up “rock fairy tale” at Ars Nova.
— the stuff that wafts like a cloud around disappear in the blink of an eye, and it’s as if THE EFFECT Beams of colored light cut
the actors’ ankles when it’s kept really cold, you burned a roast on your stove. It’s very through heavy haze in an intimate space bi-
and rises higher when it’s not. difficult to suck the smoke out.” sected by a runway stage, from which fog
“It’s the most elusive of all our materials,” PHOTOGRAPHS BY SARA KRULWICH/THE NEW YORK TIMES also makes a brief appearance.
said Ms. Katz, a five-time Tony winner who
THE DESIGNER BRIAN TOVAR “ ‘The Wild-
is currently unleashing abundant fog on Depending on the ness’ is a rock show, first and foremost. It’s
Broadway in “School of Rock” and promises production, stage fog very environmental, it’s very immersive,
a different kind of haze in “Long Day’s Jour- fulfills a variety of needs. and fog is immersive. You can step through
ney Into Night” this spring. In “School of Rock,” it. For this show, haze makes light a sexy
Often water- or oil-based, sometimes above, it helps define thing.”
made with dry ice, fog is difficult to control light beams; in
and as evanescent as theater itself — espe- THE WORRIES “The biggest mistake is over-
“Eclipsed,” left, it
cially the fast-dispersing variety. Actors’ whelming your performers and audience.
enhances combat
Equity has a whole host of guidelines about You really have to find the balance between
scenes; in “Disaster!,”
using it safely. Several Broadway and Off serving its purpose and everyone being
below, it evokes mist on
Broadway lighting designers spoke re- able to enjoy seeing the show.”
the water.
cently about harnessing this most ethereal
element.
Disaster!
Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick’s musi-
Eclipsed cal spoof of 1970s disaster movies, espe-
Danai Gurira’s drama about female cap- cially “The Poseidon Adventure,” at the Ne-
tives and soldiers in the Liberian Civil War, derlander Theater.
at the Golden Theater. THE EFFECT Thick casino air, billowing ex-
THE EFFECT The fog of war, enveloping the plosions, smoldering fires below deck. Also
landscape in combat scenes, with haze in clouds and mist. Sample line: “I smell
the air and chilled fog hovering at ground smoke! We have to get out!”
level. THE DESIGNER JEFF CROITER “The first
THE DESIGNER JENNIFER SCHRIEVER “It week of previews, the notes were always
started out as a very practical choice to The Way West like, ‘Can we have more smoke?’ For cer-
physically carve out the space with light. Mona Mansour’s play about a woman tain of the explosions, we could not get
Then we learned it added depth and dimen- whose financial collapse can’t dent her faith enough.
sion.” in fables of perseverance, at Labyrinth The- “Because these [fog] machines are sit-
ater Company. ting offstage and up in the air, it tends to fill
THE WORRIES “It behaves differently when
up the backstage area first. I look onstage,
there’s a house full of people than when the THE EFFECT Smoke and flames from a liv- and I say, ‘This looks amazing,’ and then a
theater’s empty. It behaves differently if the ing-room fire, an illusion created spitting week later sometimes you hear that the fly-
humidity changes. We had a day where it distance from the audience in the tiny Bank man is sitting up 30 feet in the air, and he
just very randomly sunk low to the ground. Street Theater. can’t see because there’s so much smoke. So
It’s totally inconsistent theater to theater, THE DESIGNER BRADLEY KING “Between the you make adjustments.”
and in the [same] theater day to day. . . . If fogger and the flickering lights, we make
you’re choking the audience, you’ve done THE WORRIES “When people in the audi-
fire. Fog and its compatriot, low fog, the su- ence are saying ‘Look at all the smoke’ and
something wrong.” per-chilled stuff that hugs the floor — those not watching the show, it’s probably not a
two things eat up more tech time than any- good thing. In this case, it’s funny. In ‘Disas-
thing else. You can go for a week and just
School of Rock keep tweaking. But it’s so satisfying when
ter!,’ the smoke was the joke.”
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adapta- you get it right. And I actually think this is
Alan Gilbert Music Director
FALLA & MASSENET: SPANISH NIGHTS

Wed, Mar 30 | 7:30pm•
Thu, Mar 31 | 7:30pm
Fri, Apr 1 | 11:00am
Sat, Apr 2 | 8:00pm
Tue, Apr 5 | 7:30pm
Bramwell Tovey conductor and host
Joyce Yang piano
Virginie Verrez mezzo-soprano
MASSENET Ballet Music from Le Cid
FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain
FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat
(complete ballet) Bramwell Tovey Joyce Yang
nyphil.org/falla
BEETHOVEN’S PASTORAL SYMPHONY

Thu, Apr 7 | 7:30pm•
Fri, Apr 8 | 2:00pm
Sat, Apr 9 | 8:00pm
Tue, Apr 12 | 7:30pm
Manfred Honeck conductor
Liang Wang oboe
SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
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Manfred Honeck
CHRIS BOTTI AND

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Mon, Apr 11 | 7:30pm
Andy Einhorn conductor
Chris Botti trumpet
Grammy Award–winning, chart-topping trumpet player Chris Botti —
the versatile musician at home in jazz, pop, and classical — joins the
New York Philharmonic for a special one-night-only concert. “This
performance defined why Botti has become the music world’s
best selling instrumentalist.”
(The International Review of Music)
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Chris Botti
MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 9

Thu, Apr 14 | 7:30pm

Fri, Apr 15 & Sat, Apr 16 | 8:00pm

Tue, Apr 19 | 7:30pm
Bernard Haitink conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 9
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“Mr. Haitink remained utterly true to himself … showing

a fortitude that crowned a performance of great
cumulative impact.”
— The New York Times
Bernard Haitink
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The Apr 14-19 concerts are made possible through the generous support of Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation. Bernard Haitink’s appearance is made possible through the Daisy and Paul Soros Endowment Fund.
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Fully Inhabiting
‘American Psycho’
ist mother and a father who ran a video
store, Mr. Walker, 33, usually carries him-
self with a friendliness and ease. Though his
years at Juilliard have erased his drawl, he
still has, as Alex Timbers, who directed him
in “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” in 2010,
noted, “a chill Southern aspect.”
“He’s openhearted,” Mr. Timbers added.
“He’s not cynical or sarcastic.”
In “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” Mr.
Walker’s breakout part, he starred as a
rock-star version of the seventh president,
singing pop and emo numbers while clad in
impossibly tight jeans and heavy eyeliner.
He later appeared as Brick opposite Scar-
lett Johansson’s Maggie in “Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof” while also assembling a growing list
of film credits. He hosts stand-up comedy SARA KRULWICH/THE NEW YORK TIMES
nights when his schedule allows.
In most of his roles, he displays an every- guide, Patrick’s fashion sense has yet to rub
dude charm, though he’s a little handsomer off on him. Yet Mr. Walker said he tries not
and a lot sexier than the average guy. A bet- to judge Patrick, or any character he plays.
ter dancer, too. He has hardly played a part “I think it is counterproductive to look at CHAD BATKA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
in which he hasn’t had to appear shirtless, someone and go, I would never do that, I
even as a veterinarian in this year’s “The would never be like that,” he said. He is ness. A mistake can be made in overempha- Above, Benjamin Walker, ties. His career since “Bloody Bloody An-
Choice,” adapted from that squeaky clean fairly sure that everyone has the capacity sizing the character’s lunacy, he suggested. who has the lead role in drew Jackson” has been somewhat check-
Nicholas Sparks novel. for horrific acts, given the right circum- “It plays better when it’s cold and con- “American Psycho,” ered — his last big-budget film, “In the
On his lunch break, he recalled a recent stances. “There’s a bit of Patrick Bateman fused,” he said. (Mr. Ellis was not surprised opening April 21 at the Heart of the Sea,” sank at the box office —
conversation with his mother, discussing in all of us,” he said. by the book’s transformation into a musical. Gerald Schoenfeld and he remains grateful for and mildly baf-
his wardrobe in “American Psycho.” And in him, too, though he’s not sure ex- Once he started to see Patrick Bateman Theater. Top left, a fled by what success he has tasted, always
“You gonna wear some clothes this actly where. Mr. Walker suggests that cast- dolls on eBay, little else could shock him.) run-through of a scene. crediting teachers, mentors and directors.
time?” he recalls her asking. He mentioned ing directors must recognize some inner Mr. Walker does seem to have captured Bottom left, Mr. Walker He also has trouble believing that he is
that he begins the show wearing only an eye darkness in his psyche, given that they keep some of that coldness. During the run- in “Bloody Bloody sexy, which to anyone who has seen him on-
mask and a pair of tighty whities. “O.K.,” tapping him for homicidal parts. (He also through, his eyes seemed chillier, his lips Andrew Jackson” in 2010. stage will seem very sweet or very de-
she told him. “Do some push-ups.” wielded an ax in the the 2012 flop movie thinner, his charisma seductively remote. lusional. “I guess it hadn’t occurred to me,”
Mr. Walker has. To attain Patrick’s pan- “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”) “Everyone talks about how psychopaths he said. Then he shrugged. “I’ve been called
therlike physique, his menacing grace, he “What does it say about me that people are incredibly charming,” said Mr. Sheik, worse things.”
works out with a personal trainer five morn- keep calling me up to kill people?” the composer. “That’s part of their makeup. For now, playing the role doesn’t feel all
ings a week and on his own the other two. “I Rupert Goold, the musical’s director, has Ben certainly does that really well, but you
Exploring the that glamorous. There are too many work-
feel like he should be attractive but scary, always considered Mr. Walker a natural fit see the underneath that’s seething inside.” seething quality outs, too many protein shakes, too many
prison-ripped,” Mr. Walker said. He said he for Patrick, if only by contrast. “The sweet Of course, Broadway requires a certain beneath a glossy, dinners of sliced turkey. He is also worried
had a few more weeks to achieve the look. guys often play the psychos,” he said before about how the role might stay with him after
“Am I getting there?” he asked a reporter.
kind of swagger. And a musical like “Ameri- lithe exterior.
the run-through. He noted that while Mr. can Psycho,” which received mixed reviews the curtain falls. “My wife, she’s such a
“I need a woman’s perspective.” This re- Walker’s early approach to the role had em- in London and is something of a box-office sanctuary and a refuge that I don’t want to
porter, somewhat flustered, told him that phasized all that was “psychotic, danger- risk, may need even more of it. It took both bring that stuff home,” he said.
yes, he apparently was. As if to celebrate, ous, showy, glossy,” he has since delved fur- the novel and the film adaptation many By the time he arrives back at their apart-
Mr. Walker took a sip of his protein shake, ther into the character. “I think he’s come to years to achieve their status, a luxury ment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he is
another part of his regimen. “It’s disgust- something much more about alienation, Broadway can’t afford. usually too tired to wallow in Patrick’s psy-
ing,” he said. “It’s chalk water.” loneliness, despair,” Mr. Goold said. Fortunately, Mr. Goold said, Mr. Walker chosis. Yet during work hours, he has found
This physical transformation is only a This was a different trajectory than that exudes a “devil may care” attitude that al- unexpected sympathy for his character. “I
small part of the work that Mr. Walker must of Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”), who lows him “to come out wearing almost noth- feel bad for him,” Mr. Walker said, adding
tackle to become Patrick Bateman. He tried originated the role at the Almeida Theater ing and say, ‘I’m the most important, special almost as an afterthought, “Of course, I feel
to read the book as a college student but in London in 2013 when Mr. Walker was un- person in the world.’” also bad for the people that he hurts.”
gave up when he found it too unsettling. “If available. “Matt brings a sort of bruised Certainly, it takes fearlessness to begin a Can he really feel sorry for a man who
the first 40 pages are giving me night- quality to what he does, whereas Ben brings Broadway musical emerging nearly nude would hack up an office rival or eviscerate a
mares,” he said, “I think I’d better stop.” a more masterful demeanor,” Mr. Goold from a tanning bed. Rob Ashford, who di- snooty neighbor? Surely, this is extreme.
He has since finished the novel, coming to said. “With Matt, the journey was to try and rected him in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Does it seem extreme?” he asked with ap-
terms with the darkness of the character, move him toward the superman, and with costumed him only in a towel for the first parent interest. “I’m in it, I can’t tell.”
the violent sexuality and the obsession with Ben the journey was to excavate the child.” act, knows that Mr. Walker has it. “He’ll give
shiny consumer goods. He said he had sensed early on that Mr. anything a go,” he said in a telephone inter-
His wife, the actress Kaya Scodelario, Walker would also take a different approach view. “He is open to everything.”
teases him when he mispronounces the from that of Christian Bale in the 2000 film. Mr. Ashford added admiringly, “How
names of fashion designers “over and over Speaking by telephone from Los Angeles, does he do it?”
again,” he said. If his rehearsal wardrobe — Mr. Ellis said he hoped that Mr. Walker Mr. Walker isn’t sure himself. Compul-
gray hoodie and gray sweatpants — is any would capture some of Patrick’s tentative- sively humble, he often undersells his abili- LINCOLN CENTER’S
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A Raga Renaissance Flowers in Brooklyn

A collective takes an ancient lates as “passion” or “color.”) It is composed
from scales with ascending and descending
Indian form in new directions. patterns that form a melodic framework for
improvisation and is associated with sea-
By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER
sons, moods and events. Ragas open with
The jeweled raiment and serene kohl- an introspective prelude called the alap
rimmed eyes of Saraswati, the Hindu god- (performed without percussion) that
dess of knowledge, music and the arts, were evolves into a rhythmically invigorating
projected on a screen behind the stage one section with percussion that often features
recent evening at Pioneer Works, the ex- virtuoso solo segments.
hibition and performance space in Red Ragas are largely monophonic, incorpo-
Hook, Brooklyn. rating drones created by instruments like
With an ensemble that blended Western the tanpura, a long-necked plucked string
instruments and traditional Indian ones, instrument.
the tabla and sarod, two vocalists — Roopa A spellbinding concert presented in Feb-
Mahadevan, wearing a glittery silver sari, ruary at the 92nd Street Y by the World Mu-
and Haleh Kilmer, in dark jeans and boots — sic Institute illuminated the Carnatic genre
sang selections including a tribute to the at its most sublime. The violinist L. Subra-
goddess rendered by Ms. Mahadevan in the maniam (whose father, V. Lakshmi-
haunting melismatic style of southern In- narayana, expanded the role of the violin in
dia. The evening celebrated Indian female the Carnatic tradition from background to
cultural figures as well as the female mem- solo instrument) joined his son, Ambi Sub-
bers of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a dy- ramaniam, also a violinist, for a mesmeriz-
namic nonprofit collaborative formed in ing performance.
2012 with a mission to expose new audi- SIMON SCHEULLER
Gentle wisps of melody shared by the two
ences to Indian classical music. men slowly unfolded over a drone before
Such weekly events, held in spaces Top, from left, Shiva musicians including the violinist Yehudi Indian musical organizations, with fierce morphing into a flurry of imaginatively or-
around the city, highlight different elements Ghoshal, Arun Menuhin and the flutist Jean-Pierre Ram- loyalty to individual teachers and a strict namented, virtuosic riffs. When they were
of the raga, the backbone of Indian music, Ramamurthy, Jay Gandhi pal. Mr. Shankar’s impact led The New York guru-disciple hierarchy, its structure is free- joined by two percussionists (Mahesh Kr-
and conclude with lively late-night jam ses- and David Ellenbogen of Times in 1966 to declare that the raga was form and democratic. ishnamurthy on the mridangam and Ravi
sions in which any musician who observes Brooklyn Raga Massive “becoming a rage in America,” although it “There is a lot of improvisation in Indian Balasubramanian on the ghatam), the mu-
the house rules is welcome to participate. performing at Pioneer deemed it a “curious fad.” The Massive classical music,” Mr. Neiburger said. “But sic reached ecstatic heights.
The Massive’s free-floating operations are a Works in Brooklyn. refers to its current contemporary move- the basic forms lend themselves to a tradi- Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of Mr.
vital part of a flowering of Indian music in Above, the sitarist ment as a raga renaissance. tion that is kept intact and hasn’t really been Shankar and a sitar player who both per-
New York. Anoushka Shankar. Yet according to Par Neiburger, the artis- modernized in any extreme way.” forms classical Indian music and a fusion in-
On April 6, the collective will offer a birth- Right, the violinist L. tic director of the World Music Institute, the Recent events presented by the Massive corporating other influences, said in an in-
day tribute to Ravi Shankar, the influential Subramaniam. Massive is unusual in that, in contrast to the at Pioneer Works, where the collaborative terview that the traditional music in its pure
sitar player who collaborated with Western top-down traditionalist approach of most is in residence until April 27, have included form is struggling in India, where Bolly-
explorations of the Hindustani music of wood and fusion music promoted by the In-
northern India; Indian film and dance; a dian television series “Coke Studio @
collaboration with African musicians like MTV,” are popular. “It’s hard to compete in a
the Malian singer Awa Sangho; and a trib- short-sound-bite-driven market when a
ute to George Harrison and the Beatles. form of music is by nature about a slowly
Coming events include an exploration of unfolding genre,” said Ms. Shankar, who
Carnatic music, the idiom of southern India, plans an American tour in April timed to the
on Tuesday, March 29, and, on April 13, a release of her new album, “Land of Gold.”
lineup mixing Cuban rhythms with raga In the United States, Mr. Neiburger of the
melodies. World Music Institute said, Indian classical
The Massive has also explored the influ- music tends not to have “the broad appeal
ence of Indian music on prominent Western that some other world music genres might
classical composers like Terry Riley, per- have, such as Brazilian music, fado and fla-
forming his “In C,” a Minimalist work from menco.” So the Massive teams up with oth-
1964, last year at the Rubin Museum; a reers eager to attract new American listeners,
cording on the Northern Spy Records label like the Biryani Boys, a duo consisting of the
is due out later this year. In a concert in Sep- tabla player David Freeman and the sitar
tember at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich player Mustafa Bhagat who also produce
Village, it will celebrate the birthday of John YouTube videos infused with hipster humor
Coltrane, who was fascinated by Indian mu- and featuring prominent Indian musicians.
sic. On Saturday, April 2, at the Metropolitan
As the central element of Indian music, Museum of Art, New Yorkers will have the
the raga originated with the ancient Vedic chance to hear some of India’s most promi-
hymns sung in Hindu temples and is in- nent musicians. Amjad Ali Khan will per-
tended to create a trancelike spiritual mood. form with his sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali
(The word, derived from Sanskrit, trans- CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
IF YOU WANT
TO BE UPLIFTED
YOU WANT
TO BE HERE.
DAVID FINCKEL & WU HAN:
Photo: Tristan Cook
RESONANCE
Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 5:00 PM
STRAUSS Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano,

Op. 6 (1880-83)
MESSIAEN Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus for Cello and
Piano from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
(Quartet for the End of Time) (1940-41)
MOSZKOWSKI Caprice espagnol for Piano, Op. 37 (1885)

GLAZUNOV Chant du ménéstrel for Cello and Piano,
Op. 71 (1900)
CHOPIN Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano,
Op. 65 (1845-46)
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
Concert takes place in Alice Tully Hall.
www.ChamberMusicSociety.org | 212-875-5788
Film
Don Cheadle on bringing

Miles Davis back to life. Becoming the Man Davis’s first wife, Frances Taylor. “It was
very close to how Miles was with his band-
mates. He didn’t like people to rehearse; he
wanted things to be pure and on the spot.
With the Horn

By ROBERT ITO And that’s really how Don worked.”
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Don Cheadle was At times, he even directed as Miles. “It
not looking to play Miles Davis. He had wasn’t like, ‘Don’t anybody call me Don,’”
done biopics before, starring as Sammy Da- Mr. Cheadle recalled wryly. “‘I’m Miles all
vis Jr. in “The Rat Pack” (1998), which day today.’ I just wanted to stay as close to
earned him a Golden Globe, and as the hote- the character as I could.”
lier and accidental humanitarian Paul Rus- That closeness extended to the musical
esabagina in the 2004 film “Hotel Rwanda,” numbers. Mr. Cheadle, who played alto sax-
for which he received an Academy Award ophone in high school, learned to play the
nomination. Mr. Cheadle had played the trumpet with help from the Grammy-win-
street hoops star Earl Manigault, a.k.a. the ning Wynton Marsalis, an old friend.
Goat, in “Rebound” and the radio D.J. Petey Kristen Bell, Mr. Cheadle’s co-star on
Greene in “Talk to Me”. “House of Lies,” the Showtime comedy
Such Hollywood biographies were, he about management consultants, noted that
learned, approximations at best. “I sat next he had been working on this project since
to Paul Rusesabagina during ‘Hotel they first met six years ago. “I’ve watched
Rwanda,’ and I’d look over at him and go, my friend go back to his trailer between al-
was it like that?” Mr. Cheadle said. “And most every shooting scene and practice
he’d be like: ‘No, not really. But it’s close.’” that trumpet,” she said.
This weekend Mr. Cheadle arrives in Ewan McGregor plays a scoop-seeking
“Miles Ahead,” a decidedly nonbiopic-like journalist looking to interview the reclusive
film about the towering jazz trumpeter and musician. Speaking at the Berlin Film Festi-
composer. Far from the typical linear film val, Mr. Cheadle said that “having a white
narrative, in which a great jazz voice is inev- actor in this film turned out to be a financial
itably brought down, often for good, by imperative,” a comment that generated
drink or drugs (think “Bird,” “’Round Mid- headlines, not surprising during the season
night,” “Let’s Get Lost” or “Lady Sings the of #OscarsSoWhite.
Blues”), “Miles Ahead” focuses on a period “No one said specifically, ‘You must go
in the late 1970s when Davis wasn’t per- hire this one actor to make this happen,’ ” he
forming at all. “I loved the incongruity,” Mr. clarified in the interview. “I could have
Cheadle said. “The Miles ‘play what’s not probably hired a major Japanese actor if I
there’ idea of it.” wanted to shoot the movie in Japan. But
Since its premiere at the New York Film there was kind of a list of actors that would
Festival in October, the movie has earned make the money go.”
praise for its unconventional portrait of the So it wasn’t, like, I’ve got to hire Ewan
influential musician. David Rooney of The McGregor?
Hollywood Reporter called it “an adventur- “Yeah, right, like that’s a bad thing,” Mr.
ous, music-saturated depiction of one of the Cheadle said with a laugh.
genre’s undisputed greats,” while A. O. Mr. Cheadle also generated headlines
Scott of The New York Times wrote that with an offhand tweet he sent to Chris Rock
“anyone who wants to get a jump on possi- before the comedian hosted the Oscars in
ble Oscar nominees for 2017” should see the February. “Yo, Chris,” he wrote. “Come
film. check me out at #TheOscars this year. They
Earlier this month, Mr. Cheadle was at got me parking cars on G level.”
the Four Seasons here explaining how he The tweet went viral. “That’s why Twit-
got roped into not only playing Miles Davis ter’s dangerous,” Mr. Cheadle said. “It was
but also directing the film and writing the just me sitting in a room and tweeting it, and
screenplay with Steven Baigelman. the next thing you know, people have seized
Dressed in black jeans and a black T-shirt, on it, and it’s on CNN.”
Mr. Cheadle rode up on his motorcycle and “Chris did a great job at the Oscars,” he
later ordered a bowl of plain oatmeal (“I’m continued. “But I think he could have
pre-prediabetic,” he explained). He spent broadened his diversity scope a bit, instead
much of the time recounting funny stories of just making it black and white, because
about the trumpeter in his best Miles Davis that’s not what it was about to me.”
rasp, geeking out about great jazz albums The next two months are busy for Mr.
he listened to as a kid (Davis’s classic “Kind Cheadle. “House of Lies” returns for a fifth
of Blue,” “Julian Cannonball Adderley and season beginning April 10. The relationship
Strings”), and singing beloved bass lines between his character and Ms. Bell’s is one
from Herbie Hancock’s 1973 album “Head of TV’s most enchantingly dysfunctional.
Hunters.” “It’s a dark Ping-Pong match between the
ELIZABETH WEINBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mr. Cheadle’s involvement in the film two of us,” Ms. Bell said by phone. “But we
started with a single bold pronouncement love it. He is truly one of my favorite people
from someone he didn’t even know. After currently residing on the planet.”
Davis, who died in 1991, was inducted in the An actor improvises In May, he’ll reprise his role as War Ma-
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, Mr. as a film screenwriter chine in “Captain America: Civil War,” a
Cheadle recalled, Vince Wilburn, Davis’s and director. film that he’s loath to talk about, following
nephew, was asked “if they were ever going the Marvel studio’s directives. “I’m
to do a movie about his life. And he said: shadowed wherever I go,” he said. “If I start
‘Yeah. And Don Cheadle’s going to play Mr. Cheadle said. “It’s got to be as creative to talk, I see red dots on my chest.”
him.’ ” and varied and visceral as all of his music As for “Miles Ahead,” he hopes that the
This was all news to Mr. Cheadle, but calls is.” film will let audiences see Davis in all of his
were made and he found himself slowly No such screenplay existed, so Mr. Chea- complexity. “He was very sensitive, and he
drawn into the project. He read a few scripts dle set about helping to write one, with Mr. kind of created this persona to protect him-
and hated all of them. He asked himself: Baigelman. To prepare for the role, he mas- self,” Mr. Cheadle said. Then, recalling what
What sort of movie would Davis himself tered Davis’s customary whisper and a Davis bandmate noted, he added: “This is
want to be in? Here’s someone whose out- watched a lot of film of him at work and play. the guy who you think is the coolest dude in
sized love for expensive cars, guns, women Although Mr. Cheadle had never directed a the world, and he talks about not knowing if
and cocaine was the stuff of American mu- feature before, he had a clear vision of what it was cooler to tap his whole foot, or to tap
sic lore, a man who attained rock-star status he wanted. his foot inside of his shoe. Tony Williams
playing jazz trumpet. “If you make a movie “But once it was time to do the work, he BRIAN DOUGLAS/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS said he used to throw up before every per-
about Miles Davis, it’s got to be gangster, it’s lets you fly on your own, which was so free- Don Cheadle directed and stars in “Miles Ahead” as the trumpeter Miles Davis, formance they had, and not because he was
got to be a heist movie, it’s got to be crazy,” ing,” said Emayatzy Corinealdi, who plays above. The movie, he said, had to be as “varied and visceral” as Davis’s music. high.”
VIDEO J. HOBERMAN
A Death Sentence Isn’t the End Newly Released

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THE CAPTIVE CITY Robert Wise, whose crime films

THE JAPANESE DIRECTOR Nagisa Oshima are more interesting than his musicals, directed this
(1932-2013) was not known for action films, 1952 example of the Kefauver Committee policier.
but he was, as his colleague Shohei Ima- Now on Blu-ray, it stars John Forsyth as a crusad-
mura called him, a “samurai” — a militant ing journalist pitted against the forces of organized
modernist with a taste for razor-sharp so- crime and features a cameo appearance by the
cial critiques.
mob-battling Senator Estes Kefauver himself. (Kino
Mr. Oshima began his career with several
incendiary movies about juvenile crime, Lorber)
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like “Cruel Story of Youth” and “The Sun’s
Burial” (both 1960), and later created an in- CREED The writer-director Ryan Coogler pulled off
ternational furor with his X-rated love story a tricky maneuver, rebooting the “Rocky” franchise
“In the Realm of the Senses” (1976). But he
with a revised racial framework by focusing on the
started a national debate in 1968 with
“Death by Hanging,” which was inspired by son of the champion Rocky dethroned in “Rocky II.”
a 1958 case in which a Japanese schoolgirl “A dandy piece of entertainment, soothingly old-
was raped and murdered by a teenage Kore- fashioned and bracingly up-to-date,” A. O. Scott
an. Through that lens, Mr. Oshima fash- wrote in The New York Times in November. Avail-
ioned a slapstick philosophical treatise that able on Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon Video. (MGM/
attacked Japanese hypocrisy in general — Warner Bros.)
capital punishment in particular. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Death by Hanging,” which has been
reissued on Blu-ray by Criterion, starts by ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ Clint Eastwood busts out in
detailing the procedure for execution; it this 1979 Don Siegel production, playing the only
switches to absurd comedy when the con-
con to ever escape the maximum security prison in
demned man, identified as R, survives his
hanging. (As one of the film’s Brechtian in- San Francisco Bay. Reviewing in The Times, Vin-
tertitles puts it, his “body refuses to be exe- THE CRITERION COLLECTION cent Canby praised “Escape from Alcatraz” (newly
cuted.”) reissued on Blu-ray) as “the kind of movie that
The unsuccessful execution deprives the Yung-do Yun in the 1968 Ultimately devolving into a sodden drink- could be more profitably studied in film courses
prisoner of his memory, thus placing the au- Japanese film “Death by ing party, “Death by Hanging” is by no than all of the works of Bergman and Fellini com-
thorities in an awkward position: Their Hanging.” means perfect. The movie’s first half has a
bined.” (Warner Home Video)
conceptual lucidity that is later clouded
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prisoner has become inconveniently “inno-

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cent.” The law mandates that he understand an, the patriotic trappings are additionally over with ambivalence. Nevertheless, it is
why he is to die, so the need to educate him significant: He is a former colonial subject difficult to imagine a comparable American
and for Japanese extremists, a member of movie — Mr. Oshima’s essay on race and GILDA Now available as a Blu-ray “special edition,”
provides “Death by Hanging” the opportu-
nity to interrogate the state’s motives in another race. But R no longer remembers crime would not only be provocative but Charles Vidor’s 1946 noir features Rita Hayworth in
prosecuting R’s crime. that he is Korean, nor does he even under- also topical. her career role as an irresistible, if barely credible,
The Japanese critic Tadao Sato compared stand what “Korean” means. In the movie’s The 1958 Walter Wanger production “I siren luring the gambler Glenn Ford toward de-
Mr. Oshima’s strategy to 1960s social unrest. most sardonic sequence, the prison authori- Want to Live!” (remastered on DVD by struction in a Nazi-haunted Buenos Aires casino.
ties dramatize R’s childhood in an urban
The movie “resembled the dialectical cross- Kino Lorber) is probably the most celebrat- Extras include a discussion of the film by the fans
examination by students of their professors slum, yelling suggestions (“Act more Kore- ed anti-death penalty movie Hollywood Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann. (Criterion)
on responsibility.” To jog R’s memory, vari- an — more over the top!”) as he is taken to ever produced; as with “Death by Hang-
ous authority figures — a cynical doctor, an the scene of the crime. ing,” it was inspired by an actual crime — a .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
opportunistic prison warden, a hysterical After the education officer gets so carried 1953 armed robbery resulting in the killing
Catholic priest, a crazy education officer away that he commits R’s crime for him, the of a 62-year-old Burbank widow — that be- SONGS FROM THE NORTH Soon-Mi Yoo’s documentary
and several clownish prison guards — prod film takes another leap into abstraction. came a tabloid sensation. But unlike Mr. Os- essay draws on both North Korean archives and her
him to re-enact his crime. The murdered schoolgirl turns into R’s non- hima’s film, “I Want to Live!” is premised, own tourist movies as a means to ponder North
The death chamber becomes a stage on existent sister, a militant leftist who, after not altogether impartially, on the innocence Korean media spectaculars. Daniel M. Gold, writing
which R is meant to perform before an im- she explains that his crime is a product of of its protagonist. in The Times in September, described the film as
passive magistrate, flanked by imperial sol- Japanese imperialism, herself becomes an Rather than didactic farce, the mode is “more art-video installation than typical documen-
diers and the Japanese flag. Since R is Kore- accomplice and candidate for execution. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
tary.” On DVD and Amazon Video. (Kino Lorber)
Film
A Nostalgia Artist Takes the Mound

kind of critiquing young male behavior, but
Richard Linklater’s new film knowing it’s going to end.
uses his college baseball days.
The early scenes of the film, when your lead
By MEKADO MURPHY character is meeting his teammates at the
house where they live, they’re none too nice.
In the 26 years Richard Linklater has Was that your experience?
been making movies, he has frequently re-
turned to familiar territory. His “Before” Yes, you get around athletes, they’re com-
films featured the same characters at differ- petitive. They’re a bunch of jerks. And
ent ages, and “Boyhood” was shot bit by bit you’re one, too. You kind of have to be to
annually over a dozen years. Mr. Linklater keep up. But what is different is, unlike high
is clearly curious about the past and how it school, everybody’s been on teams, but now
shapes his present. they’re your roommates. The people you
His comedy “Dazed and Confused” live with at college, those first roommates
looked back on ’70s high school life similar often are people you’re still friends with the
to the kind he experienced. Now comes “Ev- rest of your life.
erybody Wants Some!!,” a kind of con-
tinuation of that story, following college-age Are you still friends with the guys from your
characters in 1980. Partly based on Mr. college team?
Linklater’s experiences playing baseball at Most of us have kept up with each other to
Sam Houston State University, the film re- some degree. But a few years pass, and you
volves around Jake (Blake Jenner), a don’t hear from someone, then you see them
college freshman and baseball player, the again and it’s like no time has gone by. A lot
weekend before classes begin. of my teammates and roommates visited
He reflected on the film in an interview in the set. When they met the cast, they could
New York before the March 30 opening. tell the real stories that were 10 times worse
These are edited excerpts from that conver- than anything in the movie.
sation.
Did you base the characters on those guys?
Q. You’ve mentioned “Everybody Wants
Some!!” is a spiritual sequel to “Dazed and It’s an amalgam. I wasn’t a pitcher but I
Confused.” What was the difference be- thought I’ll make the lead guy a pitcher be-
tween conceiving this film and coming up cause it’s more to do. Most everything in the
with “Dazed”? movie happened to some degree, but not
necessarily to me.
A. The biggest difference is that I had a lot
more years to think about this one. I re- Do you feel like the competitiveness you had
member I was doing the film before in baseball carried over into filmmaking?
“Dazed” [“Slacker,” from 1991] and I
thought, the next film I want to make is a Not at all. I got that out of my system in
high school rock ’n’ roll ensemble. I had two sports. The arts were like, there’s no oppo-
or three years to contemplate it. This one, nent. It’s just yourself. I’m not saying they
I’ve had well over a decade that I’ve tried to don’t make the arts a competition with
get it made and have been thinking about it. awards, but I could never take competition
So in a way, this is more pure. in the arts seriously, because it’s not quanti-
But it’s as different as high school is to fiable. Sports are. Whoever ran the fastest
college. High school was kind of fraught. time wins the race. You don’t ask a bunch of
You feel like you’re in a prison. You’re stuck judges who was the best runner. It’s not
in your parents’ house. Where college was, open to campaigning.
like, absolute freedom. So I was looking at
what to do when your life is your own. That’s interesting to hear, because in the
world of Oscars coverage you were in such
How did baseball affect your college life? competition last year with “Boyhood.”
It demanded so much time. You don’t re- It was so bizarre to be in the middle of
ally grow up until you quit playing sports. I CHAD BATKA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES that, but to be so apart from it. But I can’t
remember when I wasn’t playing ball any- complain.
fore the season started that year, I had a Richard Linklater, above.
more, I felt so far behind. A jaunt into the first
heart rhythm problem where I couldn’t run Below, a scene from his new What did you enjoy about working on this?
How long did you play in college?
anymore. It corrected itself over the years, taste of freedom, after movie, a kind of
This was the most fun production.
but the career was over like that. But it was high school. continuation of the story of
Only until my sophomore year. Right be- good timing. I was taking a theater class “Dazed and Confused,” “Dazed” was tough. The studio didn’t really
about college-age trust me. This, we still didn’t have the budg-
characters in 1980, titled et or schedule, but the cast was so great.
“Everybody Wants Some!!” Maybe I’m more confident and relaxed. We
caught a groove early in rehearsals. The
whole cast lived together for two weeks.
and writing plays. I just wanted reading And I’d show a relevant movie at night.
time. I remember standing in the outfield
thinking, “I want to read ‘The Brothers What was the Linklater film festival for
Karamazov.’” If there was any providence, “Everybody Wants Some!!”?
this allowed that.
I was trying to acclimate them to their
moment in time. I remember showing them
What is the perspective on college athletes
a documentary about Dock Ellis, the Pitts-
you’re looking to get across?
burgh Pirates pitcher. He’s the guy who
Pro athletes, the bubble they’re in is one threw a no-hitter on acid. But it’s a great de-
of entitlement. And that starts young. By piction of baseball in the ’70s. So I told them,
the time they’re in college, they’ve had it a as you looked at baseball, this is what it
lot of their life. You see it in these charac- looked and felt like. I showed some com-
ters, a kind of swagger, confidence. But it’s edies from that period too, like “Breaking
based on what? The ability to hit a ball? If Away.” And I’d say the DNA of “Animal
you’re not a pro athlete, that all goes away House” is sort of baked in. It can’t help but
and means nothing soon enough. So I’m be.
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A Death Sentence
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 on the stand), she is railroaded toward the
high-powered melodrama — the samurai gas chamber.
warrior here is Susan Hayward, who be- The movie spends the better part of an
came one of Hollywood’s top female stars hour on death row (where, her taste for jazz
by embodying sassy determination in the undiminished, Barbara listens to Mr. Mulli-

face of extreme hardship. Announcing itself gan in her cell). Nothing if not effective in its
as a “factual story,” “I Want to Live!” — di- existential angst, “I Want to Live!” was en-
rected by Robert Wise — plunges into a dorsed in France by Albert Camus. Barbara
wildly expressionistic vision of a San Fran- is battered by a series of last-minute stays
cisco jazz club. Gerry Mulligan wails on sax, of execution but is valiantly glamorous to
hipsters smoke reefer in the alley, and party the end, going to the gas chamber in a cock-
girls dance solo mambos to a mad bongo tail dress and high heels. (“Are my seams
beat. The scene shifts to a sleazy hotel straight?” she asks a sympathetic prison
room, where Barbara Graham (Ms. Hay- guard.)
ward) pops suddenly into the frame, rising “I Want to Live!” ends where “Death by
from the bed where she spent the night in Hanging” begins, with an analysis of the ex-
the company of a man who is definitely not ecution process. It also won Ms. Hayward
her husband. an Academy Award, after four previous
After a half-hour of raucous freedom and nominations. After the actress accepted her
petty crime, Barbara is busted and seem- prize, she was, according to Mason Wiley
ingly framed for a murder committed by her and Damien Bona’s book “Inside Oscar,”
lowlife pals. Packed off to prison, betrayed called back out onstage to make a curtain
by a fellow inmate, tortured by the press call — a tribute, perhaps, to her character’s
and put on trial (with a showstopping turn will to live.
Film
The Director’s Director: Chantal Akerman

A filmmaker’s work continues film awards in February, said by email that
she had recently discovered “Jeanne Diel-
to influence an industry. man,” and described it as a revelation. “At
first look, you think: Nothing is happening,
By RACHEL DONADIO
the shots are very long,” she said. “But once
Has any director used the kitchen to such you’ve watched it, the film stays with you. It
devastating effect as Chantal Akerman? lives with you deep inside.”
In her first film, “Saute ma Ville” (“Blow It’s hard to imagine Lena Dunham and
Up My Town”), made in 1968 when she was “Girls” and their offshoots without the trail
just 18, Ms. Akerman sings cheerily as she blazed by Ms. Akerman, who often turned
trashes a tiny kitchen, then rests her head the camera on herself, sometimes naked, in
on a lit burner. The screen goes black, and unexpected and unflattering poses. Just as
there is the sound of an explosion. This Bel- it’s hard to imagine the lesbian sex scenes in
gian filmmaker’s last film, “No Home Mov- Abdellatif Kechiche’s “Blue Is the Warmest
ie,” released after her death at 65 in October, Color” (2013) without the lesbian sex scene
is a documentary about losing her mother, in Ms. Akerman’s “Je Tu Il Elle” (1975),
set largely in her mother’s Brussels apart- which shows the director in bed with a girl-
ment. friend.
In one scene, the two sit at the kitchen ta- “I can think of no other film that is, in its
ble, eating potatoes that Ms. Akerman has sex scenes, as profound and playful a medi-
prepared, telling her mother that even she, tation about how we see sex in the movies,
the peripatetic artist, has mastered a few by being entirely what erotic experience in
domestic skills. It’s not hard to see the mo- ICARUS FILMS CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
ment as a reference to a memorable potato-
peeling scene in “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai
du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles,” Ms. Aker-
man’s masterpiece from 1975 that depicts, in
exacting detail and repetition, the daily rou-
tine of a Brussels housewife (Delphine
Seyrig), up to an unexpected, violent cli-
max.
The way that kitchens — as much as bed-
rooms — can confine women but also pro-
vide intimate spaces for connection and
conversation and serve as a backdrop to the
drama and trauma of daily life is a recurring
motif in her work. Her features and docu-
mentaries will be the subject of a ret- A storyteller looked
rospective at the Brooklyn Academy of Mu- at confinement,
sic, as well as tributes at Film Forum and
Anthology Film Archives starting this
‘how we close
month and running through April, offering ourselves in.’
New York audiences a fresh look at a highly
influential avant-garde figure.
“Her cinema dealt a lot with confinement
— how we close ourselves in and how we
find ways to escape this prison that our spir-
it can build, that our body can build,” said
Marianne Lambert, whose documentary on
Ms. Akerman, “I Don’t Belong Anywhere,”
THE CRITERION COLLECTION
opens Wednesday, March 30. “That was Top, Chantal Akerman in

connected to the history of her mother and the documentary “I
of the Shoah.” Don’t Belong Anywhere.”
Ms. Akerman’s mother, Natalia Akerman, Above, Delphine Seyrig
who died at 86 in 2014, was a Polish Holo- in Ms. Akerman’s film
caust survivor whose parents died at “Jeanne Dielman, 23
Auschwitz, and the specter of the Holocaust Quai du Commerce, 1080
haunted the director’s vision. “I realized Bruxelles.”
that my mother was at the center of my
work,” Ms. Akerman says in an interview in
“I Don’t Belong Anywhere.” “Because now
that my mother is no longer there, there’s
nobody left.”
The documentary’s title is both ex-
istential and literal. Though Jewish and gay,
Ms. Akerman shunned labels and turned
down invitations to participate in Jewish,
gay or women’s film festivals. “No,” she
says decisively in the film. “I want to take
part in regular film festivals.”
With an approach more instinctive than
intellectual, Ms. Akerman had an outsized
influence on other directors. Sofia Coppola
has said she watched “Jeanne Dielman” in
making her 2010 film “Somewhere,” and
wanted to experiment with filming in real
time. “Somewhere,” set in the Chateau Mar-
mont in Los Angeles, and her 2003 film,
“Lost in Translation,” set in a Japanese ho-
tel, also have echoes of Ms. Akerman’s 1978
feature, “The Meetings of Anna,” about a
film director (Aurore Clément) traveling to
promote a film — a study in stylized anomie,
set largely in hotel rooms.
In “I Don’t Belong Anywhere,” the direc-
tor Gus Van Sant explains how he modeled
the cinematography of “Last Days” (2005)
on that of “Jeanne Dielman.” Film critics
have also cited the influence of the film on
“The Seventh Continent,” Michael Haneke’s
first feature, which is built on the repetition
of daily tasks. Others have spotted Ms. Ak-
erman’s influence in the work of Richard
Linklater, whose “Boyhood,” filmed over 12
years, pushed the use of real time in new di-
rections.
The director Kelly Reichardt said in an
email that before making a movie, she al-
ways rewatched “Jeanne Dielman” and
“News From Home” (1977), in which Ms.
Akerman reads out loud letters from her
mother in Brussels — loving, banal, domes-
tic — over images filmed in gritty New York.
“They help clear the mind of all the nagging

small moving parts and let you look at some
clean lines,” Ms. Reichardt said.
In “Jeanne Dielman,” Ms. Reichardt said
she was drawn to Ms. Akerman’s pacing,
“the way she lets things move through a
frame and how her sound design might in-
corporate the rhythm of traffic or room
tones.” Ms. Reichardt added that she had

studied “Too Far, Too Close,” a book of stills
from Akerman films, while making “Certain
Women,” scheduled for release this year. “I
would spend time alone in a room with just
my viewfinder and my Akerman book and
try to imagine how she might approach the
space,” Ms. Reichardt said.
The French actress and director
Maïwenn, who had lamented the lack of a
tribute to Ms. Akerman at France’s César
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Jennie Livingston, the director of the 1991
documentary “Paris Is Burning,” about gay
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The sex scene in “Je Tu Il Elle” is “a bit
boring, yet fascinating as such,” Ms. Living-
ston said. “Incredibly beautiful, but beauti-
-io9 ful like a puzzle or a painting or a river or a
pair of acrobats, rather than beautiful like
MARION the wildly predictable series of clichés that
COTILLARD make up the majority of onscreen sex.”
IN In her 1993 documentary “D’Est,” (“From
the East”), Ms. Akerman filmed the faces of
people waiting for buses and trains in
Eastern Europe with a slow, steady obser-
vational camera that transforms the every-
day into the metaphysical. (In “I Don’t Be-
long Anywhere,” Ms. Akerman said those
scenes evoke “people waiting for death.”)
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From Walking Dead to Plain Deadly

After waltzing with zombies, ity,” he said.
“Within these walls is a real human be-
Jon Bernthal is the Punisher. ing,” he added. “The other characters,
you’ve got to let them crack holes in the wall
By DAVE ITZKOFF
and let the humanity sink out.”
It takes almost the entire first episode of the On a recent visit to the East Village, Mr.
second season of “Daredevil,” the Netflix Bernthal was sitting on a bench outside St.
series about the Marvel crime fighter, be- Mark’s Church, which was once home to the
fore a new nemesis named Frank Castle ut- avant-garde Ontological-Hysteric Theater,
ters a single line of dialogue. and where he performed formative work
By this time, viewers have already seen with his experimental stage company, Fo-
Castle, a gun-toting vigilante, massacre a vea Floods.
roomful of mobsters and blast his way “I had these radical ideas,” Mr. Bernthal
through a hospital before opening fire on said, fondly recalling leaner times in the late
Daredevil himself with a one-syllable warn- 1990s and early 2000s. “Anybody who would
ing: “Bang.” get in front of a camera to do TV or movies
He is a man of few words and mostly vio- had sold their soul to the devil.”
lent actions, but Castle is immediately rec- Having grown up in Washington, Mr.
ognizable to comic-book fans as the Pun- Bernthal went to Skidmore College in Sara-
isher, a merciless antihero. toga Springs, N.Y., and played baseball, but
No less familiar is Jon Bernthal, the rug- came to the attention of a theater professor,
ged performer who plays Castle, and who Alma Becker, after delivering a deceptive
has quickly built a career of tightly wound monologue in her class.
tough guys, most memorably on the AMC “I opened up about how my mom had giv-
thriller “The Walking Dead.” en me this catcher’s glove on her deathbed,”
Beneath his intimidating physique, box- he recalled. “My mom’s alive and well in
er’s nose and seemingly impassive demean- D.C. I was totally hustling — I just thought
or, Mr. Bernthal, 39, is a thoughtful, garru- that’s what acting was.”
lous performer with an unexpected career Ms. Becker, who died in 2013, steered Mr.
path that took him from athletics to theater, Bernthal to study acting at the Moscow Art
and from Washington to Moscow to Holly- Theater. “She wanted me to get away from
wood. the people I was hanging out with,” he ex-
Though the people he plays are not often plained, “and someplace where there’s
easy to like, Mr. Bernthal said he has statues on every corner, of playwrights and
learned to embrace these roles and to find painters and actors.” He went on to earn an
an actor’s compassion for some inhumane M.F.A. through the American Repertory
figures. Theater in Cambridge, Mass.
“They’re characters that build these With his classical training, Mr. Bernthal
walls around themselves, that say I’m no said he has felt uneasy about chasing a
longer going to concern myself with moral- CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
SHAWN BRACKBILL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Charlie Cox, left, as the title character and Jon Bernthal as the Punisher, in Season 2 of “Daredevil,” on Netflix. Mr.
PATRICK HARBRON/NETFLIX Bernthal, above, said he plays characters “that say I’m no longer going to concern myself with morality.”
GREG LEWIS/HULU NATHANIEL WOOD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
When Losing Faith Means Losing Love

‘The Path,’ a new Hulu drama, two episodes will be released Wednesday, seekers of Woodstock, N.Y., she sought to ple would join.
March 30) is a thriller about faith. place that exploration in a more enticing en- “The Path” would become Hulu’s first
unbraids the ties that bind. What kind of spiritual void draws people vironment. regular, hourlong dramatic series — “11/22/
to such movements? What happens when a The Meyerist Movement has its un- 63,” based on Stephen King’s time-traveling
By LORNE MANLY staunch believer (Mr. Paul of “Breaking savory — if not downright creepy — secrets thriller involving the assassination of Presi-
UPPER NYACK, N.Y. — On an idyllic hilltop Bad”) begins questioning everything he’s and practices. But “The Path” strives to dent Kennedy, is just eight episodes — join-
that slopes down to the Hudson River, about bought into? And when those cracks ap- Above left, foreground, show the group’s purer motives and chari- ing its stable of comedies like “Casual,” “Dif-
40 minutes northwest of New York City, a pear, what are he and the people around him Michelle Monaghan and table impulses. ficult People” and “The Mindy Project.” And
rustic retreat owned by the Sisters of Our willing to do to uphold their convictions? Aaron Paul in “The “We didn’t want to let the audience have Hulu plans to release two, possibly three,
Lady of Christian Doctrine has been trans- “Everything is started with this desire for Path”; above right, moments where they could just easily dis- more dramas this year.
formed into the Meyerist Movement com- beauty and for a better life and a better Jessica Goldberg, the miss this entire movement as a cult,” said “We need to establish ourselves as a pre-
pound. world,” Ms. Goldberg said. “But then it series creator, and Jason Jason Katims (the showrunner of “Friday mium network,” said Ms. Springborn, one
A religious movement — some call it a doesn’t work out that way.” Katims, an executive Night Lights” and creator of “Parent- for which people will spend at least $7.99 a
cult — Meyerism offers adherents the The creative spark for “The Path” came producer. hood”), who quickly agreed to shepherd the month and to which brand-name talent will
promise of leaving behind all their pain and during one of the darkest times in Ms. Gold- project through his production company bring ideas. Netflix and Amazon, with
suffering by climbing the rungs of a meta- berg’s life. Earlier this decade, her father when Ms. Goldberg showed him the script. shows like “House of Cards” and “Transpar-
phorical ladder toward the Light and post- died shortly after learning he had cancer, For Hulu’s first (Despite similarities to Scientology — for ent,” have quite a head start on Hulu and are
apocalyptic immortality. In the spare cabins and her 10-year marriage (to the actor example, the believers on “The Path” use a rolling out more original programming at a
Hamish Linklater) crumbled into divorce.
original dramatic Meyer Machine to stimulate neurological rapid clip. (The competition in this era of
that dot the property, one can even find
pamphlets promising guidance in overcom- While Ms. Goldberg considers herself a series, the strains in growth and physical healing, while an E- peak TV has become so intense that on the
ing domestic abuse, marital infidelities and “doubter” when it comes to matters of reli- a religious sect. Meter is used in Scientologists’ spiritual one floor Hulu and HBO share in their of-
other ills of modern existence. gion, she found herself undergoing a crisis training — Ms. Goldberg said that the group fices in Santa Monica, Calif., a Do Not Talk
It’s all part of the fictional world of “The of faith. “And that sort of emotional storm wasn’t her inspiration.) About Projects sign is posted in the bath-
Path,” Hulu’s first full-fledged hourlong was really the idea for the show,” she said. Ms. Goldberg and Mr. Katims found an room.)
drama series. The show represents the She knew she wanted to write about the eager suitor in Hulu. Beatrice Springborn, Hulu executives had a few suggestions,
streaming service’s latest effort at ramping fallout after one half of a couple stops be- head of originals at Hulu, has seen her share including ditching the helicopters that Ms.
up its original programming in the battle lieving in the marriage. The inspiration for of pitches about cults during her career as Goldberg had provided the Meyerist move-
with Netflix, Amazon and of course, every the Meyerist Movement was slightly more an indie film and television executive. ment. They would have made for a visually
broadcast and cable network. mysterious. “It was always looked at from the out- arresting opening scene, as members res-
The creation of Jessica Goldberg, a play- When she tackled writing the script a few sider perspective or the freak-show per- cue the survivors of a tornado in New
wright (“Better,” “Refuge”) turned TV writ- years later during a break from “Parent- spective or the infiltrator perspective,” she Hampshire that had blown their lives apart.
er (“Parenthood”), the show stars Michelle hood,” “there was a lot of stuff in the zeit- said. “Or how a cult is tearing apart fam- But a less wealthy operation would offer
Monaghan, Aaron Paul and Hugh Dancy as geist about ISIS, of extreme faith” in the ilies.” more storytelling possibilities.
three movement members locked in a love news at the time, she said. Informed by her Ms. Goldberg’s offering was the first time An integral question “The Path” explores
triangle. But at heart, the show (the first growing up in among the countercultural she’d read a script and understood why peo- CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
Pop
JON CARAMANICA
Breaking Loose of the Big Tent
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Zayn Malik’s album hints at Zayn Malik has a new

the limits of conformist pop. solo album, “Mind of
Mine.” Above, Mr. Malik,
center, in his days as a
SOME OF THE MOST impassioned vocals on member of the boy band
“Mind of Mine,” the solo debut of the One One Direction.
Direction dissident Zayn Malik, come on a
modest mid-album interlude called
“Flower.” The producer Malay plays a gen-
tle folk-influenced guitar figure, and Mr.
Malik exhales deeply atop it and then be-
gins singing with deeply centered but con- stage — in Mr. Malik’s case, sometimes the
trolled fervor, “Until the flower of this love sentiment verged closer to frustration, or
has blossomed/Until this heart is at peace.” tension. (His hostility to boy-band cheer
Then, three times, he pleads, “Give me your dated back to the “X Factor” auditions that
heart.” brought One Direction together, when he
“Flower” is the most plainly besotted walked out of a dance choreography ses-
song on this album. It is also sung in Urdu, sion.)
the native language of Mr. Malik’s father. Along with Harry Styles, Mr. Malik was
(The lyrics above are a rough translation.) the most signature voice in the group, but it
That Mr. Malik has inserted a 104-second was deployed only in short bursts. Any dif-
Urdu love song into the middle of his album ference he wanted to display musically was
of sweaty, smooth R&B is a wink and also a sandpapered down. Nevertheless, thanks
feint — a quick, restrained nod to those in to One Direction’s huge success, Mr. Malik
the know, who have been following him for became one of the most visible pop stars of
years, that he hasn’t forgotten his past as a Asian descent working outside Asia.
Muslim R&B-inclined singer trying to oper- Sometimes he embraced it — he speaks
ate with dignity in the unforgiving, often Urdu, and a short clip of Mr. Malik saying “I
choppy waters of pop’s mainstream. love you” in Urdu early in his One Direction
From 2010 to 2015, he was part of the borg years has almost half a million views on
that was One Direction, perhaps the first YouTube. And in 2014 he tweeted
postmodern boy band, but not one so dis- “#FreePalestine,” a young celebrity testing
ruptive that it allowed Mr. Malik to breathe. the political waters. But that tweet was met
He was the band’s only nonwhite member with death threats, and he has been more or
— his father is of Pakistani descent — and less silent since then. Even when he won the
also the one with the most evident interest award for outstanding achievement in mu-
in breaking loose from the group’s relent- sic at the Asian Awards last year, he didn’t
less big-tent pop. use his speech for anything more revealing
“Mind of Mine” (RCA), out on Friday, than to thank his parents “for making me
March 25, shows a singer eager to reclaim Asian, and for allowing me to have some
the parts of himself that five years in the sort of effect on the Asian community.”
pop klieg lights forced into the shadows. In interviews, when asked about his her-
For a group that was so specifically ano- itage, or about being Muslim, he swats the
dyne about its musical output, One Direc- questions away, in some combination of su-
tion was always far more of a social perstar cool and extreme pragmatism: He
proposition than a musical one. The group’s has a pulpit, but he doesn’t seen eager to use
selling point was its rambunctiousness, and it.
how its members were ill equipped for tradi- “Mind of Mine” is, in part, a contempo-
tional choreographed boy-band maneu- rary R&B album, a clear child of the hazi-
NABIL vers. Often the members looked lost on- CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
PLAYLIST BOB MOULD
His Advice: Keep It Simple and Avoid Streaming Music Services

[Laughs.] I think people should do
Mr. Mould credits a 2011 tribute You’ve talked about trying to write
whatever they want to do. It’s
show to his past work led by Dave choruses that tingle listeners’
strictly not for me, I guess. If peo-
Grohl of the Foo Fighters with re- brains and increase their heart
ple are waxing nostalgic for a cer-
focusing his songwriting after a rates. Who’s your favorite hook
tain act, and it makes people feel
period of experimenting with elec- writer these days?
good, just go with it. For me,
tronica and with D.J.-ing. (He also I’d probably look at the last Ryan Hüsker Dü was a really important
released a memoir that year.) “In Adams album. Ryan and I have band and a really important part
a funny way, it gave me the O.K. to gotten to be pretty good friends of my life. That’s who I was in my
sort of steal from myself a little bit over the last few years, and it’s 20s. I can’t recreate that situation
and not feel that need to reinvent been great to see his develop- again. I bring forward the things
again or to go down a different ment. I thought in the most recent I’ve learned and the songs that
path for the sake of going down it,” record [“Ryan Adams”], he re- still have value in my life. But to
he said. “Everything led back to fined that ability — simple, plain- try to recreate all of the things that
the core guitar-bass-drums, sim- tive titles and choruses, just an went into that period, I think it’s
pler pop songs, more direct.” uncluttered approach to sending best left where it is.
Mr. Mould, who remains steady that really direct message to peo-
ple. The ability to distill — that’s Do you feel like you’re making new
the beauty with all of us who have fans or just playing to your base?
made a lot of records, just being KRISTA SCHLUETER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
fairly direct with words and melo- Mostly playing to the base. I think
St. Vincent, a guitarist whom Mr. Mould sees as “making a real deep impression.” when new people come, it’s al-
dies. I’m a really good rhythm gui-
ALICIA J. ROSE tar player, a fair vocalist and a ways great — that’s what keeps it
times music is being made to fit way to consume music. growing. But realistically, there’s
Tight, sharp musings: Bob Mould has a pretty simple songwriter. Now the model as opposed to destroy
that I’ve come to accept that, it’s a lot of new music out there, and
new album, “Patch the Sky.” the model. But the War on Drugs, You’ve been adamant about I’m not expecting every 20-year-
much easier to work with. Kurt Vile, Thee Oh Sees, that Hüsker Dü not reuniting. Do you old who’s got a passing interest in
whole pocket of bands made a real think bands today are too lax music to take the time to find out
By JOE COSCARELLI Do you have any investment in impression. Now you’ve got about these things? This year at about the work. I’m not chasing a
punk and independent D.I.Y. music Courtney Barnett, Torres, St. Vin- Coachella, there’s Guns N’ Roses
By now, Bob Mould knows what younger market by trying to dress
today? Does it feel vibrant to you cent, Alabama Shakes — a lot of and LCD Soundsystem, which
he’s good at. or speak young. I’ll try to keep my
now, politically? females who are making a real broke up only a few years ago.
For going on 40 years, he has dignity.
I think some artists are working in deep impression with guitars
fronted rock bands — first, in the
that mode. Less than I would have again, which is great. I think
’80s, as a punk with simmering
expected given the current po- there’s a lot of hope for guitar mu-
pop ambitions in Hüsker Dü, and

litical climate. I’d imagine we’d sic.
later with Sugar and as a solo art-
have a lot more music in the
ist — often shrouding his endur-
streets that would be a lot louder Are there recent pop acts that
ingly bleak worldview with disori-
than what we’re hearing now. But have caught your ear?
enting speed, screams and guitar
I think the Internet has changed No, not beyond the obvious, like
fuzz.
that. It’s given everybody a way to Adele, with an incredible vocal
On the new “Patch the Sky,” his
express themselves, but some- range, or Kelly Clarkson, who has
third back-to-basics album for
times I fear that people don’t ac-
Merge Records since 2012, Mr. held her integrity given that she
DAN HALLMAN/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS tually get together physically. was the first “American Idol.”
Mould, 55, has boiled down an old
formula to its purest form: tight, On his friend Ryan Adams: “The ability Other than the supermarket and
sharp musings on aging, fizzled to distill — that’s the beauty.” Why do you think it’s been a while maybe the gym if I go at the wrong
relationships and death that are since a guitar-based rock band has time of day — that’s my only expo-
melodic enough to sound like in his countercultural inclinations, broken into the mainstream cul- sure to mainstream music. When I
songs of victory. “I wanna run spoke recently about the state of tural zeitgeist? want music to be channeled to me,
away/Can I disintegrate?” he punk and learning to keep things Sometimes when I look at it, I it’s usually noncommercial local
sings on “Hands Are Tied,” straightforward on the phone think of music that fits well with radio stations. I don’t believe in
achieving catharsis in under two from San Francisco, where he has commercials and TV shows. That streaming music services at all. I
minutes. “Where’s my freedom?/ lived since 2009. Here are edited became a lucrative stream for discourage people from using RAPHAEL DIAS/GETTY IMAGES
There’s no freedom.” excerpts from the conversation. people in the last 15 years. Some- them. I just don’t think it’s a good Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, a band “offering hope for guitar music.“
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Art
Fighting Bad Taste From Within

Studio Job embraces kitsch
and chaos through design.
By BLAKE GOPNIK
After a few minutes with the Flemish de-
signer Job Smeets, you start to feel sorry for
the water jug at his elbow. Sleek and
minimal, it seems a perfectly normal
pitcher from, say, Umbra or Ikea, but Mr.
Smeets prods it like something rotten. He
holds it up, literally and figuratively, as a
symbol of what’s wrong with design.
That pared-down pitcher, he insists, suc-
cumbs to every cliché of modern good taste,
whereas he and his work partner, Nynke Ty-
nagel, embrace kitsch and chaos, sex and
death, history and politics. Studio Job, as
their Antwerp firm is called, has made a ba-
nana-shaped lamp, a table that looks like a
polluting factory, and wallpaper covered in
skeletons and rotting flowers.
“We all live surrounded by kitsch,” Mr.
Smeets said, “and with things that we as-
sume are good taste but are bad taste — and
the other way around.” Studio Job is all
about reveling in these contradictions. “The STUDIO JOB, VIA CHAMBER;
world we are living in,” he insisted, “is abso- PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT KOT
lutely not clear.”

Even the firm’s name is in flux: We’re in-
vited to pronounce it “job,” as in “employ- blown critiques, as in the immensely showy,
ment,” or “Job” like the biblical figure, or wildly expensive pieces in their “Robber
“yobe” — rhymes with “robe” — which is Baron” series, which includes a table
how you say Mr. Smeets’s first name. shaped like a manufacturing plant spewing
The 16-year-old enterprise has a big fol- smoke. Some critics have billed the series
lowing in Europe, but is only now getting an as dealing with 19th-century issues, in keep-
American retrospective with “Studio Job ing with its title, but Mr. Moss said that it
MAD HOUSE” at New York’s Museum of addressed the unequal world of today, in a
Arts and Design (a.k.a., “MAD”) through “comical, over-the-top comment on the kind
Aug. 21. It is bound to win the pair new at- of furniture an oligarch would like.” (A 2008
tention — and brickbats. edition originally listed for $180,000 sold
One of the first pieces you encounter is a out.) Mr. Smeets imagines that the table
towering model of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the might even be bought by such a magnate,
tallest building in the world and one of the oblivious to its critical edge but entranced
showiest. As though to amp up the sky- by its price tag and the sheer splash it
scraper’s extravagance, Studio Job has put makes in a living room, “and then he might
a clock in its base and made light shine from put that ‘Robber Baron’ piece next to a very
its tower, while a King Kong ape climbs its kitschy patinated bronze panther. I love
flank. that.”
Not far from that piece sits the Job ba- The studio’s 20,000-square-foot work-
nana lamp, its yellow “skin” rendered in pol- shop is home to more than 20 artisans who
ished bronze, peeled away to reveal a white labor on each piece for months, and dubious
center that glows. The phallic reference is comparisons have been made between
obvious, and deliberate, but Mr. Smeets also Job’s work and the miraculous objects once
cites a source in the banana imagery be- produced for the royal courts of Europe. But
loved of Andy Warhol. He’s an important the designers themselves insist that skill is
role model who toyed with bad taste and ex- a red herring in understanding their
cess in a 1960s art world still devoted to so- projects: “All the objects in the history of art
ber modern forms.
The founders of Studio Job feel that to-
day’s design world is at a similar point, still
valuing futuristic modern styles — think
Zaha Hadid or Karim Rashid — over anti-
modern options that may be harder to take.
For Mr. Smeets, the elegant minimalism
now practiced by most of his peers has be-
come “the worst kitsch you can get.” He’s STUDIO JOB, VIA CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY; PHOTOGRAPH BY LOEK BLONK
STUDIO JOB, VIA SAMUEL VANHOEGAERDEN GALLERY
that are too related to technique are never

interesting any more,” Mr. Smeets said. If
all you want is painstaking craft, check out
the life-size glass mermaids or bronze pan-
thers that decorate many a Palm Beach
condo. Or, the designers said, look at the la-
boriously made prototypes that eventually
get turned out as shiny cars or modernist
water jugs, as utterly flawless as any
Fabergé egg. The big difference between
BRYAN DERBALLA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES those prototypes and the pieces from Studio
Job is that modernist designers do their
hoven. He was just graduating as a star pu- uum cleaner, on display at the museum, best to hide the craft that gives birth to their
pil, Mr. Smeets said, and she was a fresh- looks much more normal except for the pieces, whereas Studio Job objects always
man and “the most beautiful girl at the bronze horse’s head on top. Its eyes glow take care to look beautifully sculpted.
academy.” (They only recently dropped the electric-red, and the vacuum’s exhaust has “It’s a statement that it’s handmade — it’s
romantic side of their partnership.) been channeled through its nostrils, so they a statement against industrial design,” said
Ms. Tynagel had parents who were well- snort. Juan Garcia Mosqueda, a young design
known modernist designers, and she never Even a factory-shaped coffee table is so dealer who invited the couple to curate the
doubted that she’d follow in their footsteps. heavy that it puts a strain on floorboards inaugural show at his new Chamber gallery
Mr. Smeets’s father tried his hand at differ- and is so expensive that it begs to be sur- on West 23rd Street in New York. At just the
ent careers; Mr. Smeets sees that turbu- rounded by a velvet rope. moment when a computer-mad design
lence as the root of his own eagerness to try Murray Moss said that he began to sup- world has been “heading to the immaterial,”
his hand at new things. port Studio Job when he fell in love with the Mr. Mosqueda said, “they’ve spent the last
STUDIO JOB/GRONINGER MUSEUM; PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT KOT An early visit to the great Milan Furni- idea of a design object that speaks about its 15 years perfecting a material practice.”
ture Fair provided the partners’ eureka mo- function rather than trying to fulfill it. Don’t Ms. Tynagel and Mr. Smeets are now at
determined to fight back against it. Job Smeets, above left, ment. Seeing the hundreds of one-off expect to sit in a Job chair with any ease; work on a piece that may sum up their ca-
He is not the first designer to feel this and Nynke Tynagel of prototypes being presented by designers, think of it as a seat-shaped sculpture that reer. It’s a standard urinal cast in bronze
way: Studio Job has an obvious precedent Studio Job tackle many and realizing that only a handful would ever sparks thought about what a chair means, and then erected atop a sculpture’s pedes-
in the work of 1980s postmodernists such as aspects of life in their be taken up by a manufacturer, they de- and about all the chairs that have come be- tal, in obvious homage to Marcel
Ettore Sottsass and his colleagues in the designs. Examples of cided, Ms. Tynagel said, “that it’s better to fore it. “They are trying to get to the root of Duchamp’s landmark “Fountain,” now in its
Memphis Group. But for Murray Moss, the their work, clockwise make really nice, cool, unique pieces, and certain archetypes,” said Mr. Labaco, the 100th year. There’s just one difference be-
influential New York design dealer, those from top center: a model really do what we want, instead of being a curator. “They don’t have the answers, but tween the ready-made original and Job’s
radical product designers and architects of the Burj Khalifa; slave to the machinery of some Italian they are interested in posing the questions.” bronze remake: The new one is fully
started a new language that few have used “Pinocchio,” made from producer.” Sometimes Job objects operate as full- plumbed for use.
to much lasting effect, whereas Mr. Smeets pasta pots; “Banana”; Although Studio Job still produces its
and Ms. Tynagel are at last realizing the “Perished Bench” and works in small editions — finances demand
earlier movement’s full potential. The first “Robber Baron Cabinet.” it — the couple’s goal would be to make each
time Mr. Moss encountered Studio Job, in work a one-off, as fine artists do. “It gets
the early 2000s, “I had an adverse reaction more interesting, more creative, because
to it, but a fascination,” he said. “It was com- you can develop new pieces every time,”
pletely out of my world.” That’s what still Ms. Tynagel said. Rather than aiming to
makes him cherish Job works. seed practical objects into homes every-
Ron Labaco, the design museum’s senior where, Studio Job is happy to enter the cul-
curator, said he considered coining the word ture via exhibitions and magazines, as fine
“metapostmodernism” to refer to the duo’s art does. Although they’ve dabbled in mass
new take on design, but then talked himself production and have even designed a Dutch
out of it. Ms. Tynagel speaks in simpler postal stamp, their signature works sell to
terms: “For us, there’s much more joy in collectors in white-cube galleries rather
making a kitsch piece than a minimal than to decorators in showrooms. What
piece.” they produce can have less to do with a

The partners seem in perfect — or maybe ‘The world we are chair by Philippe Starck than with a sculp-
deliberate — contrast. As they oversaw the living in is ture by Jeff Koons.
installation of their show, Mr. Job, 46, was absolutely not This explains their work’s controversial
wearing a trucker’s hat that read “I’m The clear.’ take on function. It’s important to them that
Boss” above a T-shirt with the lightning-bolt almost every object they make fits some
logo of the ’70s band AC/DC. Ms. Tynagel, “normal” design category: a spaghetti pot,
38, born in the Netherlands, had on skinny a vacuum cleaner, a table. But their pots
black pants and a sweater zigzagged in red have been cast in massive bronze and then
and black. Her straight hair was perfectly polished to a golden mirror finish; putting
brushed. The pair met in 1996 in the student them on a stove is unthinkable, even if you
bar at the famous design academy in Eind- could handle the weight. Their $50,000 vac- BRYAN DERBALLA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Pop
Breaking Loose of the Big Tent, and Breathing

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 Zayn Malik performing
ness brought to the genre in recent years by last month on “The
the Weeknd and Frank Ocean. (Malay, who Tonight Show Starring
produced several songs on the album, has Jimmy Fallon.”
worked extensively with Mr. Ocean.) But
there is also a familiar British restraint to
Mr. Malik’s soul music: His singing is more
certain than ever, but it has largely soft “Back to Sleep,” which also features Usher
edges, and often it’s buried somewhat low in Occasionally, the viscosity of this album
thins out and Mr. Malik is let loose to — an invitation into the elite fraternity after
the mix as if it were of secondary impor- years peering in from the outside. (Mr.
tance to the sound. Which perhaps it is, be- shimmy a little, like on the 1980s-esque “Lu-
cozade,” or “Rear View,” which channels Brown and Mr. Malik share a record label.)
cause “Mind of Mine” is also, quietly, the He does not waste the moment. This is his
product of someone fluent in pop austere late-1980s-to-early-90s British R&B
from Lisa Stansfield to Rick Astley. And crispest singing, hungrier than anything on
mechanics; it is preoccupied with structure, his album. It’s also loud in the mix in the
perhaps the last residue left of his years “Wrong” is a winningly sensual duet with
the rising American R&B singer Kehlani way he rarely is on the album. And you can
making mercenary pop. hear Mr. Malik trying out several ap-
All that comes into play on “Pillowtalk,” that recalls the crackle of Justin Timber-
lake’s early solo recordings. Almost all of proaches to the lyrics. He starts out cool and
the album’s first full song and first single, reserved, then begins smearing out words
which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot these sounds are gestures that were effec-
tively unavailable to Mr. Malik for the last with swagger: “Letsss notttt gettttt emo-
100 when it was released last month. It’s tionalllll/Let’s be who we arrrrrrre.” A cou-
purposefully grand, with swelling rock- five years.
The last time Mr. Malik was heard outside ple of lines later, he’s cramming syllables to-
friendly production — not as far from One gether: “Knowitsbeen a long day, itsbout-
Direction as advertised. What’s most strik- of the context of One Direction was in 2010,
tobe a long night.” In places, he deploys a
ing about it is Mr. Malik’s vocal cool. He’s a touch of melisma — not as much as Mr.
loose singer who achieves a lot without Eager to reclaim parts of Brown or Usher, but more in one verse than
much power. himself that were forced in perhaps all of the One Direction catalog.
Throughout this album, Mr. Malik opts into the shadows. This performance — his highest-profile
for a low-octane approach, with varying moment in this country apart from “Pil-
success. “It’s You” is an elegant whisper of a lowtalk” — showcases Mr. Malik the bed-
love song, part mellow soul burner and part in his “X Factor” audition, and in a handful room R&B singer in a way that nothing on
post-Coldplay melancholia. (This is a com- of amateur videos that still survive online. “Mind of Mine” quite does. He sounds cock-
bination he returns to on the bonus tracks In them, he’s young. His voice is feeble. But sure, unburdened.
“Blue” and “Golden.”) Similarly, “Drunk” is his instincts are clear: He is a teenager ob- But American R&B has its own borders to
R&B delivered under a dark cloud, with its sessed with sweet, rhythmic R&B, the sort protect, and its own means of racial erasing.
woozy imagery — “Late nights, red eyes, that sidesteps hip-hop — gently anguished While “Pillowtalk” has been a pop success
amnesia, I need you” — and its direct, al- songs like Mario’s “Let Me Love You,” Chris here, it hasn’t made an impact on the world
most spoken chorus, forgoing any vocal the- Brown’s “With You” and Ne-Yo’s “So Sick.” of R&B, either on the radio or the charts.
atrics in favor of a casual nonchalance. Back then, Mr. Malik didn’t have the And in recent weeks, when Funkmaster
This mode serves Mr. Malik well over a power or the subtlety to invest those Flex, the late-night D.J. on Hot 97, has
wide range of musical approaches, like on performances with real authority, but a side played the “Back to Sleep” remix, he’s
“Fool for You,” a piano ballad that lands benefit of five years of pop megafame is the name-checked Mr. Brown and Usher but
somewhere between Billy Joel and Jeffrey P90X workout it affords your voice. So un- not Mr. Malik. Sometimes, he just cuts the
Osborne, or even “Tio,” the song here most doubtedly, Mr. Malik must have been song off before getting to Mr. Malik’s verse
clearly indebted to the Weeknd, with vocals thrilled at the opportunity to appear on the — a new form of invisibility for a young
like buried shrieks clamoring for freedom. ANDREW LIPOVSKY/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK, VIA GETTY IMAGES
remix of Mr. Brown’s recent vibrant single singer all too accustomed to it.
Television
From Walking Dead to Plain Deadly Losing Faith,

screen career that has made his stage ap-
pearances increasingly rare. “Granted,” he
Losing Love
said through a grin, “I didn’t think that CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
when I was auditioning for every rom-com is how a fledgling religion makes it from a
on the CW. They’re like, ‘Get your giant first generation to a second, so that it does-
nose out of this room.’ ” n’t die along with its founder. A scrappier
But, ultimately, he said, he concluded movement, one still relatively unknown and
that, “it’s not what you’re doing, it’s how riven by conflict over just how much pub-
you’re doing it — how deep and dark the licity, growth and money it should seek,
dive is into the characters that you play.” would better convey the tensions at play.
Some early opportunities, like the short- The crucial role of Sarah — who grew up
lived CBS comedy “The Class,” fizzled out. in the movement, a member of one of its
But Mr. Bernthal caught a life-changing core families and a true believer — was cast
break when he was cast in “The Walking first. In Ms. Monaghan, the producers and
Dead” as Shane Walsh, a onetime friend “On ‘The Walking Dead,’ Hulu executives believed they found an ac-
and partner of the series protagonist Rick they just kill off these tor who could embody the wholesomeness
Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who gradually characters, completely at and seeming guilelessness the character
becomes his rival for the affection of Rick’s random, and that’s part needed, to help get viewers to buy into a the-
wife and the leadership of a group of sur- of the appeal of the matically dark show.
vivors in a world overrun by zombies. show,” said Jon Bernthal, The attraction for Ms. Monaghan was a
Going into the series knowing Shane center, whose character complicated character who finds her core
would last a finite number of episodes — was eliminated (as were beliefs tested as her marriage to Eddie (Mr.
and before the show became synonymous GENE PAGE/AMC
two others shown in this Paul) implodes, questions about the move-
with indiscriminate death — was a welcome scene). ment arise and her relationship with Cal
change of pace for TV, Mr. Bernthal said. brings him into conflict with Daredevil willing to lose people,” he said. “And know (Mr. Dancy), the charismatic youngest
“It’s so rare that you get a genuine begin- (Charlie Cox). that two or three episodes down the line, member of the leadership group, becomes
ning, middle and end,” he said. “On ‘The For their bleak, alienated take on the you’re going to get a chance to win them more complicated. How Sarah responds
Walking Dead,’ they just kill off these char- character, Mr. Petrie and Mr. Ramirez said back.” “really intrigued me, because what people
acters, completely at random, and that’s they drew inspiration from cinematic loners Mr. Cox said he found in Mr. Bernthal a do in the name of religion is not necessarily
part of the appeal of the show. But they re- like Travis Bickle of “Taxi Driver.” fellow actor with a similar dedication to im- all that holy,” Ms. Monaghan said.
ally dedicated so much time to this one Mr. Bernthal, they said, was an ideal fit to mersing himself in his “Daredevil” role — “a “Her family is second to her faith, that’s
character’s journey.” play someone filled with both rage and hurt. crazy, obsessive, unhealthy relationship is certainly what we discover,” she added, in
The show’s continued runaway popular- “Jon can drive the car very fast in both di- probably a more accurate way of describing contrast to Mr. Paul’s Eddie, who will do al-
ity since then has been bittersweet for Mr. rections,” Mr. Petrie said. “He can physi- it,” he said with a laugh. most anything to keep his family intact.
Bernthal, but he also finds it a relief to follow cally threaten you while having pain inside On long nighttime shoots filled with The characters on “The Path” straying
other muses. “I loved being on ‘The Walk- stunts and fights, Mr. Cox said: “We would from the righteous path may be members of
ing Dead,’ and I love that I’m off ‘The Walk- tease each other about, like, were we a controversial movement. (The writers
ing Dead,’” he said. ‘He just plays the truth making it to the gym each day? It became a and actors refrain from using the word cult,
The visibility it provided helped earn him of the character.’ silly competition.” preferring, Ms. Goldberg said, to remain
roles in films like “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Mr. Cox admired Mr. Bernthal’s lack of “nonjudgmental.”) But Ms. Goldberg hopes
“Fury” and “Sicario,” and gain the attention vanity about how Castle comes across. audiences will see parallels to the everyday
of the “Daredevil” showrunners Douglas his eyes. That made us like him so much.” “Whether you empathize with or are ap- of more conventional society.
Petrie and Marco Ramirez when they were For Mr. Bernthal, a certain reflexive palled by the character is none of his busi- After all, she said, “everything is corrupt-
looking to add the Punisher to its second amount of self-doubt preceded his decision ness,” Mr. Cox said. “He just plays the truth ible by individuals and by individual ambi-
season. to take the part. “The first time I did a TV of the character, and he lets the audience de- tion and people’s wounds.”
Compared with the slow-burn trajectory show, I was like, ‘Wow, am I totally selling cide.”
of Wilson Fisk, an archvillain played by Vin- out?’” he said. “Now I’m playing a Marvel With his customary stoicism, Mr. Bern-
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almost literally a straight punch in the face, But he said that the potential offered by a whether absorbing another actor’s fists or
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comes up and says, ‘Howdy,’ in the worst Netflix viewers would binge-watch it in just chances to demonstrate his aptitude for job.
way possible.”
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day, wake up and feel like you can’t move,”
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DISCOVERY ADVENTURE ESCAPE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
THE GETAWAY STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Splurge
A look at the latest in luxurious hotel suites.
LE DÔME, a nearly 900-square-foot suite in
Le Cinq Codet in the heart of Paris, is named
for its striking views of the golden Dôme des
Invalides, under which Napoleon is en-
tombed. But if that vista doesn’t grab you,
wander over to the other end of the private
terrace, past a half-dozen deck chairs (all
yours) and gaze at the Eiffel Tower. And
should you grow tired of that, there is always
the Jacuzzi, from which you can look out over
the mansard rooftops of the Seventh Arron-
dissement and polish off the Champagne and
chocolates that were left while you were out.
MR. BIELSA
Inside there’s a couch shaped like a crois-
sant, a curved OLED television, two bath-
rooms, a dressing room and a tub ringed with
white rose petals.
As for the bill, it starts at about $2,000 a
night. Don’t raise an eyebrow. Le Dôme (or
the “prestige suite” online) is one of the more
affordable luxury suites to be found these
days. Consider the new Imperial Suite at the
St. Regis Dubai, which starts at about
$20,500 a night. Or the Katara Suite at Excel-
sior Hotel Gallia in Milan, from around
$22,000 a night. Or the more than 12,000-
square-foot penthouse at the Mark Hotel in
Manhattan, which can be yours for some
$75,000 a night. That, incidentally, is about
the amount of money researchers at Prince-
ton said one needs to earn in a year to be
maximally happy.
Are such rooms worth the price?
Some hotels are betting on it. Luxury
spending among affluent households in the
United States was predicted to spike by 6.6
percent over the past year, according to the
2015 Survey of Affluence and Wealth from
Time Inc. and YouGov, a market research
company. “Spending among one-percenters
is at unprecedented levels,” the study said.
Even millennial travelers are spending: 45
percent are willing to pay more for true lux- STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS
ury in lodging, according to the 2015 Portrait
of American Travelers from MMGY Global, a
travel and hospitality marketing firm. From
the United States to Hong Kong, the most ro-
bust hotel sectors today are economy and
luxury.
“Our political and economical evolution
are literally tied to the hotel industry,” said
Parag Vohra, general manager of hotels for
Sojern, a travel technology company. When
the middle class was rising, so were middle-
tier hotels. “Now as we hollow out in the mid-
dle,” he said, “you effectively have lodging
doing very well at the high end or bottom.”
For those seeking the former, there’s a ANDY HASLAM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY L.L.C.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Above, the Kipling Suite at Brown’s Hotel in London. At right, from top: luxurious suites in Paris, Milan, Dubai and Grand Cayman.
EXPLORER BOLIVIA
Hiking in the Home of the Spirits
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL BENANAV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Juan Cruz and his family plant potatoes on their farm inside Maragua Crater, which is thought to have a special association with the Andean underworld. At right, a mesa rises from the middle of the crater.
she said, “can cure heart problems.”

In the Cordillera de los Frailes and baby Jesus, two metal-framed beds
were heaped with blankets. From the ceil-
natural pharmacy.
My girlfriend, Kelly; our 9-year-old son, None of us required treatment, so we left
of Bolivia, the Jal’qa people ing — rice sacks that had been stapled to- Luke; and I, along with our guide and trans- the shop with bottles of water, a wool hat
knit by Augustina, and a sense that we’d
commune with another world. gether — the corpses of hummingbirds dan-
gled from strings, drying.
lator, Rogelio Mamani, were invited to sit on
low stools. As a black and white cat padded been very lucky to have had this encounter
In addition to being one of the few around our feet, Augustina explained the with a master of the old ways.
By MICHAEL BENANAV Chaunaca is on a well-established trek-

storekeepers in the village of Chaunaca, Au- uses of the plants and animal parts that she
With a face as creased as a walnut shell and gustina is one of the most highly regarded kept around the house. Speaking in king route through the Cordillera de los
a smile as gleeful as it was toothless, 98- curanderas, or traditional healers, in the Quechua, she said aloe was good for throat Frailes, a jumbled geologic mass that rises
year-old Augustina Lamagril welcomed us Cordillera de los Frailes, a serrated sub- problems; rosemary could heal bones; rue just west of Sucre, Bolivia’s official capital,
into the small shop inside her adobe home. range of the Andes in south-central Bolivia. was prescribed “when the wind makes you best known for its whitewashed Spanish co-
Rickety wooden shelves were stocked with Despite her remote location, the ill and the sick.” She held out an enamel pot half-full lonial neighborhoods and universities.
sardines, cigarettes, beer, soda, kitchen injured make their way to her door, with beige powder — a combination of black Though the edge of the mountains can be
utensils, light bulbs and other household traveling for hours or even days to get corn, barley, wild herbs, frog and owl parts reached from the city in about an hour, the
goods. Beneath posters of the Virgin Mary there. The dead birds were part of her and bat blood. “Three drops of bat blood,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
2 TR THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
In Transit
T R AV E L N E W S , D E A L S A N D T I P S
Q. AND A. BRIEFS
NICHOLAS REEVES,
Egyptologist, on the
lure of Luxor.
The story sounds
more like the plot
of a riveting sus- ROVOS RAIL
pense movie than A new opportunity to see Africa by train.

real life: Does the
TOURS
tomb of Tutan-
khamen in the Africa by Rail
Valley of the Kings in Egypt have Frontiers International Travel is offering a
hidden rooms with the never-found 15-day train journey between Cape Town
tomb of the powerful Queen Nefertiti? and Dar es Salaam (or the reverse direc-
If you ask the renowned British tion) aboard the luxurious Pride of Africa,
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, 59, the operated by Rovos Rail. Guests will travel
answer is most certainly yes. Dr. across South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Reeves, best known for his excava- Zambia and Tanzania, with fine dining
SHAWN BALDWIN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
tions in the Valley of the Kings in The village of Gurna between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens near Luxor, which is seeing fewer tourists now. along the way.
Luxor over the last few decades, ar- Starting in Cape Town, stops include the
rived at his theory after analyzing benefit travelers who are considering a Kom Ombo, also on the Nile and north The worldwide fascination with King historic village of Matjiesfontein, the dia-
surface scans of King Tut’s tomb. “The trip there? of Aswan, and Dendera, which is north Tut seems to be — or at least has been mond town of Kimberley, and the capital,
pictures showed vertical lines which of Luxor. in the past — a driver of tourism to Pretoria, followed by two nights in the
A. The country and the tourist sites
look like doorways, and they’re ori- And then there’s Luxor itself. Given Egypt. Why is that? Madikwe Game Reserve. Travelers contin-
look exactly the same, but the big
ented toward the right — characteris- the amount of time I have spent there, His is a marvelous story with so much ue through Botswana into Zimbabwe, with
attractions used to be jammed with
tic of a queen’s tomb,” he said. I may be biased, but it is the heart of intrigue. You have a boy who’s just 9 an overnight stay at Victoria Falls Hotel.
people. Now, they are visibly less
A radar survey late last year sug- the Egyptian New Kingdom and home or 10 when he becomes the king of After crossing the Zambezi River, the
crowded, and for anyone interested in
gesting that hollow chambers lie be- to at least a hundred different archaeo- Egypt and essentially the most power- train continues to Chishimba Falls. From
Egyptian history, this is the time to
hind the tomb’s walls was more evi- logical sites including beautiful tombs ful human being in the world. Then he there, it climbs to the Tanzanian border and
plan a trip because you’re not going to
dence for his suspicions, and now Dr. of nobles, queens and kings like disappears when he’s an adolescent, descends into the Great Rift Valley, negoti-
get jostled by others the way you
Reeves is in the midst of a search to Tutankhamen’s. and no one really knows how he died. ating tunnels, switchbacks and viaducts,
would have pre-revolution. And, it’s
get to the bottom of what is one of the Luxor’s Valley of the Kings and Valley of But Carter’s search for and discov- with a final highlight — the Selous Game
also a more affordable destination
biggest modern-day archaeological the Queens, where most of these ery of his intact tomb is as thrilling as Reserve. The tour starts at $11,850 per
because prices have dropped.
mysteries. tombs are, are what many people the story of the king himself, espe- person and departs July 2 from Cape Town
His work in Egypt has made head- If you had to create an itinerary to see cially the element of the Pharaoh’s and July 19 from Dar es Salaam.
associate the city with. What else is
lines and is giving the country much- the best of the country, what would it Curse, which says that anyone who DIANE DANIEL
there to see?
needed attention for its historical be? disturbs the mummy of a pharaoh is .......................................................................................
Howard Carter’s house. He is, of
riches, which now attract far fewer Take at least a week. Start in Cairo and afflicted with bad luck, which was the
course, the English archaeologist
tourists than they did before the Egyp- spend a few days seeing the city and case with some members of Carter’s
famous for discovering Tutankhamen’s
tian revolution in 2011. visiting the museums. The Museum of team.
tomb in 1922. He lived in this house
Dr. Reeves, however, who has made Egyptian Antiquities is a treasure during the search, and now it’s a small Both are engrossing plots, and when
more than 50 trips to Egypt since he chest, but don’t overlook the smaller museum. He was an elusive guy, and people hear about them, it sparks their
first visited in the early 1970s and museums like the Museum of Islamic little is known about him. Visiting his interest in visiting Egypt.
currently travels there frequently from Art; the Coptic Museum, which is full house doesn’t necessarily shed any Many tourists to Egypt hire guides to
his home outside London, says that of Egyptian Christian artifacts; and more light on what he was like, but it show them the country. Is a guide
there is no better time to go. the Agricultural Museum, where you gets you a bit closer to him. Next to his necessary?
He visited New York City recently to can learn about Egyptian agriculture. house, there’s an excellent replica of Yes, because Egypt’s history is over-
STERN GROVE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
give a talk at the “Discovery of King Also, the city of Aswan is worth- Tutankhamen’s tomb. whelming. A good guide will give you a
The Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco.
Tut” exhibition. Following are edited while. It’s on the Nile and beautiful, Also, the Sofitel Winter Palace Ho- synopsis of the highlights, help you FESTIVALS
excerpts from a conversation with and there is lots to see like the Aswan
him. Dam and the Nubian Museum, dedi-
tel, where Carter announced his dis- navigate your way around and take Variety at Stern Grove
covery at a news conference, should you to places that you don’t read about When Douglas E. Goldman attended the
Q. How is Egypt different since the cated to Nubian culture. be visited even if you’re not staying in the guidebooks.
Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco with
revolution, and how does the change The temples are also a must. There’s there because it’s so full of history. SHIVANI VORA
his parents in the 1950s and ’60s, the wom-
en wore large white hats and white gloves.
The clothes, and the festival, have changed.
TRENDING “It’s highly informal now,” Mr. Goldman,
chairman of the festival association board,
Hotels Gear Up for Cherry Blossom Season said of the free summer series that begins
its 79th season on June 19 and continues
each Sunday through Aug. 21. The lineup
Hotels are ready to celebrate cherry The Peninsula Tokyo, one of a
includes the San Francisco Symphony
blossom season. number of hotels celebrating
the Japanese tradition of (July 10), the Mexican-American singer and
In Japan, where the tradition of songwriter Julieta Venegas (July 24), the
sakura with special offers and
sakura, or celebration of the blooms, programs. San Francisco Ballet (July 31) and the New
originated, the Peninsula Tokyo has a Pornographers band (Aug. 21).
Cherry Blossom ceremony that lasts
New York, a Cherry Blossom package MATT BEARDMORE
until April 28. The ritual begins with a
cup of tea and a pink macaron offered includes overnight accommodations in
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ONLINE BLOG,
during a gentle foot scrub that is a a guest room with views of the Statue WRITTEN BY THE EDITORS AND REPORTERS OF THE
prelude to an hour and 50-minute body of Liberty, two tickets to the Sakura TRAVEL SECTION, AT NYTIMES.COM/INTRANSIT
treatment ($350 on weekends). The Matsuri festival at the Brooklyn

Botanic Garden, two themed cocktails CORRECTIONS
hotel also displays nine illuminated
eight-foot-tall sakura arrangements. and recommendations on where to An article last Sunday about a new cruise in
capture the best floral sites in the city the Dominican Republic misstated the status of
Some places offer rooms with views
($487 a night). Amber Cove, a port built by Carnival Cruise
of the blossoms, especially in Wash- Line. It is fully built, not under construction.
ington, D.C. At the Mandarin Oriental, Washington, which received the gift
•
rooms with views of the Tidal Basin of 3,000 cherry trees from the mayor A headline last Sunday with the Q&A column,
and the city’s cherry trees come with of Tokyo in 1912, hosts the nation’s featuring the chief executive of a worldwide
two passes on the Odyssey Washing- largest springtime celebration with expeditions company, misspelled his surname.
ton D.C. Cherry Blossom lunch cruise, THE PENINSULA TOKYO visitor numbers reaching 1.5 million in As the column correctly noted, the executive is
along with a seasonal welcome amen- 2015, according to Elliott L. Ferguson, Sven Lindblad, not Linblad.
ity, sunscreen and snacks (rates from tures and breathing techniques while Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, $50 of the the chief executive of Destination D.C. •
An article last Sunday about new cruise options
$495). The hotel’s spa will also intro- strolling through the blossoms (daily room rate will go toward planting “We have seen a global increase in
misstated when in 2016 Lindblad Expeditions
duce qigong, a Chinese holistic prac- at 6 a.m. from $95 a person). trees on the Tidal Basin in April (rates visitors for this particular event, which will begin cruises to the Galápagos Islands on a
tice, on April 1; participants receive As part of the Blossoming Adven- from $279 a night). pretty much starts the summer sea- refurbished Via Australia ship. They begin in
instruction in the best physical pos- tures Cherry Blossom package at the At the Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park, son,” he said in a phone interview. the fall, not in the summer.
UPDATE
Cuba Hotels Now Leave Much to Be Desired. But Wait. . . .

dent for global communications at en properties that meet interna-
By VICTORIA BURNETT The Gran Teatro Old Havana, which is home to sev-
the Priceline Group, which owns tional five-star standards, and
and the Hotel eral of the city’s top hotels, and is
Dreary hotel rooms with no hot Booking.com, said it would begin many more deals like the Star-
Inglaterra are next developing properties to run as
water. Or no hotel room at all. offering booking services in Ha- wood one are necessary if the ho-
to the Capitolio boutique outfits, he said.
While Cuba has many lures, the vana in the next few weeks and tel sector is to meet surging de-
building in Havana. These hotels, however, “will sell
quality and even availability of its planned to extend to locations like mand from visitors, tour opera-
Cayo Coco and Cayo Santa María Starwood Hotels out instantly,” Mr. Guild said. The
accommodations are not among tors said.
on Cuba’s northern coast, and the will soon run the number of American travelers
them. As hundreds of Americans
eastern town of Baracoa. Inglaterra. who booked through Marazul in
Now, though, the re-entry of traveling as part of President Oba-
Eddie Lubbers, founder of Cuba 2015 — excluding Cubans and Cu-
major American hospitality ma’s entourage arrived in Havana
Travel Network, said that having ban-Americans going to visit fam-
chains into Cuba’s overstretched
this week, hundreds of visitors ily — rose 67 percent.
hotel market could alter the land- American brands join the hotel
market in Cuba would help raise were packed off to stay in hotels in In addition, said Mr. Guild, the
scape, adding competition to an
standards and expand options for Varadero, a beach resort 90 min- city needs “clean economy hotels”
industry dominated by Cuban
utes away, tour operators said. to accommodate student groups
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travelers.
state tourism companies and their

“For the industry, it’s a game Lucy Davies, founder of Cubania and other American travelers who
European partners.
changer,” Mr. Lubbers said. Amer- Travel, said that her organization cannot afford top rates. Many ho-
Later this year, Starwood Ho-
ican hotels were not necessarily stopped taking bookings for the tels start the season in decent
tels and Resorts is expected to be-
gin managing two Havana hotels, better, he said, but catered to first half of 2016 in October last shape, he said, but deteriorate as
one near the city’s Capitolio build- American expectations, which in- year because they could not guar- visitors arrive back-to-back and
ing and another near the business clude bigger bedrooms and wider antee hotel rooms. the staff is unable to keep up with
district. Marriott International is beds. Americans would be drawn Bob Guild, a vice president for maintenance.
reported to be in discussions with to brands they knew from home, Marazul, which offers travel How quickly the Cuban state-
Cuban officials about running or he said. services to North American run tourism companies would de-
developing hotels on the island. Between having American ho- CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES
travelers visiting Cuba, said Ha- velop new hotel infrastructure
If there are rooms available, tels in Cuba and new rules that vana would need to at least double was unclear, travel agents said.
they will become easier to find make it much easier for Ameri- sure off a hotel sector that tourism of about 25 percent over the previ- the number of high-quality hotel Cuban officials may be wary that
and book quickly after Booking cans to travel without organized operators said has been “over- ous year. Travelers are trying to rooms in the next few years. the next president will reverse re-
.com, the Amsterdam-based on- groups, “things become more nor- whelmed” by the surge in book- cram into the country’s few high- That could be done through cent changes and clamp down on
line hotel-reservation service, mal,” Mr. Lubbers said. ings to Cuba since the United quality hotels and thousands of deals like Starwood’s, to refurbish travel to the island.
said on Monday that it had The deals to run the Hotel States announced a détente with private homes, nearly 4,000 of and manage existing properties. Mr. Guild said United States
reached agreements with a dozen Inglaterra and Hotel Quinta the island in December 2014. which are now advertising on The Cuban tourism ministry also elections may be “a factor for
Cuban hotels to join its booking Avenida, which Starwood plans to Cuba received a record 3.5 mil- airbnb.com. has plans for a big five- or six-star them and whether it is worth
system. Leslie Cafferty, vice presi- refurbish, will take a little pres- lion visitors last year, an increase But Havana has only a half doz- hotel on the Parque Central near making these investments.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 TR 3
HEALTH
As Pets Travel, Allergies Do, Too

It’s increasingly important for many hotels claim canine mascots, includ-
ing the JW Marriott Houston Downtown
those with allergies to prepare where Sir Griffin, a pug, mingles with
for pets in the air or in hotels. guests and their pets. House dogs reside at
several Preferred Hotels & Resorts includ-
ing Monti, a beagle, at the Jefferson in
By ELAINE GLUSAC
Washington, D.C., and Monty, a Bernese
Allergies to peanuts, shellfish, dogs, cats Mountain dog, at Montage Deer Valley in
and other triggers haven’t stopped 31-year- Utah.
old Allie Bahn, a fourth-grade teacher and There are no industry guidelines for
blogger from Boston, from living in Italy for animal care or capacity in hotels, leading to
three years and in Australia for seven great variation. Although every hotel room
months. She keeps medication and sanitary must be available to a traveler with a serv-
wipes handy. Still, she’s had mystery at- ice animal, in practice some hotels will cre-
tacks while traveling, including a severe ate pet-specific floors or rooms in deference
one last fall that forced her to flee a hotel in to travelers with allergies or those with
the middle of the night. Consequently, she aversions to the four-legged.
prefers renting apartments, as she can in- “Mixing and matching different guests in
terview the owners, and calls airlines in ad- a hotel is a millennia-old challenge,” said
vance to determine her risk. Chekitan S. Dev, a professor of marketing
“I recently flew American Airlines and and branding at Cornell University’s School
they let me pre-board so I could use those of Hotel Administration. “If I’m a hotel man-
wipes,” she said. ager, I’m torn. On the one hand it creates ad-
Preparedness allows Ms. Bahn, who is ditional service complexities. On the other
among more than 50 million Americans hand, if you travel with your pet you’ll be
with allergies, to manage environmental happiest with your stay and be more likely
threats, including the growing number of to come back.”
animals inhabiting the travel world from Most hotels that accept pets charge a fee
airplanes to hotels and that in some cases — generally $25 to $150 per stay — to cover
are pitting animal advocates against the al- the extra cleaning they say the room under-
lergy afflicted. goes after a pet checks out.
Passionate debate on the topic was ignit- At Residence Inn, Marriott’s extended-
ed recently by an incident involving a 7- stay brand, pet fees range from $75 to $150
year-old boy who boarded an Allegiant Air and are used to hire special cleaning
flight in Bellingham, Wash., with his par- services after a stay. Diane Mayer, global
ents only to discover that he was allergic brand manager for Residence Inn, esti-
when seated near a service dog. The mates that less than five percent of occu-
episode caused a 90-minute flight delay be- pied rooms include pets, though seasonal
fore the family was asked to deplane fluctuations (for example, when Midwest-
(making matters worse, some passengers TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES ern snowbirds are driving south for the win-
reportedly cheered and the family wasn’t ter) can cause regional spikes.
able to get home for two days). Lines allows six pet carriers per flight, at stein, a spokesman for American Airlines. More hotels are accepting pets, Allergies, she said, haven’t been a prob-
About 10 percent of the United States pop- $125 each. American Airlines flew 122,818 Once they arrive at their destination, pets and most that do charge a fee — lem, though, “We’ve had to ask the guest to
ulation suffers from pet allergies, according pets as carry-ons last year, and while South- and their human escorts will have little often $25 to $150 per stay — to leave because the dog won’t stop barking or
to Dr. Stephen Tilles, a Seattle-based al- west Airlines said it doesn’t tally the figure, trouble finding a hotel room. According to a cover the extra cleaning they the dog is aggressive.”
lergist and president-elect of the American the number of pets tends to spike during the 2014 survey by the American Hotel & Lodg- say the room undergoes after a Despite deep cleaning, pet dander can
College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. holidays when travelers are flying to visit ing Association, roughly 60 percent of ho- pet checks out. persist for several months, according to al-
Symptoms run from itchy eyes, runny nose family. tels allow pets, up 10 percent over the previ- lergists. “Keep in mind that the average
and sneezing to more severe asthma symp- Not included in these figures are service ous decade. house without an animal in it has viable cat
toms including chest tightening, shortness animals that assist the disabled and are not From fancy homemade dog food to de- allergens in the dust in that house,” said Dr.
of breath and wheezing, and hives. considered pets. Under the Air Carrier Ac- signer bedding, pet amenities abound at ho- Tilles of the American College of Allergy. “It
Cats, he said, are twice as allergy-causing cess Act, commercial airlines must accom- tels. Increasingly, properties that never al- Cats cause twice as comes from proteins off people’s clothing.
as dogs. Yet it’s dogs that tend to travel. Ac- modate service animals without charging a lowed dogs — such as the 70-year-old many allergies as dogs It’s prevalent. Zero exposure isn’t a reason-
cording to the American Pet Products Asso- fee. Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada in the do, but are less likely to able expectation.”
ciation, about 39 percent of dog owners take They must also accommodate emotional Florida Keys — are now accepting them, One bright spot for allergy sufferers: the
their pets when traveling for two nights or
travel.
support animals, defined as those that help and those that did — including Emerson Re- availability of hypoallergenic hotel rooms
more, versus 11 percent of cat people. relieve symptoms of stress, depression and sort & Spa in the Catskills region of New rose 15 percent between 2004 and 2014 to 45
While most of those traveling pets do so other psychiatric conditions for which pas- York — are expanding availability, in this percent, according to the lodging associa-
in the privacy of their masters’ cars, Am- sengers are required to have a current let- case to 22 of its 53 rooms. tion.
trak just expanded its pet friendliness to ter from a mental health professional. On- “People think of their dogs as part of the Motivated by the travel complaints of his
most Eastern corridor and long-distance line sources for these documents abound, family and most of the time you wouldn’t patients, Dr. Mark Lazarovich, an allergist
trains. And on its website, the Federal Avia- and in response to a recent New York Times consider going on vacation without them in South Burlington, Vt., created AllerPass-
tion Administration warns: “You will still be article on pet allergies, a number of readers unless it’s a 12-hour flight and your dog MD.com, a free website that reviews more
exposed to pet dander on every flight, even complained that this practice is being ex- wouldn’t be comfortable,” said Melissa Hal- than 200 hotels with hypoallergenic rooms
without any pets in the passenger cabin. ploited by travelers seeking to avoid pet liburton, the president and founder of the in cities including New York and Paris. Dur-
This is because most allergens are carried carry-on fees. pet travel website BringFido.com, which ing his research, he called one hotel with hy-
into the cabin on the clothes of other pas- The airline solution to animal-versus-al- lists over 100,000 global pet-friendly hotels, poallergenic rooms, which are intended to
sengers.” lergy is to reseat the afflicted. “We will re- attractions and restaurants. “With all the be pet-free, and, when he inquired, was told
Aiming to fulfill demand without turning seat them in a place furthest from the people traveling to hotels, they don’t want he could bring a dog.
their cabins into zoos, airlines limit the size animal or, if that is not acceptable or avail- to leave their dog in their hotel room,” she “I think the good will is there, but there is
and number of pets that passengers can able, we will put them on the next available said. a certain level of understanding of the prob-
carry on for a fee. For example, Delta Air flight at no additional cost,” said Ross Fein- And even if the guests don’t pack pets, lem that’s missing,” he said.
FORAGING ROME
For Classic Finds, Rooted in a Rich Past
It’s easy to overlook the elegant Via Borgognona in Rome. Eddy Monetti
This more than century-old
The long cobblestone street in the heart of the city is parallel brand that’s headquartered in
to the famous Via Condotti, which is always jammed with Naples has a devoted following of
tourists hitting the big-name designer stores. This thorough- men looking for high-quality and
chic wardrobe staples. The pieces
fare is no less of a shopping draw, albeit a more understated at this branch — one of several in
and quieter one. Though it is home to some chains, many Italy — are tastefully displayed in
a bright space with high ceilings
establishments are lesser-known; the boutiques are housed and include accessories and
on the ground floor of the 15th- to 18th-century low-rise build- clothes like pants, shirts and
jackets. The classic blue blazers
ings with pale orange and yellow facades lining the avenue. are especially popular, and custom
SHIVANI VORA orders are also a big part of the
business. Prices from 100 euros.
Via Borgognona, 36;
Cos 39-06-679-4117; eddymonetti.com.
Stylish, minimalist clothing and

accessories for men, women and PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUSAN WRIGHT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
children are the mainstay at this
Swedish chain owned by H&M
Group, the same parent company Domus
that owns the budget behemoth On the corner of Via Borgognona,
H&M. While fashionable, this this women’s shoe brand has been a
brand isn’t as trendy or family-run endeavor since it
inexpensive; items such as crisp started in 1938 and is the place to go
cotton button downs and knit for exceptionally comfortable and
sweaters lean toward classic and well-made sandals, pumps, flats
are built to last. Prices from 7 and oxfords. Among the most
euros ($7.70). Via Borgognona, 36; popular in the collection are the
39-06-3283-2707; cosstores.com. ballerina flats in varied colors —
regular customers buy as many as A L L TRUF F L E S,
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FRUGAL TRAVELER LUCAS PETERSON
Frustration for Baggage Lost on Burning Bus

Megabus limits how much it his company “maintains the highest safety
compliance rating (Satisfactory) from the
will compensate passengers for U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fed-
what they lost in a fire. eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration.”
In addition, he said, “Megabus.com re-
quires more hours off between shifts than is
WHEN I EXITED my Megabus a few weeks required by the federal and state regula-
ago in Milwaukee, Wis., saying goodbye to tors, has had seat belts on our bus since
my fellow passengers and ending what had 2007, and has had GPS tracking on all of our
been an extremely eventful, harrowing trip, buses since 2006.” The company’s rules, he
I had a sinking feeling that the events of the wrote, “far exceed both federal and state re-
day would quickly be glossed over and for- quirements.”
gotten. The bus I was on had erupted into a According to the D.O.T., in the last 24
ball of fire on the Interstate, endangering months, Megabus USA LLC, the branch of
our lives and destroying the bus and most of Megabus that serves the Midwest United
my fellow passengers’ baggage (I did not States, including Illinois, has had 74 inspec-
lose any property). Thankfully, we all man- tions resulting in 35 violations for its fleet of
aged to get away unharmed. But while my 42 vehicles. In that time, there were 14
tweetstorm garnered attention, I knew that crashes, seven of which resulted in injuries.
because there were no injuries, Megabus (That’s for “reportable” crashes that result
would very likely not be taken to task for the in injury or a physical tow; it’s not specified
incident, beyond some bad P.R. whether that counts incidents like bus
Let me be clear: We were all grateful and fires.) Megabus USA LLC has been as-
fortunate to have escaped without injury. sessed no penalties from the Federal Motor
There have been several high-profile Carrier Safety Administration, a D.O.T.
Megabus accidents in the last decade, in- agency that oversees truck and bus safety,
cluding a Philadelphia-to-Toronto coach over the last six years.
that slammed into a railroad bridge in 2010; Inspection records for my Megabus were
four passengers were killed and one seri- not available in time for publication. Still,
ously injured. What many passengers on my fellow riders and I felt compelled to
my Megabus have encountered, however, is question the safety procedures of our bus
a lack of recourse to collect compensation and its driver. Multiple passengers, includ-
on thousands of dollars in lost property. ing Ms. Grant, noticed a burning smell from
“I called a lawyer in Chicago and they the bus immediately after departure.
said, ‘We’re not touching it,’ ” Michelle Roughly an hour into the trip, after having
Grant said. “They basically hung up the made two unscheduled stops on the side of
phone in my face.” Ms. Grant, who esti- Interstate 94, the driver announced over
mates the value of her destroyed property RICHARD HARTOG/LOS ANGELES TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES
the intercom that we were turning around
at about $1,500, said she was offered “four or
to switch buses. We continued for several
five hundred dollars” by Megabus’s liability When passengers ride Megabus, they Taylor, who lost her laptop in the fire. “They Riders in Los Angeles board a
miles, eventually heading back toward Chi-
administrator, Sedgwick CMS. (The adjust- agree to the company’s terms and condi- told me, ‘It depreciates.’ They should be re- Megabus for San Francisco.
cago on Highway 41. Soon after, a tire blew,
er I spoke to would not comment for this ar- tions, which state that Megabus “assumes sponsible! I lost my laptop on there and The company’s terms and
we disembarked and, within minutes, fire
ticle.) Ms. Grant, who works for a textbook no liability for the loss of or damage of bag- they should buy me a new one,” she said. conditions limit its liability for
consumed the bus.
distributor, says she’s missed days of work gage in excess of two hundred and fifty Ms. Taylor, like others, was offered $500. baggage to $250.
and lost sleep because of emotional dis- But why did we keep driving for several
($250) dollars.” That is the “industry stand- She said she’s been unable to sleep since the
tress. More than that, though, she feels be- miles after the driver announced we had to
ard,” Sean Hughes, the director of corporate incident, and has been failing out of school.
trayed by the claims process. “The person switch buses? On the way, we passed busi-
affairs for Megabus.com, wrote in an email. Her attempts to find a lawyer have been un-
at Sedgwick told me that even with receipts, nesses and parking lots — presumably safe
I asked Mr. Hughes why four fellow pas- successful. “If there are no personal inju-
I’m not going to get the full amount,” Ms. places to pull over and wait for a replace-
sengers I spoke to said that Megabus of- ries, they just say no.”
Grant added. “It’s a no-win situation.” fered them between $400 and $500 — a ment bus. When we reached our destina-
Incidents like this concern Jacqueline S. tion, I asked the driver, who would not tell
Jared Jaskot, a partner at Burke & Jaskot, seeming indication that the “industry Gillan, the president of Advocates for High-
a law firm in Baltimore that specializes in standard” was not ironclad but rather was me his name, why we kept driving. His re-
way and Auto Safety, a lobbying group that sponse was, “We didn’t.” Confused, I asked
civil litigation and which is not involved in adjustable. “The $250 is an accepted norm promotes highway safety measures. The
this case, acknowledged the professional for the industry which Megabus.com ad- him to clarify and he responded, “I was
federal Department of Transportation, Ms. looking for a safe place to pull over.” When I
quandary of taking cases dealing with a heres to,” Mr. Hughes responded. “Howev- Gillan said, has “delayed and ignored issu-
couple of thousand dollars in damages. “We er, in exceptional circumstances such as asked him again why we kept driving, he
ing stronger safety measures and regula- shrugged and walked away.
can’t take them because the legal fees would this incident, Megabus.com will be flexible.” tions to address fires and improving occu-
outstrip the value of the case,” Mr. Jaskot But liability terms such as those of According to Mr. Hughes of Megabus:
pant protection in crashes.” “The driver did the correct action by con-
said. He said that the effort to prepare even Megabus “are the opposite of ironclad; A recent New York Times Op-Ed article
a simple case against a large company like tacting dispatch and finding a safe place for
noted that the D.O.T. required that new the passengers to unload. Thankfully no
Megabus could easily rack up $10,000 in buses have seatbelts only in 2013. Ms. Gillan
fees. “I can sometimes refer people to Legal ‘They should be considers it embarrassing that such a fun-
one was injured in this incident, which is a
Aid,” he added, “but they’re completely responsible! I lost my testament to our safety procedures and
damental safety precaution was instituted driver training.”
overworked.” laptop on there and they so recently. The National Transportation Lastly, I asked Mr. Hughes about obtain-
The result, then, is that passengers who
have lost possessions, especially those in should buy me a new one.’ Safety Board, another agency, “has recom- ing a refund for the price of the ticket. None
mended seatbelts since the 1960s,” she said. of the passengers I had spoken to said they
dire financial circumstances, can feel com-
She added that the regulation applied only were issued or offered one. Mr. Hughes re-
pelled to take whatever they are offered. they’re tin,” said Michael K. Demetrio, a
to newly manufactured buses — older sponded that refunds are usually issued
Darnell McKinney, who was moving from partner at Corboy & Demetrio, a Chicago
buses would not be required to go back and based only on how long a bus is delayed. In
St. Louis and who said he lost most of his law firm that specializes in personal injury
retrofit. incidents where a bus is delayed more than
belongings, worth thousands, in the fire law and which obtained a $5.1 million settle-
said he would most likely accept the $500 ment against Megabus in 2012. The $250 fig- Gordon Trowbridge, communications di- four hours, full refunds are automatically is-
offered to him by Sedgwick CMS and ure “is their attempt to limit liability,” he rector of the National Highway Traffic sued. In my case, since our replacement bus
Megabus. When I spoke to Mr. McKinney, said. “I’ve never seen an instance where Safety Administration, which is part of the arrived in Milwaukee a hair under three
he was using a cellphone that belonged to that type of provision is enforceable.” D.O.T., responded by email: “D.O.T. consid- hours late, usually that’s not grounds for a
his mother, who had just picked him up from Illinois (the departure point of my ered a number of factors in issuing the re- refund — only a voucher worth 50 percent
his new job at a sausage processing plant. “I Megabus trip) provides a potential remedy quirement in 2013 for seatbelts on motor of the ticket price (my ticket cost $11, plus
don’t have nothing,” Mr. McKinney said. “I for property damage up to $10,000 in small coaches, including consideration of booking fee). However, Mr. Hughes said,
have to take the first thing available to get claims court, which does not require the hir- whether to require owners to retrofit used “In this specific incident, since it was a ma-
me back on my feet.” ing of an attorney. I asked Mr. Demetrio buses with seatbelts.” He added: “From a jor incident, Customer Service was in-
Deandre Bea wasn’t as inclined to accept what would happen if I dragged Megabus technical standpoint, a retrofitting require- structed to give the passengers a full refund
Sedgwick’s offer. He estimates he lost into small claims to collect a few thousand ment would have required structural im- if contacted by the passengers.”
$3,000 worth of possessions between two dollars in property damage, bringing re- provements to many older buses, which I decided to try that out, and called
suitcases. “I had a PlayStation 4 in one bag; ceipts and affidavits. What would their de- would have been difficult and in some cases Megabus customer service to ask for my
that’s $450 right there,” Mr. Bea said. Sedg- fense be? “Depreciation,” he replied. impossible.” money back. After taking my reservation
wick CMS emailed Mr. Bea a claim form of- A pair of jeans may have cost you $85, Mr. Ms. Gillan also expressed concerns re- number and placing me on a brief hold, the
fering him $500; if he signed, he would forgo Demetrio said, but Megabus will claim it’s garding initial inspections for new commer- agent informed me that I was ineligible to
the right to further legal action and ac- not their responsibility to replace the jeans, cial carriers. Up until 2012, the federal gov- receive a refund. I asked again, just to con-
knowledge the settlement as “the compro- only to provide what they deem fair value. ernment had 18 months to inspect new com- firm, that they would not issue me a refund.
mise of a doubtful and disputed claim.” Mr. “They might say that the jeans are now only mercial motor carriers. A law passed that No, he said — I would be issued a voucher,
Bea had not yet decided whether he would worth $15. That’s when fighting starts.” year shortened that time frame to 120 days. worth $5.50. I told them I wouldn’t be need-
accept. That’s exactly what happened with Alice Mr. Hughes of Megabus.com wrote that ing one.
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HEADS UP SEATTLE
Dinner to Stay, and to Go, too

New marketplaces offer dining Also in Chophouse Row, the award-win-
ning Seattle chef Matt Dillon recently
options and shops that sell opened Upper Bar Ferdinand
your favorites to take home. (barferdinandseattle.com), a wine bar and
bottle shop dedicated to small family
producers and “the absolute simplicity” of
By CATHERINE M. ALLCHIN
wine and cider. “We strictly limit where the
Building on Seattle’s history of farmers’ wines come from and where the food comes
markets and a strong food culture, new from,” Mr. Dillon said. The daily menu high-
marketplaces are showcasing the local and lights featured wines and Mr. Dillon’s pas-
unique, offering many choices for shopping, sion for cooking with wood.
eating and connecting. For residents and In the alley, NicheOutside, a garden life-
tourists alike, these vibrant markets have style boutique, sells treasures like copper
become destinations all their own. trowels and handmade soaps. Sharing a
The continued influx of high-tech work- wall is Kurt Farm Shop, dishing out ice
ers and foot traffic has helped pave the way cream and cheeses made from Jersey cows
for the urban marketplaces, which are find- on nearby Vashon Island. These shops are
ing success by offering food and goods in tiny jewels, less than 300 square feet each.
one place. “Here each vendor is doing what they do
Just east of downtown in the cool Capitol incredibly well,” said Liz Dunn of Dunn &
Hill neighborhood, preservation-minded Hobbes, the Chophouse Row developer.
developers transformed century-old auto “It’s very specialized, and that provides a
parts buildings with old-meets-new design. lot of value to the customer. People love the
These spaces, with their original facades, individual personalities of the vendors.”
house restaurants and shops that buzz from In downtown Seattle, the upscale Via6
morning to night with diners who might
apartment complex opened in 2013, antici-
grab the kitchen’s signature spice rub or
pating the influx of thousands of employees
house-made jam on the way out.
from Amazon’s new corporate buildings
“There’s a synergy by having places play
just steps away. On the ground floor stands
off each other,” said Jerry Everard, the de-
the attractive Assembly Hall
veloper who renovated the Central Agency
(assemblyhallseattle.com), a 10,000-
Building on 10th Avenue and Seneca Street.
square-foot complex with tall windows and
The structure, a 1917 auto parts shop, now
an open floor plan that is a tribute to the
houses three John Sundstrom restaurants
Tom Douglas restaurant empire. Godzilla
as well as a branch of Vancouver’s popular
sandwich shop Meat & Bread. Mr. Sund- Bar at TanakaSan serves American-Asian
strom moved his successful Lark Restau- cuisine by Eric Tanaka. Next to it is Home
rant (larkseattle.com) to the new space in Remedy, a deli/grocery, with made-to-order
December 2014, showcasing Northwest ar- rice bowls, craft beer and cider, and curated
tisans and farmers, and opened a raw bar items from Mr. Douglas’s many restau-
on the mezzanine, Bitter/Raw, as well as a rants. Wine tastings are held on Friday eve-
deli on the ground floor called Slab Sand- nings.
wiches & Pie. At the juice and coffee bar Assembly
The variety offered gives customers Hall: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner, people
more options. “People can get something to enjoy an all-day selection of delicious egg
go for dinner or a picnic, or stop in and grab sandwiches, burgers, coffee and the popu-
a nice piece of cheese or some nice salami,” lar Clean Green juices. On the mezzanine, a
Mr. Sundstrom said. mix of customers and Via6 residents can be
Nearby, the highly anticipated Chop- found drinking beer and playing shuffle-
house Row opened last summer. Formerly board.
an auto body shop, the 1924 building later “The developer wanted to create a sense
became known as the Chophouse, a re- of community and conviviality in the public
hearsal space for aspiring bands. With spaces,” said Pamela Hinckley, chief execu-
housing and office space above, the ground tive of Tom Douglas Restaurants. “It has
floor is home to a handful of restaurants and that diversity of what appeals in different
tiny shops built around a pedestrian alley parts of the day and different seasons,” she
that leads to a courtyard. Part of the appeal said. “There are so many options, from
— as in cities like London and Paris — lies in grab-and-go to savory sit-down dining.”
discovering what’s tucked away. All three of these markets offer specialty
For sit-down dining, Chop Shop Cafe & shops and hyper-local food. It’s no co-
Bar (chopshopseattle.com), from the chef incidence that they opened in the city that
Ericka Burke, is open for lunch, dinner and claims the oldest continuously operated
weekend brunch. Like Mr. Sundstrom, Ms. public farmers’ markets in the country:
Burke has an adjacent takeout shop, Chop Pike Place Market started in 1907 and is still
WING YEE LEUNG/SKL ARCHITECTS
Shop Juice & Provisions, for grab-and-go at the heart of Seattle, where locals and
juices, salads and her own jams and jellies. At Chophouse Row, a former auto parts building, a pedestrian “mews” offers access to shops, restaurants and cafes. tourists eat, shop and connect.
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G A R I B A L D I B LU H OT E L , F LO R E N C E , I TA LY
A Playful Spirit on the Piazza

Rates
Rooms from 140 euros (about
$156); from 250 euros in high sea-
son.
Basics
Themes weave prominently
throughout the aptly named Gar-
ibaldi Blu Hotel. Opened in De-
cember 2014 in a historic Floren-
tine palazzo, the 21-room bou-
tique hotel takes its name from
the property’s history: A plaque
outside states that the building
was the site of a memorable 1867
address by Giuseppe Garibaldi,
the Italian general and politician
who was a major figure in the uni-
fication of what was then the
Kingdom of Italy. So while many
of the palazzo’s original details
have been preserved — 19th-cen-
tury frescoes above the reception
desk and in some of the rooms, The Garibaldi Blu incorporates contemporary touches in a historic palazzo.
tall vaulted ceilings in the lounge
— the hotel is also liberally shower stall, a cramped box tiled
decorated with pictures of the with gray-veined Calacatta mar-
bearded patriot’s likeness. As the ble, had a glass door and rainfall
name suggests, there’s also a shower head. In addition to bath
conspicuous color theme, evi- amenities, there was also a pow-
dent everywhere from the lob- erful, high-quality blow dryer.
by’s collection of inky-blue vases
to the blue-gray walls. Added to Amenities
the mix is a liberal dash of play- There was a meager minibar
fulness in the form of quirky life- with cold drinks in the room, but
like statues — Batman, a pirate Wi-Fi was fast and free. The
— that are stationed around the lobby lounge, with palm tree
hotel. sculptures and artworks beneath
vaulted ceilings, had ample seat-
Location ing and an array of international
The hotel is on the recently refur- publications.
bished Piazza Santa Maria No-
vella, in the city’s historic center. Dining
It is approximately midway be- A daily breakfast buffet, served
tween the main train station and in a small atrium, is included in
the Duomo, each about five min- the room rate. The spread had
utes away by foot. both hot and cold dishes, includ-
ing warm scrambled eggs, loaves
The Room of rustic Tuscan bread, Italian
After a dour check-in experience cheeses, prosciutto, and fresh

with nary a welcome, my hus- fruit juices like green-apple and a
band and I were brusquely citrusy multivitamin blend.
shown to our second-floor room Espresso-based drinks are made
at the end of a mazelike hallway, to order, but filter coffee was also
where I was startled to turn a available. For a fee (5 euros per
corner and find myself eye-to- The best feature, however, was person), breakfast could be deliv-
eye with a life-size figure of revealed when a heavy floral ered to the room.
Spock from “Star Trek.” A key drape was pulled aside to reveal
card malfunction later, we finally the window and a lovely view of Bottom Line
entered the spacious room, the entire piazza including the A mix of intriguing history and
which felt even larger thanks to Basilica di Santa Maria Novella’s quirky design make for an eye-
the bedroom’s extremely high exquisite inlaid-marble facade. catching hotel, but friendlier
ceiling. The walls were painted a service should be added to that
calming blue-gray hue, and the The Bathroom equation.
floors were teak parquet. Simple Small but sufficient for one per- INGRID K. WILLIAMS
furnishings included a walnut son at a time, the space had been . .................................................................
desk, a couple of low stools and a updated with black-and-white Garibaldi Blu Hotel, Piazza Santa
firm double bed with a gray head- terrazzo flooring, modern fix- Maria Novella 21; 39-055-277-300;
board and two bedside tables. tures and bright lighting. The hotelgaribaldiblu.com.
Hiking in the Home of the Spirits cordillera, at 11,800 feet above sea level. It
200 MILES was there, in 1781, that Tomas Katari, the
leader of an indigenous rebellion against
BRAZIL Spanish rule, was executed, adding to the
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spiritual and emotional potency of an im-
portant place of pilgrimage.
BOLIVIA Local people flock there in August to
make offerings of coca leaves, incense and
La Paz alcohol to Pachamama — mother earth, in
Andean religions — in a shrine dedicated to
Area of detail the Virgin Mary. “We believe that if you feed
Pachamama, she will feed you,” Rogelio ex-
plained.
From there, we began hiking into the
CHILE PA R A G UAY
P Y heart of the cordillera, down the so-called
Inca Trail, which is believed to have been
ARGENTINA built about 550 years ago (though may be
much older) and was used during pre-His-
Chaunaca
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a 6 panic times for communication and trade.
BOLIVIA Paved with smooth stones, it descends
Chataquila
aq some 2,300 feet, switchbacking down rocky
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slopes speckled with cactuses and shrubby
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ragua trees, into the Rio Ravelo canyon. Skies
5 were sunny, and temperatures were in the
C O R D I L L E RA D E LO S F RA I L E S
upper 70s.
4 MILES In two hours, we reached Chaunaca. A
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patchwork of fields — some blanketed with
purple potato flowers, others sprouting
young corn stalks, and many barren and
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 brown, waiting to be planted — terraced the
villages within them feel worlds away. hills and spread out on a plateau that over-
The scenery would have been enough to looked the river about 25 feet below. Most of
draw me to the cordillera, with its upthrust the villagers were campesinos, working
layers of multicolored sedimentary rock set small family plots, perhaps keeping goats
around a crater that’s encircled by rugged and sheep along with rabbits, guinea pigs
river canyons. But I was equally intrigued and cows.
by the indigenous Jal’qa people who live After lunch at a nearby waterfall and an
there and who are known for intricate exploration of the grounds of a magnifi-
weavings that represent a fantastical un- cently derelict adobe hacienda once owned
derworld filled with spirits and mythical an- by the 26th president of Bolivia, Gregorio
imals. In the same way that a place like Va- Pacheco, we checked on a new project that
ranasi exudes a distinctly Hindu aura, and Condor Trekkers was funding. Three men
Cairo is palpably Islamic, I wondered how it were trying to hoist one end of a black poly-
would feel to be in a place where the culture ethylene pipe from the riverbank up to the
is strongly associated with strange, subter- plateau. Their goal was to span the canyon
ranean dreamscapes. with a drinking water line that would run
Though I’ve trekked alone in remote re- from the main village to households across
gions around the world, I decided to go into the gorge. “The families over there haul
the cordillera with a guide. If I hoped to talk their water from the river, and sometimes it
to local people, I would need help from makes them sick,” said Benigno Romero,
someone fluent in Quechua, the area’s na- one of the workers, who also happened to be
tive language. Additionally, I had heard that Chaunaca’s mayor.
some Jal’qa were extremely reluctant to be Condor bought the materials and the vil-
photographed (I met one French couple lage supplied volunteer labor; other crews
who had stones thrown at them when they would dig a trench to the village’s main well
aimed their cameras at people), and I fig- and lay the pipe to the homes that needed
ured I would have a better chance of shoot- water. Mr. Romero explained that being
ing pictures without upsetting anyone if I mayor was also an unpaid position, and that
was accompanied by a guide who had local he saw it as a privilege. Jal’qa people, he
connections. It also sounded as if walking said, work together for the good of the
the entire route with a backpack would be a whole, and would not expect payment for
daunting prospect for a 9-year-old, so I doing so. It was just part of life.
wanted vehicle support. We spent the night in a community-run
When I asked around about trekking tourist cabana, several of which have been
companies in Sucre, travelers and locals built in villages in the cordillera. All are
alike pointed me in the same direction: Con- variations on a theme: whitewashed stone
dor Trekkers. Their guides were reputed to walls, ceilings of wood and bamboo, liberal
be top-notch, and the company’s profits amounts of dust and dirt, and bathrooms
support projects in the cordillera communi- with a variety of plumbing problems, but
ties. To me, this meant that not only would comfortable enough, and equipped with
my money be helping the villagers, but that simple kitchens. Rogelio proved to be an en-
the guides were likely to have positive rela- thusiastic and talented cook, improvising
tionships with them. recipes around pasta, potatoes or quinoa.
I found the Condor Trekkers office inside The next day, a combination of hiking and
the Condor Cafe, a restaurant run by the by driving brought us to the village of Potolo,
the same nonprofit that is a magnet for set in an undulating, Martian-red landscape
travelers to Sucre, thanks to its cheap and at the base of a sharply hewed massif. One
delicious vegetarian food. There, I met the of the largest towns in the cordillera, Potolo
director, Alan Flores. After he described the is well-known for the weavings that women
standard two-, three- and four-day treks produce there.
that Condor offers, we decided that none of Jal’qa weavings, called axsus, are made
them were right for us. With typical days in- from sheep wool dyed black and red. In fact,
volving eight or nine hours of strenuous hik- the word Jal’qa means “two colors,” in refer-
ing, Alan agreed that it would be no fun for ence to this distinctive palette. Few details
my son. Additionally, I wanted to add an ex- are known about the evolution of Jal’qa
tra day to the four-day itinerary, so we could
stay two nights in one place.
Alan said it would be no problem — just a
bit more expensive — to be accompanied by
a vehicle, reducing our hiking to about three
or four hours a day and eliminating the need
to carry our backpacks.
IN EARLY NOVEMBER, Rogelio met us at our

hostel in Sucre, along with our driver, Luis
Ibarra, known as Lucho, who was behind
the wheel of a green Mitsubishi Montero.
Rogelio was born in a village in the
cordillera, and is Jal’qa himself. He was
studying tourism, English and French in
Sucre, and was Condor’s most experienced
guide, having been with the company since
it started in 2008.
Before we hit the trail, we stopped at a
roadside stand to pick up bags of coca
leaves. A mild natural stimulant that’s nor-
mally chewed or brewed as tea, and from
which cocaine is derived, it’s considered to
be a gift from the Inca sun god, Inti, and is
the essential social currency of the region.
“With coca, anything is possible,” Rogelio
said. weaving over the ages, but it’s clear that it tations of a psychedelic spiritual under- Condors can give birth to cats, monsters
We turned off the highway and followed a was first used to decorate clothing before Jal’qa people work world called Ukhu Pacha. can give birth to men.
dirt road into the mountains, through pun- the idea of making tapestries took hold in together for the good of Swirling chaotically across the tap- According to the anthropologist Veronica
gent groves of pine and eucalyptus, until we the 1990s, when a Sucre-based nonprofit the whole. It was just estries, animals with wildly exaggerated Cereceda, the founder of ASUR, the Jal’qa
reached a place called Chataquila, where a called Anthropologists of the Southern An- features are shown alongside mythical believe that Ukhu Pacha is the locus of the
des (ASUR) began a program to revitalize part of life. creatures called khurus, which include world’s primordial creative energy, “a space
church sits atop the eastern ridge of the
Jal’qa textile traditions, which were on the hunchback dragons and griffin-like bird- of constant gestation of life,” which may
MICHAEL BENANAV is the author of three books verge of disappearing. It’s also known that, things. Within larger animals, smaller an- stay in the underworld, or emerge into the
and founder of the nonprofit Traditional Cul- over the last few centuries, ancient geomet- imals — called uñas, or offspring — are wov- surface world (Kay Pacha) or the sky
tures Project. ric patterns were supplanted by represen- en, but earthly laws of biology don’t apply: (Janaq Pacha).
The ruler of Ukhu Pacha, who is often eyes, and the effect was magical. It wasn’t hard to picture dinosaurs in the Top, mountains near the village of
woven into the axsus, is a powerful spirit Juliana said that she had been taught to IF YOU GO surrealistic setting that we were trekking Potolo. Above, from far left,
called Saxra or Supay. Often equated with weave when she was 9 by her mother, who The best time to visit the through, with its layers of purple and green Augustina Lamagril, a traditional
the devil because of the location of his had learned her craft in workshops orga- Cordillera de los Frailes is rock and oddly shaped boulders that healer; Crispin Ventura, a local
realm, Saxra is not evil, though he does nized by ASUR in the early 1990s. While the during the dry season, from late seemed to have fallen from the sky. Even a historian, modeling traditional
have demonic aspects, derived in part from motifs she works with are traditional, each April to mid-November. khuru wouldn’t have seemed out of place, Jalq’a dress; the Cruz family
the fusion of Catholic ideas of hell with an- design is unique, a product of her imagina- and the Jalq’as say that they may be seen taking a break from planting;
cient Andean beliefs. If Saxra goes unap- tion. HIRING A GUIDE when one is alone in a mountain mist, or in Victoria Cruz making doughnuts;
peased, he may kidnap people and bring Like other weavers I spoke with on the Condor Trekkers can be the crepuscular light of dusk or dawn. a Jalq’a sheep herder.
them down to the underworld or cause min- trip, Juliana said that, for her, weaving is not reached by email To reach Maragua, a small farming com-
ing accidents or other disasters. If the a spiritual act, it’s a purely artistic, and eco- (condortrekkers@gmail.com, munity, we climbed to the top of a ridge,
proper offerings are made — typically coca, nomic, one. There’s little doubt that the re- condortrekkers.org); phone then dropped down into a bowl-like crater earthly side of life in Maragua. We had
liquor and cigarettes — Saxra can show surgence in Jal’qa weaving in recent (591-728-91740); or in person formed by an unusual combination of geo- breakfast at the home of Victoria Cruz, who
people where to find silver and gold. decades owes much to the money that wom- at Condor Cafe, 102 Calle logic uplift and erosion. Garnet-colored taught Luke how to make buñuelos — Boliv-
Though the underworld is a ubiquitous en earn from it. Calvo, in Sucre, Bolivia. earth covers the floor of the crater, which is ian doughnuts — over a fire in a soot-cov-
feature of the indigenous Andean cosmovi- If you’re interested in buying any weav- Standard two, three and four- ringed by pale chartreuse walls with arched ered, chimney-less room.
sion, the Jal’qa are the only people in Bolivia ings, as we did from Juliana (paying 900 Bo- day treks cost from 500 to 750 tops that resemble a series of massive Later, we helped a family plant its potato
who depict it in their art. I was curious to bolivianos ($70 to $113) per flower petals — imagine a giant greenish- crop. Following a pair of bullocks that
livianos — about $132 — for a medium-size
talk to some of the weavers, so Rogelio led person, which includes food, yellow daisy with a dark red center. pulled a wooden plow, a couple of the wom-
piece), visit shops in Sucre before heading
us to the homes of a few, including Juliana guide, lodging and transporta- Since we had planned our extra day for en dropped seed potatoes in the furrows,
to the cordillera, to get a sense of what high-
Choque, who looked to be about 30. She set Maragua, we had time to explore and visit which the rest of us covered with manure.
quality work and fair prices look like. A non- tion. For our customized five-
her simple loom up against the wall of her with locals, including a self-taught historian Though they had never worked their fields
profit cooperative of indigenous weavers day trek with vehicle support,
adobe courtyard and began weaving finely named Crispin Ventura. In the modest mu- with foreign travelers, we quickly settled
spun yarn through the strands of the warp, called Inca Pallay runs a shop a block off Su- we paid 1,400 bolivianos per
cre’s main plaza, offering Jal’qa axsus and person. seum that he runs in an adobe shed, he ex- into a comfortable rapport and, as soon as
adding to an axsu that was nearly finished. Rogelio told them that he would bring them
other regional textiles, as does the shop at .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . plained that since Maragua is set inside a
Ukha Pacha was taking shape before our prints of my pictures, they were happy to be
ASUR’s excellent Museo de Arte Indigena. crater, it’s thought to have a special associa-
WHERE TO STAY tion with the underworld, and he told tales photographed.
AFTER A NIGHT at Potolo’s tourist cabana, Staying in Sucre, we liked La of people who’d had encounters with Saxra We took several breaks to reload our
we set off for the village of Maragua, driv- Dolce Vita (dolcevitasucre and the khurus. With these legends fresh in cheeks with coca and to drink chicha, sprin-
From far left, Juliana Choque weaves ing, then walking, then driving again. We .com), where room rates range my mind, it was easy to imagine that a kling fermented corn alcohol over the
a traditional Jalq’a axsu, or tapestry; hiked past dinosaur footprints, laid down from 60 to 210 bolivianos. nearby cave, the Garganta del Diablo (Dev- ground as an offering to Pachamama. It
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
an axsu with a “Supay pallay” design some 65 million years ago by sharp-toed Tourist cabanas, for visitors il’s Throat), which looks like an open, toothy seemed as if our gifts had been received: A
depicting the underworld; Juan carnivores and round-soled herbivores, and without a guide, are 60 bo- mouth, might actually swallow anyone fool- pregnant spider scurrying over a freshly
Cruz’s daughter carries manure to Luke thrust his hands into the tracks with livianos a night per person. ish enough to sleep there. planted row was seen as a sign of fertility,
use in planting potatoes. wonder. Rogelio also introduced us to the more and an omen of a good harvest.
36 Hours HONG KONG
A booming art scene and creative culinary endeavors keep this ever-vibrant city in the spotlight.
Left, a street in the Central
By JUSTIN BERGMAN
District. Far left, a hike along
As impressive as Hong Kong’s skyline is, Dragon’s Back affords views of
the city never seems to stop building. Case fishing villages, boats and
in point: the rapid expansion of the rail sys- beaches, top, and a lobby in
tem. The MTR’s Island Line was extended gritty Wong Chuk Hang, an
to the neighborhood of Kennedy Town at the area filled with galleries.
end of 2014, sparking a development boom
on the once-quiet western side of the city.
Several other projects are also on the way,
including an express link to the mainland
border. With all this attention on infrastruc-
ture, though, Hong Kong hasn’t sacrificed
its soul. It remains one of Asia’s most pas-
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7 3 P.M. KUNG FU CULTURE
Hong Kong has produced plenty of film
sionately creative cities, a playground for stars, but few have left as indelible a mark
artists and designers, chefs and en- on the city as Bruce Lee, the martial arts
trepreneurs. Kowloon, the congested dis- legend. To mark the 40th anniversary of
trict opposite Hong Kong Island, for in- Lee’s untimely death at 32, the Hong Kong
stance, is getting a makeover as the sprawl- Heritage Museum opened an excellent ex-
ing West Kowloon Cultural District begins hibition on his life in 2013, gathering memo-
opening over the next few years, with M+ rabilia from his early years (including
(a museum for “visual culture”) as the focal footage of his smooth cha-cha dance
point. While other newly rich Chinese cities moves), along with his well-worn punching
vie for tourist dollars, it is cultural en- bags, old training schedules, skintight 1970s
deavors like this that will keep Hong Kong sweaters, and the famous yellow tracksuit
in the spotlight — and as confident as ever. he wore in “Game of Death,” which Lee was
filming when he died. The best transport op-
tion is bus 170, which connects directly to
Friday Causeway Bay.
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1 3 P.M. ARTS REVIVAL
Hong Kong’s art scene is booming, thanks
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8 8 P.M. DINNER WITH A D.J.
When Cantonese pop songs start pumping
to the recent arrival of big-name interna- from giant speakers, and the owner of the
tional galleries and the Art Basel Hong restaurant glides by your table doing the
Kong fair, not to mention the city’s record- moonwalk in white rubber boots, you know
shattering art auctions, one involving the you haven’t walked into a typical dai pai
Chinese collector Liu Yiqian’s purchase of a PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAM YIK FEI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES dong, the city’s once-ubiquitous, low-budg-
Ming dynasty wall hanging for $45 million et Cantonese food halls. Tung Po is tradi-
in 2014. It’s not all about the cash, though. A tional in a sense — diners crowd around
IF YOU GO
more bohemian cultural experience can be small tables on stools, sipping beer from
found in the gritty neighborhood of Wong 1 Spring Workshop, 3F Remex small bowls and sharing plates of garlic-
Chuk Hang, where galleries and studios Center, 42 Wong Chuk Hang roasted chicken (450 Hong Kong dollars)
have been sprouting up in old industrial and deep-fried prawns coated in salted
Road; springworkshop.org.
lofts in recent years. Head first to the non- duck yolk (market price, usually from 533
profit Spring Workshop, which hosts fre- Blindspot Gallery, 15F, 28
Wong Chuk Hang Road; dollars per kilogram). But when the gregar-
quent exhibitions, performances and art ious owner Robby Cheung turns up the vol-
talks, and even has its own artist residency blindspotgallery.com. Pekin
ume, the place suddenly morphs into a club,
program. Down the street, the Blindspot Fine Arts, 16F, 48 Wong Chuk and the fashionable crowd starts dancing
Gallery exhibits photographic works in a Hang Road; pekinfinearts.com around the tables, toasting bowls of beer.
renovated industrial laundry facility, while /en. This party is popular, so book ahead.
Beijing-based Pekin Fine Arts focuses on 2 Little Bao, 66 Staunton
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emerging Asian artists. The crumbling Street; little-bao.com.
warehouses and old steel elevators are part 9 10 P.M. GIN PONG
3 Orange Peel, 2F, 38-44
of the charm, but gentrification is sure to The red neon Chinese characters behind the
pick up once the new South Island MTR line D’Aguilar Street; orangepeelhk
.com. bar at Ping Pong 129 say, “Keep your body
opens in late 2016. fit,” but smoothies and health elixirs aren’t
4 Dragon’s Back, Shek O Road
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served here — gin is the drink of choice.
2 6:30 P.M. TAKE A BAO near To Tei Wan village; Opened in a former Ping-Pong club in the
discoverhongkong.com/ca trendy Sai Ying Pun neighborhood, the cav-
What Momofuku’s David Chang has done
for the steamed pork bun (a.k.a. bao) in /see-do/great-outdoors ernous space is stocked with some 120 types
New York, the rising chef May Chow is emu- /index.jsp. of gin — many from craft distilleries in the
lating at her Little Bao restaurant in Hong 5 Duddell’s, 3F, 1 Duddell owner Juan Martínez Gregorio’s native
Kong, which still has lines forming shortly Street; duddells.co. Spain, such as Xoriguer, a 300-year-old op-
after its 6 p.m. nightly opening more than 6 PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street; eration on the island of Menorca (140 Hong
two years after launching. (No reser- Kong dollars). Although there are no tables
pmq.org.hk.
vations.) Ms. Chow’s intimate restaurant for pick-up games of Ping-Pong, the décor
THE NEW YORK TIMES 7 Hong Kong Heritage Mu- features elements from the venue’s former
has an American diner feel (only stools and seum, 1 Man Lam Road;
counters for seats), with a clever fusion of life, such as the original red street-side door
Western and Asian cuisines. The truffle
fries (98 Hong Kong dollars, about $12.60), Saturday son) in the second-floor lounge — a casual
heritagemuseum.gov.hk.
8 Tung Po, 2F, 99 Java Road,
and retro aluminum window frames, along
with large-scale works by local artists, in-
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for instance, come topped with shiitake 4 8 A.M. WAKING WITH THE DRAGON Turkish rugs, art-filled walls and a show-
tempeh, truffle mayonnaise and pickled 9 Ping Pong 129, 129 Second fiti artist, Tsang Tsou-Choi, a.k.a. the King of
Odd as it may seem, this skyscraper-stud- stopper of an outdoor terrace. The rotating Kowloon.
daikon, while the fried chicken bao (78 dol- menu reflects the dressed-up Cantonese Street; pingpong129.com.
lars) is flavored with mouth-numbing ded city is a hiker’s paradise. (And we’re not
dining approach, mixing classics like flaky 10 Tai O village, Lantau Island;
Sichuan mayo and Chinese black vinegar talking about the steep staircases in Cen-
Sunday
tral.) One of the most accessible hikes to the baked barbecue pork puffs with more discoverhongkong.com/ca
glaze. Bao even appear on the dessert decadent options such as mushroom and /see-do/great-outdoors
menu, deep-fried like doughnuts to make a bustling city center is the Dragon’s Back —
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a trail that follows an undulating ridge on black truffle dumplings. Service is crisp and /index.jsp. Tai O Heritage
heavenly green tea ice cream sandwich (48 attentive. 10 10 A.M. FISHERMAN’S LIFE
dollars). the southern end of Hong Kong Island much Hotel, Shek Tsai Po Street, Tai
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like, well, walking on a dragon’s back. While O, Lantau Island; Tai O village is about as far as you can get
• there are longer, more arduous climbs else- 6 1 P.M. INDIE HEAVEN
taioheritagehotel.com. from central Hong Kong — both literally
3 9:30 P.M. QUIRKY LOUNGE
where in the city for the serious hiker, the When it comes to shopping, Hong Kong is and figuratively. On a remote bay on lush,
Lan Kwai Fong is party central after a long five-mile Dragon’s Back hike affords spec- known for its electronics, luxury goods and, mountainous Lantau Island, Tai O is one of
workweek — music pumps from open-air tacular views of fishing villages, dinghy- ONLINE: AN OVERVIEW the last surviving fishing villages in Hong
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sional bachelorette party. It’s certainly not The start is near To Tei Wan village on Shek served as the city’s “Police Married Quar- ter and narrow, car-free lanes lined with
for everyone. But removed from the may- O Road; from Tai Long Wan beach at the ters” was reopened as PMQ, a hub for inde- stalls selling shrimp paste (one of the vil-
hem on the second floor of a commercial end, there are buses back to civilization. pendent designers and other creative lage’s best-known industries) and all man-
building is a cozier place for a nightcap — types. Open Quote (Shop No. S401) has a ner of dried seafood. After strolling through
Orange Peel, the latest venture by the inte-
rior designer Joyce Peng following the clo-
sure of her popular bar, Joyce Is Not Here, a
•5 11:30 A.M. DESIGNER DIM SUM
It’s easy to see why Duddell’s is one of the
well-curated selection of cards, CDs and
books by local authors, as well as rotating
art exhibitions. Elsewhere, Smith & Norbu
town, sit down for seafood fried rice with lo-
cal shrimp paste ( 98 Hong Kong dollars) at
the Tai O Heritage Hotel, a renovated for-
hangout for artists and musicians, in 2013. city’s most in-demand lunchtime spots — it (S404) makes bespoke eyewear from buf- mer police station built by the British in 1902
Ms. Peng keeps things quirky with her has prime real estate above Shanghai Tang falo and yak horns, Soil (S307) stocks col- to safeguard Hong Kong’s border with
drinks list — the “Joyce Is Here” cocktail, smack in the middle of Central, a high-pol- orful lacquerware from a Myanmar studio, China. It’s here, perched above the waters
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don, where rates start at $8,938 a night (in- MR. BIELSA party.
cluding the value added tax). book to ensure that your idea of a suite is the money on objects like a watch or a piece of The private terrace of Le Dôme, I decided to tally the top moments, the ex-
“Luxury has never been just about same as the hotel’s. furniture. The logic is that humans are a nearly 900-square-foot suite periences as social scientists would say,
space,” Mr. Vohra said. “To conflate luxury For many travelers, $479 a night is a highly adaptable; we quickly become used at Le Cinq Codet hotel in Paris. that resulted from my one-night stay in Le
with space is to undermine luxury.” to things, and with time they lose their al- Dôme — not comforts or bragging rights
splurge or downright impossible. For some, It has a large living room, two
This is why the word “suite” is elastic. It lure. And as some researchers have pointed bathrooms and a Jacuzzi, and but joys; ripples of happiness.
it’s a steal, and infinitely less preferable
might be six rooms or it might be one room. starts at about $2,000 a night. They include: Looking across the street
than the Sterling Suite at the Langham, out, another person can have, say, the same
It might be 500 square feet or 9,000 square to see French friends huddling on their bal-
London — a penthouse with a piano, media watch as you, which makes yours less spe-
feet. There could be a terrace with sweeping cony, wine glasses in hand, laughing and
vistas, or no outdoor space at all. The bill lounge and a 24-hour personal butler — cial.
That doesn’t happen with experiences. talking as the sun began to disappear; see-
might run you $20,000 a night or $200 a which starts at nearly $35,000 a night. How-
ing the Eiffel Tower twinkle in the dark as I
night. Last year, the Hilton Chicago O’Hare ever much you’re considering plunking Experiences are unique. Even when they
wore a bathing suit, still damp from the
Airport introduced 485-square-foot “family down, the question is: If you’re going to pay are shared, you interpret them in your own
Jacuzzi; truffles from Angelina at turn
suites” — one room — starting at $134 a up, what’s the payoff? way. You own them forever. Indeed, re-
down; the glow of the Dôme des Invalides
night. The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, in Geor- Six years ago I wrote about how social searchers have found that reminiscing, re- as the sun fought through rainclouds; and
gia last year renovated two of its suites and scientists found that spending money on an living scenes that brought you joy, also the ability, now and forever, to remember
both start at $479. You would be wise to look experience, such as a vacation, makes peo- boosts happiness. the time when I was lucky enough to spend
at the particulars of the room before you ple happier in the long run than spending Which brings us back to the logic of a night in a magical aerie in Paris.
Hotel Room? More Like a Palace

If you’re the sort of traveler who desires a private pool, a grand piano or seating for 24 in your hotel room, look no further than today’s outrageously outfitted suites — with price tags
to match. The prices below are starting rates per day and may change according to season or special events. In some cases, prices will fluctuate depending on currency rates.
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FROM FROM FROM
$75,000 $22,600 $20,500

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You can entertain like you’re Gatsby in this five-bedroom penthouse a Luxury Collection Hotel, Milan If you were hoping to host a dinner for 12 in your hotel room, this
where the living room, with 26-foot-high ceilings, a fireplace and wet Winner of the World’s Leading Hotel Suite category at the World three-bedroom, nearly 10,000-square-foot suite will do the trick. After
bar can be transformed into a ballroom with a grand piano. Designed Travel Awards last year, this gold and cream-colored fantasy offers dessert, everyone can move from the dining room table and take a
by Jacques Grange and introduced last year, the more than 12,000- nearly 10,800 square feet. Spa-lovers will be delighted. There are two dip in the rooftop plunge pool. The suite is part of Dubai’s Al Habtoor
square-foot retreat is spread out over two floors and is billed as the terraces, including one with a solarium connected to a private spa City, which includes three hotels, three residential towers and what is
largest hotel penthouse suite in the country. There are six bathrooms with a Turkish bath and a Jacuzzi. And along with four bedrooms described as a “Las Vegas-style” theater. But why bother leaving the
(one with a steam room), two powder rooms, two wet bars, four fire- there’s a kitchenette with Limoges porcelain and French crystal. suite? There’s a living room, a study, walk-in dressing areas and a
places, a kitchen, a conservatory, a library lounge, a formal dining Wish to be discreet? A “diplomatic entrance” leads directly into the lounge area. And should you require anything — bags unpacked, tour
room with seating for 24 and a rooftop terrace from which you can suite. And if you need to mix a little business with pleasure, the suite reservations, forgotten toiletries —- you need only ask the butler.
see Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Who needs includes a private meeting room on the eighth floor. Stregisdubai.com
East Egg? Themarkhotel.com Excelsiorhotelgallia.com
THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY L.L.C. ANDY HASLAM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
FROM FROM FROM
$15,000 $11,200 $8,938

Grand Cayman Penthouse, the Ritz-Carlton, The Kohinoor Suite, the Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India The Kipling Suite, Brown’s Hotel, London
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands It’s such a drag when the hotel pool is crowded, isn’t it? There’s no Named for Rudyard Kipling, who is said to have written “The Jungle
With ocean and beach views, a wraparound terrace, fire pit, outdoor need to reserve a lounge chair if you book this suite. It comes with its Book” in the hotel, this suite will warm the hearts of bookworms.
shower, dining table and a private beach cabana, this penthouse is own 70-foot outdoor pool framed by frangipani trees. For sun wor- There’s a sitting room with floor-to-ceiling windows and a hardwood
ideal for those who want to spend most of their time outside. It’s one shipers there are loungers and sofas and views of Lake Pichola. In- floor. You can choose a personalized experience, such as a tour of
of the largest in the Caribbean, with 8,000 square feet of indoor and side, amid mirror mosaics and marble privacy screens, there’s a Peter Harrington Rare Books on Dover Street, to go with your stay,
outdoor space, three bedrooms with flat-screen televisions (there are dining room, living room, two bedrooms, powder room, as well as or, say, the Bloody Mary master class. This nearly 970-square-foot
televisions in the bathroom mirrors, too), a cinema room with projec- three televisions, and, of course, 24-hour butler service. It may be suite comes with a one-way airport transfer, two half-hour treatments
tor screen, a library, living room, wet bar, butler room, service hard to go wrong in any room at Oberoi Udaivilas, though: It took in the Spa, a bottle of Ruinart Champagne, breakfast, as well as the
kitchen, Bose sound system, dedicated concierge and private eleva- first place in Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Hotels awards last year, unpacking and packing of your luggage. Roccofortehotels.com
tor. Ritzcarlton.com and has a top rating from TripAdvisor users. Oberoihotels.com /hotels-and-resorts/browns-hotel
PERSONAL JOURNEYS CALIFORNIA
Seeking the Light in the Darkened Desert

Camping with a daughter
leads to the sublime, and
loud-as-you-want shouting.
By CHRIS COLIN
One night not long ago, my 6-year-old stag-
gered out of her room for the fourth time,
hellbent on conveying the specific anguish
of insomnia. “It’s like I’m a puzzle piece for
. . . a puzzle about nighttime but I’m a . . .
daytime piece and I just can’t fit.” My first
thought was, Go the heck to sleep (though
not in those exact words). My second: The
kid’s ready for the desert.
Certain trips require a little deepening
first — the capacity for abstraction and
clunky poetic metaphors about existence.
In Cora’s young mind I sensed room for
some next-level travel, aimed not at muse-
ums or beach resorts but eerie vastness.
And so: to the desert! We arrived in Palm
Springs on a hot Friday evening and
pointed the rental car in the direction of the
greatest darkness.
As we drove I reviewed our agenda: four
days, multiple locations, a sweltering tent, a
focus on emptiness. All those vacations
heretofore? With the activities and the fun?
Sayonara. Absence would be our primary
attraction, featurelessness the feature pre-
sentation. Except you can’t fully convey
that to a first grader, so I added that she’d be
able to shout as loud as she wanted in the
desert.
Creepily, gorgeously surreal Joshua Tree
National Park was Stop 1, and our approach
wound us clockwise around the 1,234-
square-mile park’s perimeter. The moon
showed pale hills in the distance but little
else. We ventured in and nosed our head-
lights around towering granite outcrops un-
til we found our campsite.
Desert camping is like camping any-
where at first: tent setup, futzing with the
camp stove, the discovery of the broken
lantern. We put down the gear and wan-
dered out among the creosote and brittle-
bush. The darkness was thick, and Cora
noted it, though she also noted some devel-
opments in her latest Ramona Quimby read
and how to make a more realistic frog-croak
with your throat. But then we stopped walk-
ing and looked up.
“It feels like space is falling on top of us,”
Cora blurted out. She was right, in an ab-
stract, divide-by-zero kind of way. The
stars, too, looked worrisomely low. We be-
held them, in part because there was noth-
ing else to behold. Except for those weird
outcrops, barrenness lay in every direction.
As with many of her species, Cora’s life
overflowed with the opposite of barren-
ness: that 21st-century saturation of play
dates, art projects, bike rides, Netflix. Com-
pared with history’s more boring child-
hoods, hers lacks for nothing but nothing-
ness itself, and that’s what I wanted to show
her.
One thinks of Edmund Burke at such
times.
The 18th-century writer’s formulation
about the sublime versus the beautiful had
been formative for me, dividing the aes-
thetic world into the tidily pleasing and the
compellingly terrifying — think cheerful
daisy versus boundless and stormy sea.
The dark awe of the sublime is the stuff of
your most memorably destabilizing travel
experiences, I’d argue. But it’s also the stuff
you kiss goodbye with parenthood. Chil-
dren exist in the realm of the beautiful, and
you swap dark awe for a nice beach with
non-pokey rocks.
But then one day you sense an opening.
I’d conceived our ascetic desert romp not
out of some joyless parental imperiousness,
but because in California’s great nothing-
ness I saw a path into the sublime. Cora and
I stood in the hot night air holding hands,
being small.
“What do you think about all this?” I
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the aloneness, the sheer scale of the land- Park; Salvation Mountain,
There was parched earth and there were S A LT O N scape. Of course that’s also the draw, and near Slab City; the Salton Sea;
smudgy clouds. Occasionally civilization SEA Slab City the feeling can be soothing. At dusk he a palm tree farm, off Route 111
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some low industrial building — but it only 20 MILES wine, just to look at the boulders. Niland; interior and exterior of
underscored how dwarfed civilization was THE NEW YORK TIMES
We climbed up some of those boulders, the Airbnb Airstream rented
amid all this absence. scuffing our feet to warn rattlers. by the author; a child on a hike
We arrived. You’d be hard-pressed to call “In a lot of ways what brings a person out through Joshua Tree National
a 350-square-mile body of water a desert. longtime squat community occupying a for- here is absence — of people, of civilization, Park.
But the Salton Sea is immense and still and mer Marine barracks. I don’t know how Ed- everything,” Scott said.
unsettling; California’s largest lake feels de- mund Burke would classify the place, but gue that the fart joke at the end was sub- We talked about that word, Cora noting
sertlike. We staggered out into the heat, the absence of electricity, running water lime. that her teacher writes down whoever’s ab-
about 235 feet below sea level, an other- and sewers — it’s some kind of profound. Like any responsible parent, I saw Cora’s sent each day at school. ‘In a lot of ways what
worldliness absorbing us. “By the Salton We chatted with a father and son building a first visit to these parts as a real educational “It’s the same out here, except everyone brings a person out here
Sea, in the night, the rest of America does shade structure out of pallets, and picked up opportunity, and before we left sought a is absent,” Scott said. is absence — of people,
not exist,” Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote in a hitchhiker on a hot, rutted road. She had a shallow body of knowledge with which to That night we slept in an old Hairstream,
1961. project pretend wisdom. I emailed Diana K. as Cora called it. I’d found it on Airbnb and
of civilization,
high voice and had lived at Slab for 10 years.
These days the Salton Sea itself doesn’t I asked how she ended up here in the first Davis, a University of California, Davis, his- reasoned that our trip was about roughing it everything.’
exist as much either. Half a century ago the place. “Got dropped off,” she said. tory professor who’s written about concep- metaphysically. A comfy bed and some elec-
so-called Salton Riviera attracted royalty Cora and I found a secluded campsite tions of the desert. “Western thought,” she tricity wouldn’t interfere.
like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and near the Salton Sea. More tent setup, more wrote to me, has largely “conceived of The next morning, we ventured back into
more visitors than Yosemite. Then a combi- time stunned under the stars. When the deserts as abnormal, exotic, and frighten- Joshua Tree. It was hot, but a gray sky had
nation of drought, pollution, salinity and al- sublime is vaguely terrifying, it occurred to ing to the point of terror in many cases.” But muted the park’s colors — pale greens and
gae started destroying the health of the me, part of the terror is the capriciousness this thinking has been driven by ignorance browns. Cora and I had one last item on our
lake, and the resort became a ghost town. of the universe. There’s caprice in the for- about ecology, indigenous populations and agenda before returning to civilization.
Cora dragged me out to the ghoulish carpet mation of a fluky inland sea, giving rise to so forth, she added. Near an area called Porcupine Wash we
of beached tilapia at the water’s edge. If all kinds of lives and livelihoods and art Was our wonderment a kind of envi- pulled over and dashed out among the
you’re worried that your beach conveys in- projects. It’s caprice, too, when it all dries ronmental Orientalism? I wondered now. I shrubs and smoke trees.
sufficient gore, a million fish corpses will up and goes away. decided that hanging out with an actual lo- The thing about screaming as loud as you
get you there. We poked fiendishly in the cal might help ground us a bit. On a lark I can is, it’s sort of deep — the thrill of testing
name of science. CORA AND I BROKE CAMP on Day 3 and reached out to a friend of a friend with a your full caliber, the jarring feeling of no-
As wastelands go, the Salton Sea area climbed back into the hot car, nearing peak place nearby, who invited us over. body responding. Cora let loose atop a spine
contains multitudes. We drove south to Sal- ripeness. We beat a path north to Morongo Scott Pinkmountain and his wife live far of granite facing a wide expanse of desert
vation Mountain, one man’s remote, paint- Valley, past a wild mustang feed store and a down a dusty road, amid elaborate cactus floor.
drenched monument to God in the Colorado dig-your-own cactus place. We were wing- and cartoonish boulders. He’s a mellow guy I won’t soon forget the complicated look
Desert. For Cora, a kitchen table artist, a ing it by now. with a bushy mustache and cut-off cor- that crossed my daughter’s face as she
homemade hill draped in ecstatic color was We’d pull over here for a hike, there to duroys. When they first moved from the nearly ruptured my eardrums. It was de-
apparently mind-blowing. She kept climb- neurotically restock our water supply. At Bay Area a few years ago, he said, it was so light, yes, but also the uncertainty that ac-
ing into nooks and crannies saying, “Oh my one point we caught a Wild West gunfight in quiet as to be disorienting. For weeks he companies total liberation. Later, when she
God.” Pioneertown, a kitschy exception to the thought their fridge was on the fritz. Turned climbed back into the car, I could see in her
It wasn’t much farther to Slab City, the trip’s general restraint. I guess you could ar- out that’s just what a fridge sounds like eyes she was still up on those rocks.
PURSUITS OREGON
After a 41-Day Standoff, Birding Is Back

The Malheur National Wildlife
Refuge is now mostly open, in
time for a popular bird festival.
By DAVE SEMINARA
In a lifetime of offbeat travel experiences,
searching for mating sage grouse in a snow
squall may rank as one of my oddest pur-
suits.
My guidebook suggested that in March
“lucky early morning visitors” might expe-
rience the sage grouse’s unique mating ritu-
al while hiking on the Sagehen Hill Nature
Trail in Harney County, Ore. But the wind
was howling, a passing flurry was coating
my glasses in a film of wet snow, and on a
brisk walk I saw nothing but miles of the
arid, melancholy High Desert landscape.
It was almost 9 a.m. and the sage grouse
were apparently either (very sensibly)
courting in a more discreet place or enjoy-
ing a post-coital smoke somewhere. Bird-
ing, I was to learn, is a pastime that requires
patience and a sense of humor.
For the third time in seven weeks, I was
on my way to Burns, and ultimately the
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge — site of
an armed, 41-day occupation that sparked a
national conversation about the use of fed-
eral lands. The occupiers, many of whom
split off from a peaceful protest over the re-
imprisonment of a pair of ranchers con-
victed of setting fires, said that the federal
government had no right to control lands,
like Malheur, and should turn them over to
local control.
During my first two visits to this vast,
largely unpopulated county in eastern Ore-
IF YOU GO
gon, I was there as a reporter, marooned for
stretches of time at an F.B.I. roadblock with GETTING THERE
a pack of media, and a small assortment of The Malheur Refuge is about a
occupation sympathizers, two miles outside three-hour drive from Redmond
the entrance to the refuge. Municipal Airport, or about four
Dusty Wilson, the first person I met in the hours from the Boise Airport.
county, took me to the small home where he
and his wife, Darre, raised 10 children, when WHAT TO DO
I asked him where I could find a bathroom. The Harney County Migratory
“I don’t really trust media, but you seem Bird Festival runs April 8 to 10.
all right,” he said. “You can write your story Many, but not all, of the birding
here, and if you need a place to stay, we have tours are sold out, but visitors
a spare bedroom.” don’t have to be on a tour to
After mixing with the Wilsons and many visit the refuge (855-438-8625;
other friendly locals, and interviewing a migratorybirdfestival.com).
host of passionate, angry birders who were The Audubon Society of Port-
frustrated that their favorite place to bird land leads trips to Malheur,
was closed, I resolved to return as soon as
including one June 4 to 8, and
the refuge reopened, so that I could better
other birding destinations
understand its allure.
around the region (503-292-
On March 14, I received a green light from
6855; audubonportland.org).
a United States Fish and Wildlife Service of-
ficial who said I could visit the refuge, which The Burns Paiute Tribe has a
was still closed to the public, at the time, but powwow on Oct. 13 every year
is now open, save for the headquarters area, (541-573-1910; burnspaiute
where the occupiers lived. Tim Blount, a -nsn.gov).
first-rate birder and the executive director The Harney County Historical
of the Friends of Malheur, would be my Museum has an impressive
guide. Elated, I left my home in Bend, and collection of artifacts and
drove early the next morning. displays on local history (18
Burns is an unpretentiously charming West D Street, Burns, 541-573-
town of about 2,000 roughly halfway be-
5618; hchistoricalsociety.com).
tween Bend and Boise. Aside from the de-
mise of the timber industry, it hasn’t The Round Barn and Jenkins
changed much since 1948, when The Satur- Family Visitor Center has an
day Evening Post called it an “unsung” interesting gift shop and small
place of “effortless fun” whose residents museum, open daily from 9 to 5
had “the ability to look fate in the eye and (51955 Lava Bed Road, Dia-
wink.” mond, 888-493-2420).
Seated behind a mountain of brochures in
WHERE TO STAY
her downtown office, Chelsea Harrison, the
executive director of the county’s chamber The Sage Country Inn in Burns
of commerce, told me that locals had essen- has three nicely appointed
tially done just that. rooms in a lovely home built in
“The publicity has been huge for us,” she 1907. From $105 per night,
said, noting that interest in the county’s Mi- including a hearty country
gratory Bird Festival, scheduled for April 8 breakfast (351-1/2 West Mon-
to 10, has surged this year. roe Street, 541-573-7243;
“But we don’t want sympathy visits,” she sagecountryinn.com). PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVE SEMINARA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
said. “We want people to come here for the The Frenchglen Hotel has Clockwise from top, a cow standing in the road at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, site of an armed, 41-day occupation; a bald eagle at “Raptor
natural beauty, the solitude, the friendly good food and rooms with Alley” near the refuge; a great horned owl; a store in Frenchglen, Ore., population 8, adjacent to the refuge; Jarvis Kennedy, a member of the Burns
people who live here.” shared bath from $75, and Paiute Tribal Council. The refuge is now open to the public, in time for birding season.
Outside her office, red “unity” bows line rooms with private bath in the
Broadway, the town’s main drag. But more Drovers’ Inn, right behind the “After the Indian Wars, they were all binoculars, bought from Kmart years ago, French, a rancher who owned most of the
than a month after the end of the occupa- historic property, from $115 marched out of here,” she said, before show- and my inability to correctly identify birds. land where Malheur now sits, at the cen-
tion, the town is still divided. When I called a (39184 Highway 205, French- ing me the museum’s most visible reminder But Mr. Blount put me at ease and coached tury-old Frenchglen Hotel. John Ross, the
woman whom I’d interviewed on my previ- glen, 541-493-2825; french- of the long presence of Native Americans in me on local etiquette, chiding me when I owner, told us that unlike the hotels and
ous visits, she declined to meet me at a busi- glenhotel.com). the region: a 9,000-year-old pair of sage- failed to wave at other drivers. “We wave hi restaurants in Burns who profited from the
ness near the refuge, arguing that she didn’t brush sandals that were found in a nearby to each other around here, Dave,” he said media influx during the occupation, they
want to patronize this establishment be- If you want to stay where F.B.I.
agents billeted during the cave. more than once. had seen no boost.
cause the owners were said to have been
occupation, there are spartan Ms. Capernall led me to a display case The roadblock leading to the refuge was And at Peter French’s Round Barn, Dick
sympathetic to the Bundys, the now im-
rooms at the Malheur Field featuring vintage feathered women’s hats, gone, and Mr. Blount explained that the Jenkins, who operates a small museum and
prisoned brothers who led the occupation.
Station on the refuge (34848 and a photo from 1907, depicting plume Fish and Wildlife Service had decided to gift shop on site, told us that the cowboys
Others I met cited stores that have been
Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, hunters and a barn wall full of dead swans. open the refuge, but not the headquarters who came in to guzzle stubby bottles of
boycotted by some based on the perception,
“You see,” she said, pointing to the photo- area where the occupiers were based, with- Coors were his only steady customers.
real or not, that they supported the 541-493-2629;
graph, “That’s why we had to protect Mal- out publicity. An officer waved us through “The roadblocks killed us,” he said, right
occupiers. And the Crystal Crane Hot malheurfieldstation.com).
heur.” the service entrance to the headquarters before an older cowboy came in and ordered
Springs, a favorite local spot for a relaxing Dormitory lodging (groups only)
area, and Mr. Blount gave me a short tour, a Coors, as if on cue. “All the customers were
soak, has received a number of critical re- from $22; rooms with kitchen-
TIM BLOUNT is a serious birder. He adores pointing to the bunkhouse where many of scared away.”
views on Yelp and TripAdvisor after the ette from $55.
Bundys and other occupiers held a meeting Malheur so much that he chooses to live and the occupiers slept, the tower where they We took the long way back to Burns,
and soaked there. I drove out to the hot WHERE TO EAT work on the refuge, an hour away from the stood watch (reportedly dislodging some traversing gravel roads, stopping often to
springs to hear their side of the story, and The Pine Room Cafe in Burns nearest grocery store. He treasures it nesting great horned owls), the tractors and view birds as the sun came out, reminding
spoke to Diana Davis, the office manager, has great steaks and pork chop enough that he was willing to drive all night bulldozers they commandeered, and the of- us that spring, and many more birds, would
who said that the attacks were unfair. dinners, which come with across the Cascades, from a speaking en- fices they occupied. soon be here. On the Crane-Buchanan Road,
“We got blindsided,” she said. “We shrimp cocktail, soup, salad gagement in Salem, to spend a day birding A “Closed for the Holidays” sign that Mr. known locally as “Raptor Alley,” Mr. Blount
thought it was just a ranchers’ meeting. We and fresh bread. A waitress with me at the refuge. Blount had placed on the locked door of the spotted a pair of majestic bald eagles. As I
didn’t know the Bundys were coming. But I named Autumn Larkins recom- “You don’t have to thank me,” he said, refuge’s visitors’ center was still there. The watched them in flight through his
swear, we didn’t give them anything for mends the two-pork chop when I tried to do just that. “I get to spend last bird sighting — a white-throated spar- binoculars, I felt a surge of joy that is hard to
free, and we’re neutral.” special — she likes to eat one the day birding.” row — recorded on a magnetic board, was describe. Before we parted, I asked Mr.
I met Jarvis Kennedy, a member of the for dinner and have the other As we drove down lonely country roads on Oct. 27. Some of the refuge’s employees Blount for tips on what I might see on my
Burns Paiute tribe’s Tribal Council, at the cold for breakfast the next day on our way to the refuge, Mr. Blount’s en- were back at work but most of the bird feed- way back to Bend. “Look up on the power
Bella Java & Bistro in Burns, and he too un- (543 West Monroe Street, thusiasm was infectious. “Look, sandhill ers were empty. lines right after you pass Hampton, a tiny
derscored that the tribe and the wider com- 541-573-2673; facebook.com cranes!” “Over there, red-tailed hawk!” I went to use a bathroom and Mr. Blount little ghost town,” he said.
munity had not healed yet. The council had /ThePineRoomBurnsOregon). he’d exclaim. said, “You better not, they overflowed the Sure enough, I saw a total of four bald ea-
recently been granted access to parts of the We parked on the side of a road, just out- sewer system.” We took a walk and, despite gles, one more magisterial than the next,
The chef Michael Johnson side Burns, to observe a flock of about 1,000 the trenches and other damage, Mr. Blount
refuge, and he spoke bitterly of the defen- right where he said they’d be. Each time I
serves up high-end food at
+1 604 278 4604
snow geese gathered on a field, and Mr. said that the place was mostly as he remem-
sive trenches the occupiers had dug, and spotted one, I pulled over and indulged in
affordable prices, including a Blount told me how the occupation had up- bered it. There were few birds around, but leisurely looks as cars zoomed past me, a
the damage they caused to tribal burial
superlative lamb gyro at Rho- ended his life and changed his job. He hadn’t he said, “The season hasn’t started yet, few honking in disgust. I wanted to jump up
grounds and artifacts.
jos (83 West Washington, been able to stay in his home and had been pretty soon all these trees will be full of and down, flag them, “Look! Bald eagles!”
“The best way I can describe it to white
Burns, 541-573-7656; living at another wildlife refuge near Port- birds and there’ll be birders everywhere.” But they were all on cruise control, going 75,
people is, imagine if someone went to Ar-
facebook.com land. Inside the refuge’s small museum, I not noticing a thing, just as I had been on my
lington National Cemetery and went to the
bathroom on the graves and rode a bull- /Rhojos-99288139990). “But membership in the Friends of Mal- learned more about the plume-hunting previous trips.
dozer over them,” he said. The Frenchglen Hotel serves heur has gone from about 250 to more than trade, which was the impetus for the cre- I may not have understood the point of
Mr. Kennedy told me about how in the breakfast fare, homemade 1,800,” he said, passing me his pair of ation of Malheur, the 19th of 51 refuges creat- birding when I was off looking for courting
1870s the tribe, which now has about 300 soups, decadent bacon binoculars. “That’s the silver lining.” ed by President Theodore Roosevelt (there sage grouse, but in that moment I under-
members but was once much larger, was cheeseburgers and chocolate- Mr. Blount said that during the occupa- are now 550 National Wildlife Refuges in 50 stood why birders are about to return to
decimated after being forced off the land chip pecan cookies at reason- tion, his expensive camera equipment and states, protecting some 94 million acres of Malheur with a vengeance. We fly through
where the refuge now exists. able prices (39184 Highway binoculars were stolen from his office, land). A display claimed that in the 1880s, an life on cruise control, going 75, not knowing
And at the wonderfully informative and 205, Frenchglen, 541-493- which is in one of the refuge buildings the ounce of breeding feathers was worth more what we’re missing. Birding forces us to
colorful Harney County Historical Museum 2825; frenchglenhotel.com). occupiers used. A Go Fund Me campaign he than an ounce of gold. slow down, to be observant, to savor our
in Burns, Jan Capernall, the museum’s cu- established to replace the equipment was Mr. Blount and I spent the rest of a blissful surroundings. As the last bald eagle I saw
rator, showed me a map illustrating how the quickly financed, and a company that day birding, feeling very much like we had soared out of sight, I thought of the last bit of
tribe’s reservation (now just 770 acres) makes high-end binoculars sent him a free the whole refuge to ourselves. We had a advice that Mr. Blount had given me, “Just
once sprawled across what is now a 187,000- pair. tasty lunch in Frenchglen, a hamlet of eight pay attention,” he said. “Look around, be-
acre wildlife refuge. I was a little ashamed of my $29 year-round residents named after Peter cause you never know what you might see.”
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Wrong time for a warranty From the staff picks shelf to

offer. BY DAVID SEGAL the Tribeca Film Festival.
3 ECONOMIC VIEW 7 PREOCCUPATIONS
A bad neighborhood’s lasting After the ashram, a new view

harm. BY JUSTIN WOLFERS of work. BY KARAN BAJAJ
INVESTING INNOVATION JOBS SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
FAIR GAME
GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Sacrificing
The Future
For a Mirage
Stock buyback programs at
companies like Yahoo may lift
shares today, but at what cost?
IT IS ONE of the great investment conun-
drums of our time: Why do so many
stockholders cheer when a company an-
nounces that it’s buying back shares?
Stated simply, repurchase programs can
be hazardous to a company’s long-term fi-
nancial health and often signal a manage-
ment that has run out of better ways to in-
vest in the business.
And yet investors love them.
Not all stock repurchases are bad, of
course. But given the enormous popularity
of buybacks nowadays, those that are
harmful probably outnumber the beneficial.
Those who run companies like buybacks
because they make their earnings look bet-
ter on a per-share basis. When fewer shares
are outstanding, each one technically earns
more.
But a company’s overall profit growth is
unaffected by share buybacks. And com-
paring increases in earnings per share with
real profit growth reveals the impact that
buybacks have on that particular measure.
Call it the buyback mirage.
Consider Yahoo. The company bought
back shares worth $6.6 billion from 2008 to
2014, according to Robert L. Colby, a retired
investment professional and developer of
Corequity, an equity valuation service used
by institutional investors. These purchases
helped increase Yahoo’s earnings per share
about 16 percent annually, on average.
But a good bit of that performance was
the buyback mirage. Growth in Yahoo’s
overall net profits came in at about 11 per-
cent annually.
Given these figures, Mr. Colby reckoned
that Yahoo, if it had invested that same
amount of money in its operations, would
have had to generate only a 3.2 percent af-
ter-tax return to produce overall net profit
growth of 16 percent annually over those
years.
Some companies argue that the money
they spend repurchasing stock is a shrewd
use of their capital. And given Yahoo’s track
record in recent years, its management
team seems to have had a hard time identi-
fying profitable investments.
But Mr. Colby pointed out that buybacks
provide only a one-time benefit, while smart
investments in a company’s operations can
generate years of gains.
Yahoo declined to comment on its buy-
backs.
This analysis may be of interest to Star-
board Value, an activist investor that is a
large and unhappy Yahoo shareholder. On
Thursday, Starboard nominated nine direc-
ABOVE, JAKE MICHAELS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; BELOW, REY DEL RIO/GETTY IMAGES
tors to replace the company’s entire board,
The Cage Match

saying its current members lack “the lead-
ership, objectivity and perspective needed
to make decisions that are in the best inter-
ests of shareholders.”
In a statement, Yahoo said, “The board’s
nominating and governance committee will
review Starboard’s proposed director no-
minees and respond in due course.”
Yahoo is not alone. Mr. Colby conducted a
cost-benefit analysis of 26 companies buy-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Two brothers’ no-holds-barred battle to It turns out that Culinary Union Local
226, which represents 55,000 employees in
Lorenzo, above left, and Frank Fertitta at the
UFC offices in Las Vegas with Damien Hirst’s
transform the cutthroat sport of mixed Sin City’s hospitality industry, had an ally in “Molybdenum Trioxide,” background, and
— of all people — the former speaker of the “The Incomplete Truth,” in front. Below, Nate
martial arts into a national phenomenon. New York State Assembly, UFC officials Diaz, top, defeated Conor McGregor at a UFC
say. That would be Sheldon Silver, long the event in March in Las Vegas.
state’s most effective legislative gate-
By DAVID SEGAL keeper. Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, ment, the Assembly voted 113 to 25 to over-
It has been a while since Frank and Lorenzo refused to allow a vote on legalizing mixed turn the ban.
Fertitta tried to choke each other into sub- martial arts. “It’s a terrible, nasty, violent sport,” said
mission. The brothers took private jujitsu But he left the Assembly last year after a Michael Benedetto, a Democrat from the
lessons in the early 2000s, and at the end of conviction on corruption charges. Then, a Bronx, explaining his highly ambivalent
each they were given the chance to try new UFC triumph was only a matter of time.
“yes” vote on the Assembly floor. “But it is
moves in a dojo in Las Vegas. But you reach The time was Tuesday afternoon. With
a certain age (Frank is now 54, Lorenzo is ESPN cameras rolling to capture the mo- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
47) and turn up in Forbes (which estimates

each brother is worth $1.6 billion), and
brawling starts to seem like a bad idea.
That does not mean the Fertittas have
given up on combat. After earning their first
fortune through an empire of casinos, they
spent $2 million to buy the Ultimate Fight-
ing Championship, a struggling mixed mar-
tial arts company, in 2001. Since then, the

brothers have worked tirelessly to bring

into the mainstream what critics have long
derided as “human cage fighting.”
Ultimate Fighting Championship events
are now broadcast in 158 countries. Until
JONATHAN G. CROSBY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
last week, they were legal in all but one state
in the union.
Reaching Skyward
The lone holdout was New York.

The Fertittas have tried since 2007 to per-
To Grow Lettuce suade lawmakers in Albany to overturn a
law that expressly prohibits all forms of
A vertical farm tests a ski combat sports, except boxing. Year after
town’s appetite for ‘low profit’ year, they were thwarted by an unlikely op-
ponent: a Las Vegas union for kitchen
entrepreneurship. Page 4. workers.
2 BU N THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
The Chatter CORNER OFFICE BY ADAM BRYANT
“It’s unfortunate. And I

think it’s also indicative
of an attitude to risk
Putting Passion Ahead of Pedigree
ference between having an entrepreneurial
that has to change.” Tricia Clarke-Stone spirit when you’re part of a 500-person
team and being at a company like mine,
C.E.O. of Narrative, a marketing and technology
Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of Credit where you’re part of a 20-person team.
firm.
Suisse, who said a thirst for revenue “at There’s a much greater level of accountabil-
all costs” drove traders at his bank to ity, because each person plays such an inte-
take large, risky positions, catching top Q. Tell me about your early years. gral role, and you have to translate that en-
executives off guard and forcing them to A. I grew up in Brooklyn, and I have a twin trepreneurial spirit into action and some-
accelerate cost-cutting over the next sister. My parents divorced when we were thing tangible.
three years. young. Early on, I was exposed to my mom I like to hear that people played on teams
being super determined to make sure she when they were younger, because they
could provide for us. She was like a Swiss know that they play a role and that it’s for
Army knife. She did everything by any the greater good of the task or the team.
means necessary.
That really instilled a characteristic in me What else do you ask about?
— I believe you can always achieve, no mat- I want to make sure they have a specific
ter what. It might seem like nothing is going perspective or point of view — not about my
in your direction, but there’s always a way company, just in life. So I’ll ask them what
to take control of the situation. they do in their downtime, and then I’ll go
My sister and I had a strong bond grow- deeper into that. If they like going to muse-
ing up. So I always had someone by my side ums, what type of art do they like, and why
“What is happening in to pressure-test ideas with. I had this exter- do they like specific artists?
I also ask them what type of games they
coal is a downward nal barometer who was always with me.
Having a partner in crime early on instilled like to play, because that gives me an idea
shift that is a level of confidence that stayed with me. about how they think, and where they feel
most comfortable. Because I want people
permanent.” How has your mother influenced your lead-
ership style today?
who, when they don’t feel comfortable, can
still perform at a high level.
Chiza Vitta, a metals and mining analyst She always had high expectations for us. And I ask where else they would be inter-
with Standard & Poor’s. JPMorgan And when I’m managing my team today, I viewing if they weren’t interviewing with
Chase announced recently that it would go in with really high expectations. Some me. I don’t need them to tell me the com-
no longer finance new coal-fired power might say that could be a negative, because pany, but I want to know what kind of envi-
plants in the United States and other then you’re putting a lot of pressure on ronment they would want be in. I want to
wealthy nations. Other financial firms them. But I think it helps everyone know make sure they want to be an impact player,
have made similar announcements. where the bar is set. They know what that that they are doers, and won’t be satisfied
North Star is. with a standard outcome.
What were some early leadership lessons It means the onus is on them to deliver,
for you? and you’re not going to deliver all the time.
“You can race through A mentor told me early on that because I
So I have to make sure that they’re O.K.
with failure, but are able to use that failure
these — they’re like was so invested in the work, people some-
times had the perception that I could fly off
EARL WILSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES to come back stronger and get that win. So
reading movies.” the handle. They knew it was not coming There was a period when I was looking to
I’ll ask them, “How do you deal with failure,
or obstacles, or issues?”
from a bad place, but she said that I didn’t hire people with a certain pedigree. I wasn’t “Yes, you need a little
James Patterson, the best-selling
novelist, who is starting a line of short
want people to have that perception, be- looking for people with the drive and pas- bit of luck. You need What is your career advice to new college
cause perception is reality. sion that I have, and that was wrong. So I intelligence. But hard grads?
novels that cost less than $5 and can be
So I created a process for myself. Instead started looking at who they were inherently The first thing I talk about is passion. That’s
read in a single sitting. of reacting right away, I would type out a re- as people. work can take you to going to fuel you in the hard times and when
sponse instead of calling someone to get it places you never things don’t go your way. So everything that
And so how do you hire now?
off my chest quickly. Then I would step imagined.” you do, if you’re putting a lot of time and en-
away, come back after an hour, and look at it I’m looking for people like the MacGyver ergy into it, should be rooted in passion and
again, and say, “Now that my emotions are TV character. Not everybody knows who purpose.
down and I’m not as heated, does this still that is, so I’ll actually send job candidates Then I talk about hard work. That can be
CORRECTIONS
make sense? Should I go this route?” YouTube clips from the show before they lost on some people in the younger genera-
An article last Sunday about the San Two-thirds of the time it was probably come in for a follow-up interview. tion because they see 23-year-old billion-
Francisco office of Ellen Richey of Visa still the way to go. But with the other third, it And I’ll say, “This is the type of person aires launching social media platforms.
omitted part of Ms. Richey’s title. She is wasn’t. that I’m looking for — someone who’s re- They can think they’re just one big idea or
vice chairwoman of risk and public sourceful and basically relishes the moone friend away from that level of success.
policy, not of public policy alone. What lessons have you learned since you ment of being able to really solve a prob-
started your own company? Hard work is what gets you places. Yes,
• lem.” I need that at our company, especially you need a little bit of luck. You need intelli-
An Upshot article last Sunday about the because we don’t have a rigid structure. gence. But hard work can take you to places
gender pay gap misstated the percentage A lot of people will tell me, “I have such an you never imagined.
of the gap that two Cornell economists Each week, Adam Bryant talks with top execu- entrepreneurial spirit.” They’ve worked in a
tives about leadership. Follow him on Twitter: And finally, never let them see you sweat.
said could be attributed to pure discrimi- department of 500 people, and they think If your boss sees you not keeping your com-
nation. They determined it was 38 per- @nytcorneroffice. This interview has been they could be an entrepreneur. I’ve hired
edited for space and clarity. posure, she or he won’t have trust in you.
cent, not 9 percent. some of these people, and there’s a big dif-
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ECONOMIC VIEW JUSTIN WOLFERS
Bad Neighborhoods Do More Harm Than We Thought

New evidence shows children
grow up to earn more if their
families leave troubled areas.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD in which you grow up
is a major determinant of your economic
success as an adult. That’s been known for a
while, but new research suggests that the
effects may be much larger than social sci-
entists previously understood.
These findings could fundamentally re-
shape national housing policy.
The new insight is that much of our best
evidence about the effects of growing up in
a bad neighborhood comes from examining
children whose parents work particularly
hard to protect them from the dangers
around them. The negative effects of a bad
neighborhood may be much larger for low-
income families with less motivated par-
ents.
A recent research paper by Eric Chyn, an
economist completing his dissertation at
the University of Michigan, explores this
idea. Mr. Chyn’s findings have received
close attention from economists around the
country. (Full disclosure: I am one of Mr.
Chyn’s thesis advisers.)
It has long been clear that children from
troubled neighborhoods have worse out-
comes as adults. But it has been much hard-
er to disentangle whether these neighbor-
hoods cause the later disadvantage, or
whether the hardships that lead families to
bad neighborhoods are the problem.
The federal government’s Moving to Op-
portunity experiment has provided the
clearest evidence yet on the effects of leav-
ing a bad neighborhood. From 1994 to 1998,
this large-scale social experiment invited
low-income families living in public housing
to enter a lottery that could reshape their
lives. Echoing the approach that medical re-
searchers take to clinical trials, the lottery
randomly assigned a kind of experimental
treatment to winners, while the losers PATRICIA EVANS
served as a control group. The winners re- The demolition of the Robert Taylor Homes, a public housing project in Chicago. In that city, children forced out of public housing earned 16 percent more than those who stayed.
ceived housing vouchers that helped them
pay the rent if they moved out of public
housing. The losers stayed in public hous- Kling, now with the Congressional Budget “won” the lottery — that is, those families whose families lost.
ing for as long as they remained eligible. Housing programs may Office, and Jeffrey B. Liebman and Mr. Katz whose building was set for demolition — The contrast is rather striking, suggest-
Lottery winners and losers were both be more effective if they of Harvard revealed that these families “or- were offered a housing voucher to help ing that housing policies that also aim to
tracked over the ensuing years, and an im- ganized their entire lives around protecting them pay the rent if they moved out of the help those who would not otherwise apply
portant study last year by the Stanford target those who don’t projects. Those families whose buildings re-
their sons and daughters from the genuine may yield a much larger bang for the buck.
economist Raj Chetty, with Nathaniel Hen- apply for them. dangers of ghetto life.” These mothers were mained standing were effectively a control Of course, there remain a number of open
dren and Lawrence F. Katz of Harvard — a “intensely focused on their children,” and as group, as they continued to live in public questions. Both the demolition study and
study I’ve previously written about — a result “younger children in particular housing, undisturbed. the Chicago lottery study are hampered by
found that children who moved when they were seldom allowed outside of the apart- Importantly, this real-world natural ex- their relatively small sample sizes. And
were young went on to enjoy substantially ment, and never beyond the mother’s periment differs from the Moving to Oppor- there are many factors — including stat-
higher earnings than people of similar ages The Upshot provides watchful gaze.” tunity experiment, because all families istical chance — that might explain why the
whose parents lost the lottery. (Another dis- The implication is that the housing ex- could be pushed to move, not just those who different experiments yield different ef-
news, analysis and
closure: Mr. Katz was my Ph.D. adviser.) periment reveals the effect of moving from volunteered for a government relocation fects.
The random assignment of slots in this graphics about politics,
a bad neighborhood, for those least affected program. But the underlying logic — that there’s
program means that we can be confident policy and everyday life.
by the bad neighborhood. Mr. Chyn finds that these demolitions had good reason to think that a lottery may un-
that these differences result from moving. nytimes.com/upshot very large — and very positive — effects on derstate the true effects of housing pro-
But Mr. Chyn argues that this experiment IN ORDER TO TEST his theory, Mr. Chyn the children who were forced to move out of grams — strikes me as sound. Moreover,
substantially understates the importance of would need to compare the results of a vol- the projects. The children forced out of pub- Mr. Chyn has developed an elegant mathe-
neighborhoods. The problem, he says, isn’t untary housing lottery with an experiment lic housing went on to have annual earnings matical model to explore his logic, and it
in comparing those who win the lottery with that essentially forces all families to enter that were 16 percent higher than those who suggests that the effect of giving housing
those who lose. the lottery. remained, and they were 9 percent more vouchers to a typical public housing resi-
Rather, he argues that both the treatment Fortunately for Mr. Chyn, the demolition likely to be employed. Over all, being kicked dent may be many times larger than the ef-
and control groups had already partly in- of many public housing projects in Chicago out of public housing might add about fect on a lottery winner.
oculated their children against the effects of in the late 1990s effectively provides pre- $45,000 to each child’s lifetime earnings. This important research also contains in-
bad neighborhoods. Only a quarter of the cisely this experiment. From 1995 to 1998, The effects may be even larger for those sights likely to extend beyond housing pol-
families that were eligible for the lottery ac- the Chicago Housing Authority demolished who moved while they were young. icy. For conservatives who are suspicious
tually applied for it, and Mr. Chyn says the many high-rise public housing buildings, in- Around the same time, the Chicago Hous- about the government’s ability to enact use-
applicants were particularly motivated to cluding the projects you might recognize ing Authority also ran a small-scale lottery ful social policy, the study highlights the dif-
protect their children from the negative ef- from the 1970s sitcom “Good Times.” that gave the winners the same housing ficulty in targeting government programs
fects of a bad neighborhood. These demolitions were effectively a lot- vouchers. Much like the Moving to Oppor- to those who are most likely to benefit,
Indeed, qualitative and survey evidence tery, because they led to the dislocation of tunity lottery, this one was optional, so only rather than those most likely to seek them
from earlier research supports his conjec- some families — those whose buildings motivated public housing residents applied. out. And for liberals, the logic that Mr. Chyn
ture. In-depth interviews by Jeffrey R. were demolished — but not those whose Mr. Chyn’s analysis of this alternative ex- applies to housing suggests that the
buildings were left standing. Thus those periment finds that it yielded much less im- experiments used to evaluate other social
JUSTIN WOLFERS is a professor of economics families that left did so for essentially ran- pressive results, and the children whose policy interventions may understate the ef-
and public policy at the University of Michigan. dom reasons. And just as in the Moving to families won the lottery went on to register fectiveness that these programs could have
Follow him on Twitter at @justinwolfers. Opportunity lottery, those families that roughly similar adult outcomes as those when rolled out to a broader population.
STRATEGIES JEFF SOMMER
Forget the New iPhone. For Apple, It’s All About the Dollar.
The ups and downs of the after gaining more than 9 percent in 2015, it
has weakened by nearly 2.5 percent this
greenback affect the company’s year. That has helped American companies
earnings and share price. with significant international earnings, es-
pecially technology companies. Within the
S.&P. 500 index, half of that sector’s earn-
DON’T OBSESS about the svelte new iPhone ings come from outside the United States.
or the price cut for the Apple Watch. Compare that with the utility companies
Don’t worry too much about Apple’s in the index: They obtain only 4.4 percent of
courtroom battles over privacy and na- their earnings abroad. Over the last 12
tional security, at least not now. Those is- months, utilities, which pay hefty dividends
sues moved to the back burner on Monday and have been insulated from the dollar’s
when the Justice Department said that it fluctuations, have returned 15.5 percent,
might not need Apple’s help to break into an compared with 6.6 percent for information
iPhone connected to a mass shooting. technology shares. Since late January, tech
Instead, if you’re interested in Apple as shares have nearly kept pace with utilities.
the world’s most valuable company, and not The decline in the dollar has helped account
just in Apple as a maker of cool gadgets, the for that.
biggest news affecting it lately has argu- Where the dollar heads now is a matter
ably come from another quarter: the for- for pure speculation. Clearly, the Federal
eign currency markets. Reserve’s shifting monetary policy is im-
For a reading on where Apple’s share portant. As John Higgins, chief markets
price may be heading, look to the dollar. economist for Capital Economics, put it, the
The underlying reason is this: The dol- Fed “appears to have turned more dovish,
lar’s rise and fall have a direct effect on Ap- which has undermined the dollar.” In an
ple’s earnings, which ultimately drive share election year in which the trade deficit is a
prices. When the dollar strengthens, sales major issue, you wouldn’t be sticking your
of iPhones abroad are worth less in Ameri- neck out very far in assuming that the Fed
can currency, hurting profits and, sooner or might retain a dovish bias and that the dol-
later, knocking down share prices. When lar might remain fairly weak.
the dollar weakens, on the other hand, those ANDREW BURTON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES That said, the Fed couldn’t entirely con-
overseas profits become more valuable. Greg Joswiak of Apple at its latest product unveiling. However popular the devices, Apple’s profit also depends on the dollar. trol the dollar’s value, even if it wanted to do
Despite a partial recovery over the last so. Foreign exchange rates are determined
few days, the greenback has been by traders who compare currencies, many
APPLE IS a case in point. When it reported growth to the rising dollar.
weakening and Apple’s shares have been of which have been weakened by their own
rising. Apple has been getting a dollar bo- earnings on Jan. 26, the dollar had been ris- The iPhone is the company’s profit en- In the last quarter, sputtering local economies and by central
nus. ing for months, and Timothy D. Cook, its gine, but the strong dollar chipped away at Apple lost six banks that have adopted near-zero or nega-
chief executive, discussed the its power. The average sales price for the
And what’s true for Apple is true for
repercussions during an earnings call with
percentage points of tive short-term interest rates. In compari-
many of the multinationals in the Standard iPhone globally at the end of 2015 was $691, son, the United States may be a bastion of
sales growth to the
& Poor’s 500-stock index, which declined Wall Street analysts. Two-thirds of “Apple’s according to Luca Maestri, Apple’s chief fi- stability, and the dollar could rise.
last year and fell sharply for much of the revenue is now generated outside the nancial officer. But he said the strong dollar rising dollar. It is quite possible, in short, that the dol-
start of this one. Corporate profits fell 5.1 United States,” he said, “so foreign currency reduced the effective sales price by $49, or lar’s ebb has given companies like Apple
percent in 2015, the largest drop since 2008, fluctuations have a very meaningful impact roughly 7 percent. only a temporary reprieve. And the dollar is
the Commerce Department said on Friday. on our results.” Apple’s share price, which buoyed the only one ingredient in Apple’s corporate
Profit margins continue to be pressured, He illustrated that impact this way: Be- overall stock market in past years, fell 4.6 mix. Other transient factors — the iPhone’s
but the turn in the value of the dollar gave tween the last three months of 2014 and the percent in 2015 and dropped more than 11 shape and power, the Apple Watch’s price
earnings a nudge upward, helping Ameri- same stretch in 2015, every dollar’s worth of percent through Jan. 27. Since, then, and appearance, and the security of Apple’s
can multinationals prosper. It is no accident sales that Apple earned outside the United though, Apple shares have risen more than devices — may play a more dominant role in
that the S.&P. 500 began to recover in late States lost 15 cents when translated into dol- 13 percent. determining Apple’s fortunes.
January, as the dollar began to weaken. lars. In its latest quarter alone, he added, The dollar’s direction has been changing Obsess about that if you must, but don’t
Apple lost six percentage points of sales recently as well. On a trade-weighted basis, underestimate the dollar.
PROTOTYPE CLAIRE MARTIN
Taking Local Produce to Another Level

A three-story greenhouse is said.
Construction costs also rose. “Our green-
bringing more fresh vegetables house manufacturers hadn’t dealt with a
to a town famous for its snow. vertical greenhouse before, so their original
estimates in some cases doubled,” Ms.
Yehia said.
THE WYOMING SOIL, iced over for eight She and Ms. McBride began raising
months of the year, is not particularly hospi- money, eventually taking in $3.8 million in
table to heirloom tomatoes, baby basil or public and private funding.
lettuce plants. Instead, vegetables are Among the company’s detractors was Ed
trucked in from California, Mexico and Cheramy, a retired businessman who
other more fecund parts of the world. Yet
served as vice president of the Jackson
starting this spring, Vertical Harvest, a
branch of the Tea Party. His objections in-
farm in the resort town of Jackson, will be-
volved the objectives of his organization:
gin churning out a projected 100,000 pounds
free markets, and limited and fiscally re-
of fresh produce a year.
sponsible government.
Vertical Harvest uses hydroponic farm-
ing methods inside a three-story green- “Should government be investing money
house on a 4,500-square-foot downtown lot. or spending money to do a speculative ven-
It is engaging in a relatively new practice ture like this?” he said he asked at the time.
called vertical farming. “Should the government be sponsoring an
The company employs 15 people who organization that would compete with the
have conditions such as Down syndrome, private sector?”
autism, seizure disorders and spina bifida; Mr. Cheramy said he stood up at a Town
they share 140 hours of work a week under a Council meeting in which Ms. Yehia’s and
customized employment model. Vertical Ms. McBride’s proposal was being dis-
Harvest is a public-private partnership cussed and “complained about them and
with the town of Jackson and it uses a low- pointed out all of what I thought to be inade-
profit business model, which means its quacies of their business plan.” Afterward,
investors will see a modest profit and it the two women asked to meet with him to
won’t come quickly. talk about his concerns — a move that he
“We’ve been calling it patient capital,” said surprised him. But he agreed to talk.
says Penny McBride, a company founder PHOTOGRAPHS BY JONATHAN G. CROSBY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
They met weekly for several months to
and its chief operating officer.
The farm began growing tomatoes in De-
cember and lettuce and herbs in February.
By early May, Vertical Harvest’s green-
house will be fully planted and producing
greens. It will distribute them to restau-
rants and sell them at local grocery stores
and in a retail market, inside the green-
house, which opened this month.
The idea for Vertical Harvest came
roughly eight years ago, around the time
Ms. McBride and Nona Yehia met at a party
in Jackson. Ms. McBride was a consultant
working on a food-waste study and a com-
mercial composting start-up, among other
projects, and Ms. Yehia was an architect at
the local firm E/Ye Architects who had re-
cently designed a public rock climbing park
and a private greenhouse that could with-
stand the harsh Wyoming winters.
The women were aware of the rising de-
mand for high-quality, locally grown
produce. Spurred by the organic and farm-
to-table culinary movements, droves of pro-
fessional chefs and home cooks had begun and the building that Vertical Harvest occu- work through the business plan. Mr. Cher-
searching out better produce. pies, they were competing against other amy said he quickly understood that Verti-
Farmers’ markets have responded to the proposals. These included a dog park and cal Harvest would not be competing with
challenge of meeting the need. Their num- affordable housing units. any local businesses, and he was impressed
bers increased by 180 percent from 2006 to “We had to prove it was a feasible idea that Ms. Yehia and Ms. McBride had al-
2014, according to a government report. But that would have enough community impact ready secured a revenue stream. They had
they can’t do it all. Vertical farms are help- for the town to essentially lease us the land sold 95 percent of their projected crop out-
ing fill the produce gaps, according to Dick- for free,” said Ms. Yehia, the company’s put to restaurants and grocery stores and
son Despommier, author of the book “The chief executive. (Vertical Harvest pays $100 would set aside 5 percent to sell in their re-
Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st a month in rent.) tail store.
Century.” He said there were 30 such farms Once their proposal beat the others, the Of their willingness to hear their oppo-
in the United States and hundreds more women were required to make their busi- nents’ concerns, Ms. Yehia said, “We have
worldwide. Japan, with 160, leads the field. ness plan public. And when they needed extremely thick skin.”
“I don’t know any commercial vertical approvals along the way for things like the Eventually, Mr. Cheramy found he had no
farms that are not in expansion mode,” Mr. lease agreement, they had to make choice but to support the project. “When
Despommier said. presentations at Town Council meetings. you strip away all of your objections, and
Vertical Harvest stands out for its rela- “At every step of the process we checked they’d done all that, then what you’re left
tively small size. The two largest vertical Vertical carousel rack systems, also growing because of the desires to cre- in with the town,” Ms. Yehia said. with is support,” he said. He added that he
farms in the United States are Green Sense top, allow for optimal light ate self-sufficient food sources without rely- At first Ms. Yehia and Ms. McBride testified on behalf of Vertical Harvest at the
Farms, a a 30,000-square-foot hydroponic exposure and easy harvesting ing on imports and to ensure food safety. planned to fund the project exclusively with Jackson Town Council, and at the Wyoming
in the three-story greenhouse, The market is so strong that the vegetables
operation in Portage, Ind., and AeroFarms, grant money. But their costs kept rising be- Business Council and the Wyoming State
right, which is built on the side practically sell themselves, he said.
an aeroponic greenhouse in Newark whose cause of unforeseen complications con- Loan and Investment Board, which togeth-
of a parking garage in “If you don’t make money, it’s because
footprint is a whopping 69,000 square feet. nected to the vertical nature of the green- er gave the project a $1.5 million grant.
downtown Jackson, Wyo. you don’t know how to add,” he said.
In aeroponic farming, the plants’ roots are house. They realized they would need to “There’s a whole bunch of wonderful as-
Penny McBride, above left, is But initially, Vertical Harvest wasn’t an
exposed to the air, instead of water, as they hire a structural engineer, for one thing. pects of it,” Mr. Cheramy said, noting Verti-
chief operating officer, and easy sell to some Jackson residents. When
are in hydroponic farming. “As soon as you go up, you start having cal Harvest’s tall and narrow greenhouse
Nona Yehia is chief executive
Mr. Despommier said that demand for Ms. Yehia and Ms. McBride first pitched different considerations in terms of the seis- design and its hiring of people with disabili-
of Vertical Harvest.
produce cultivated in vertical farms was their idea to the town, which owns the land mic code and the life safety code,” Ms. Yehia ties. “But it also makes good fiscal sense.”
THE HAGGLER DAVID SEGAL
The Scourge of Taxi TV, and a Tacky Move by HP

Before our episode begins, a brief word about Taxi TV, which longtime read- call into a chance to make money seems
ers may recall is deeply reviled by the Haggler. Until recently, when you like a bad idea.
turned off these wretched mobile screens, they would actually go dark. No A spokesman for HP, Russell Castronovo,
longer. Now, the off switch doesn’t work. Or rather, it works, but when you seemed to agree. Mostly. He noted that it
hit it, the screen simply toggles between a home page and an advertisement. was not unusual for companies to sell
extended warranties in such situations.
In other words, the glow of the Taxi TV screen is now permanent,
“My belief is that this particular kind of
whether you like it or not. And odds are, you don’t like it — a realization that
engagement isn’t unique to Hewlett-
has already dawned on the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. Packard,” he said via telephone. “But how
The Haggler noted a few weeks ago that the commission had commenced a about if we make sure the customer prob-
pilot program in which screens were to be yanked out of 1,000 cabs. The lem is solved first and everything is taken
program has been since expanded to 1,225 cabs, still a small fraction of the care of rather than thinking that everyone
fleet of 13,587. is interested in an extended warranty?”
A spokesman for the commission, Allan Fromberg, said that the results Fine question. The Haggler’s hunch is
of this pilot program — to determine which types of technology work best that Vincent, who Mr. Castronovo said was
inside a taxi — will be known by the end of the year. But when the rest of the based in a support center in the “Asia-
Taxi TVs will be junked — and the Haggler is assured that replacement Pacific region,” is given an incentive to
offer extended warranties. They are a
technologies will look nothing like the current and abominable configuration
source of huge profits for all types of com-
— is unclear. panies. It’s unlikely that HP’s phone reps
Until that happy day, the Haggler has a very clever idea: Boycott the CHRISTOPH HITZ will stop urging the owners of defective
advertisers now shown on Taxi TV. If nobody advertises on Taxi TV, maybe you will not require to pay for express products to buy extended warranties until
there will be no reason to keep those screens illuminated. shipment and in the cost of extended war- Seizing an opportunity they no longer get a bonus for doing so,
Genius, right? The problem is that the only advertisers the Haggler has ranty you will get free express service to sell a warranty to a assuming that is the case.
ever seen on Taxi TV are Arro and Way2ride, ride-sharing apps that are forever.” customer who reports a Mr. Castronovo did not reply when the
owned, respectively, by Creative Mobile Technologies and Verifone. Haggler interruption: Huh? What does it defective printer. Haggler sent an email message asking if
Do those names sound familiar? They should. They are the companies mean to get “express service forever”? And HP phone representatives get bonuses for
what does it have to do with a one-year selling extended warranties. Under the
behind Taxi TV.
warranty? Back to Vincent. Geneva Conventions of Media Interaction

Fie, you two companies. Fie. The Haggler will use your apps the day “You can also extend to 2 or 3 years to With Consumer Columnists, as conceived in
after Taxi TV vanishes from this earth. get same express benefit. It will secure the the imagination of the Haggler, the lack of a
Now to our regularly scheduled program. printer for more years. I would recommend response to this question clearly translates
you to take one for printer.” to “You bet they do!”
Q.
I’m writing about a printer I are defective. A customer support tab was The three-year warranty costs $74.99, Soon after the Haggler’s initial contact, a
recently bought from HP. It at the bottom of the page, and clicking it led Vincent told me. The printer itself cost $90. customer service rep called Mr. Rosen-
quit a month after I bought to a form, which I filled out, and then to an Am I overreacting, or is this all a bit — I bloom. “He asked for the details of my
it. An Internet search took online chat. A company rep named Vincent don’t know — tacky? concern, listened sympathetically and said
me to the HP website, and I wrote that he would have a replacement JOSHUA ROSENBLOOM he would look into their policy,” Mr. Rosen-
discovered that company mailed to me. So far, great. AMES, IOWA bloom wrote last week. “I don’t honestly
says that some printers of But then Vincent tried to sell me an think anything will change.”
my model — 6830, if you’d like to know —
EMAIL: haggler@nytimes.com or tweet to
extended warranty. Here’s what he wrote,
verbatim: A. Atnotminimum, this interaction does
seem meant to instill customer
On a happier note, the company did send
Mr. Rosenbloom a new printer and threw in
@TheHagglerNYT. Keep it family-friendly
“Normally we charge for next business loyalty. When consumers call to complain a new ink cartridge.
and under 250 words, include your home- day shipping $37.00. But we are offering 1 about a defective product, a company “The new printer works,” he wrote. “Fin-
town and go easy on the caps-lock key. year Warranty including free shipping for should use it as an opportunity to apologize gers crossed it doesn’t malfunction after a
Letters may be edited for clarity and length. next business day only for $34.99. This way and win back some good will. Turning that few months like the last one.”
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Cage Match for the Future of the UFC
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Andy Warhol, Richard Prince and Damien

everywhere else.” Hirst. On a staircase in the UFC’s offices, in
Through a lawyer, Mr. Silver declined to a nondescript industrial park near an In-N-
comment. Out Burger in Las Vegas, there is a huge
The “banned in New York” stigma was spin art painting by Mr. Hirst, with “UFC”
long an impediment to the kind of respect- inscribed in the center.
ability the sport has craved. It kept the UFC “He’s become a very good friend,” said
from holding events in what it calls the larg- Frank, the taller of the brothers, speaking of
est and most important media market in the Mr. Hirst. “Sweetheart of a guy. Big fan.
world. It also prevented major companies Brings his kids to the fights.”
from signing sponsorship deals. The brothers were sitting one recent af-
“A couple have said, ‘We love the product, ternoon in the offices of Station Casinos,
we love what you guys do, we love the demo their original business and now a collection
that you deliver,’” said Lawrence Epstein, a of 21 properties, mostly in Las Vegas, that
UFC lawyer. “‘But our compliance guys are they own or manage. With more than 12,000
scaring us, asking us how can we sponsor a employees and $1.55 billion in revenue last
company that is illegal in New York.’ ” year, it is one of the largest gambling com-
Creating a professional sports league is panies in the country. If you’ve never heard
one of the trickiest ventures in the business of it, that is because Station caters mostly to
of popular culture. The list of failures in re- residents of Las Vegas, a population that
cent decades includes Major League Volley- tends to shun the extravagant, goofily
ball, the National Bowling League and — themed casinos that appeal to tourists.
who can forget? — Pro Cricket, which ex- Targeting locals was the idea of the broth-
pired in 2004, the same year it was born. ers’ father, Frank Fertitta II, who rose from
Against long odds, the Fertittas are well blackjack dealer to part owner of a 5,000-
on their way. Today they estimate that 30 square-foot casino, which opened in 1976.
million to 40 million people watch their big- He taught his sons the casino trade and also
gest pay-per-view events, in homes or at instilled in them a love for boxing, bringing
bars, a number that far exceeds the audi- them to such classics as Ali vs. Spinks and
Hagler vs. Hearns.
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ence for any game of the 2015 N.B.A. finals.

Unlike the N.B.A., though, the UFC is run Before they acquired the UFC, the broth-
almost entirely from one office. It produces ers briefly considered entering the boxing
its own events, owns its own intellectual business. But they thought the sport was a fight, let’s do it.” ing, judo, taekwondo, wrestling and other
property, sets the amounts it will pay its mess: too many promoters, no long-term vi- For the Fertittas, the appeal of the UFC disciplines, mixed martial arts intrigued the
fighters and all but dictates fight nights to sion. was building a sport they could control from brothers. Mr. White enrolled them in jujitsu
its athletes, who are independent contrac- “Every boxing match is a going-out-of- top to bottom. Initially, though, it was a rec- lessons, and the three became regular spar-
business sale,” Lorenzo said. In other lamation project. The company was started ring partners.
tors. It is possibly the most vertically inte-
grated of any sport. words, promoters seek to maximize reve- in 1993, and one of its co-founders was Bob “It was really competitive,” said Mr.
nue — padding their fighters’ records in- Meyrowitz, best known for creating the White, now the public face of the UFC and
stead of fighting the fiercest opponent, for King Biscuit Flower Hour radio program. the one who separates fighters as they
‘$660,000 Per Letter’ instance — without much regard for the fu- He hyped the UFC’s reputation for un- taunt one another at weigh-ins. “I choked
The Fertittas are built like former bouncers ture of the sport. checked aggression — hair pulling, for in- those guys out a bunch of times, and they
and they clearly enjoy watching a round- Why, Lorenzo asked, did it take so long for stance, was allowed — and reveled in its did the same to me.”
house kick to the head as much as the next Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao semi-outlaw status. When Mr. Meyrowitz went looking for a
fan. Little else about them fits the profile of a to square off, which they did in 2015, five In the 1990s, the brothers learned about partner, the brothers bought him out in-
mixed martial arts enthusiast. They wear years after negotiations began? “Those mixed martial arts through a high school stead. There was not much to buy, they soon
$5,000 bespoke suits and they are on the guys probably thought they could do other friend of Lorenzo’s named Dana White, who realized. But the league’s name, as tar-
ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list, having ac- fights and milk it,” he said. “We have a dif- was training boxers and business execu- nished as it was, had become synonymous
cumulated a catalog of work by artists like ferent mentality. If the fans want to see the tives in need of a workout. A hybrid of box- with M.M.A.
“We spent $2 million on three letters, ba- grilled beef tenderloin with Meyer lemon Lorenzo said. “Just kidding.” caution, and that none had concussions.
sically,” Lorenzo said. “About $660,000 per zest port wine reduction. On a Saturday night in March, the Fertit- The company concedes the perils of a
letter.” Lorenzo sat at the head of the table. A list tas were standing backstage at the MGM sport that allows a move called the guillo-
The brothers created Zuffa, Italian for of coming fights was posted on a white wall. Grand Garden Arena, getting ready for tine, but says it is paying for research into
“fight,” a promotion company, to operate Over the low clatter of cutlery, eight execu- UFC 196. (All pay-per-view events are num- concussions and points to a long list of pro-
the UFC. They took the emphasis off any- tives plotted bouts in the weeks and months bered.) The Hollywood superagent Ari tocols that protect fighters. Medical
thing-goes savagery. Rules were adopted, 31 ahead. It was like assembling a jigsaw puz- Emanuel, who handles the brothers’ televi- examinations are conducted before and af-
in all, including prohibitions against head- zle with living pieces. sion deals, nibbled hors d’oeuvres. ter every fight. Two plastic surgeons were
butting and “groin attacks of any kind.” The “She’s not going to jail,” one participant In the arena, 16,000 fans were being in the arena the night of UFC 196, for imme-
brothers grew up in gambling, a highly reg- said, quizzed about a fighter’s availability. worked into a state of manic anticipation. diate stitch-ups.
ulated industry, and they decided that the Another fighter refused to fly to Brazil to The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” signaled the In the New York Assembly, dozens of law-
way to build the UFC was to get it regulated take on a Brazilian. A fighter named Paige start of the night’s five televised bouts. Hun- makers are appalled by mixed martial arts.
by state athletic commissions, making the VanZant was unavailable because she was dreds of Irish flags waved in honor of Mr. But this vocal group does not fully explain
sport palatable to a broader audience. on “Dancing With the Stars.” Conor Mc- McGregor, whose attempt to win the welter- why the state rebuffed the UFC for so long.
“When we bought the UFC, it’s not on Gregor was the topic of a lot of talk. weight title at 170 pounds, 15 pounds above Zuffa executives maintain that its real
television,” Lorenzo said. “The only thing “You need to talk to him,” someone told his fighting trim, was the evening’s top at- problem was the Culinary Union Local 226,
you have are live events. Our big push was Lorenzo. traction. which operates out of a white, pink and blue
to get this legalized in all states. And be-
“He doesn’t wake up until 4 p.m.,” Before Lorenzo took his octagon-side building in Las Vegas emblazoned with the
cause the gold standard for regulation is
Lorenzo replied. seat, he stopped by Mr. McGregor’s dress- words “In solidarity we will win!”
Nevada, that was our first state.”
The UFC is like the N.F.L. minus the team ing room to show him an email from Bono, Labor activists credit the union with
The first few years were disastrous. In
owners or a players’ union. There are rival of U2. It contained a sketch of the fighter making the city one of only a few in the
September 2001, the three flopped in their
leagues including Bellator MMA, which is with the words, “Conor McGregor, unbeat- country where waiters, maids and dish-
pay-per-view debut because they did not
owned by Viacom. But the UFC, by its own able at any weight.” washers can earn a living wage. It has con-
buy enough airtime. The main event, at the
end of the evening, was cut off in the second account, is the leading player. “That’s brilliant,” Mr. McGregor said, tracts with almost every casino on the Strip.
round. That has led some critics to argue that the with a grin, as an aide taped his hands for But the Culinary Union has spent more than
“Staffers in our broadcast truck were ac- UFC grossly underpays fighters. One of the fight. a decade trying to unionize Station Casinos
tually crying,” Lorenzo said. “We had this them is Ryan Jimmo, a light heavyweight properties, with no success.
elaborate after-party planned. It was worse from Canada. ‘Dana, I’m Sorry’ The Fertittas say that their employees
than a funeral.” “The talent is being exploited,” Mr. are happy and note that UFC events hire
While the UFC’s producers manage ev-
The brothers lost $8 million to $10 million Jimmo said in a telephone interview. “The thousands of union workers annually.
ery detail of the evening’s staging, they can-
a year for the next few years, and briefly UFC is basically where the N.F.L. was in the not ensure excitement once the bell rings. According to participants on all sides of
considered surrender. In 2005, they opted ’60s, before the players were paid anything And on this night, fight after fight was dull. the drama, the Culinary Union enlisted the
for a final win-or-walk-away push in the close to their current salaries.” help of the New York Hotel and Motel
Mixed martial arts bouts often end
form a $10 million investment to produce a Robert Maysey, a lawyer in Arizona, has Trades Council (HTC), an influential lobby
quickly — the record is six seconds — but
reality show, “The Ultimate Fighter,” which filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against in Albany. The Culinary Union and the HTC
they can also drag on, with evenly matched
ran on the Spike television channel. Com- Zuffa, asserting that it has a monopoly on share a parent group, Unite Here.
athletes circling each other uneventfully.
batants lived and trained together in a the mixed martial arts business and ex- During one of the night’s more static HTC had a strong relationship with Mr.
matches, the crowd booed. Silver, because it represents 32,000 New
Yorkers and because it gave — and
The loser of that fight, Gian Villante,
continues to give — generously to the New
leaned over the octagon fence, toward Mr.
York State Democratic Assembly Cam-
White. “Dana,” he yelled over the din.
paign Committee, which was for years was
“Dana, I’m sorry.”
controlled by Mr. Silver.
Mr. White waved him away benignly, but
The HTC and the Culinary Union were
he was stewing. Asked to rate the evening,
rarely public about their opposition to
three fights in, he said, “I give a big fat F!”
mixed martial arts, though in 2012, the Culi-
adding an obscenity to underscore the
nary Union sent lawmakers a mailer criti-
point.
cizing UFC fighters.
“We need some good fights,” Lorenzo
In the New York Senate, the UFC had no
said.
problems. Every year starting in 2010, the
He got his wish. In the penultimate fight,
Senate passed a bill legalizing mixed mar-
the challenger, Miesha Tate, whose nick-
tial arts. But it never came up for an Assem-
name, Cupcake, seemed more ironic as the
bly vote. Zuffa’s representatives and many
match wore on, squeezed the throat of the
others have pointed out that Mr. Silver con-
champion, Holly Holm, until she lost con-
trolled what legislation reached the Assem-
sciousness.
bly floor.
“She sunk in the choke and put Holly
In effect, the Culinary Union had set up a
Holm to sleep!” shouted Joe Rogan, the
roadblock in Albany from an office 2,500
pay-per-view announcer.
miles away in Las Vegas, hoping to turn Zuf-
Then it was the men’s turn. Mr. McGregor
fa’s problem in New York into concessions
faced Nate Diaz, a vegan who had just 11
at the Fertittas’ casinos in Las Vegas. Zuffa
days to prepare for the fight after the origi-
executives said it is no coincidence that
nal opponent pulled out with a broken foot.
they succeeded soon after Mr. Silver was
In the first round, it looked as though the
gone.
fight would be brief. A punch left Mr. Diaz
An official from the Culinary Union de-
bleeding so profusely from a cut beside his
ploits it to keep fighters from earning a fair clined to comment.
right eye that it was hard to imagine he
wage. The case has six named plaintiffs, in- This wasn’t the first time that the union
could see. But in the second round, Mr. Diaz
cluding Mr. Jimmo. took a local fight out of town. When
put Mr. McGregor into something called a
Mr. Maysey said entry-level fighters Deutsche Bank owned the Cosmopolitan
rear naked choke.
earned $12,000 a bout, and $12,000 more if hotel in Las Vegas and would not negotiate
A few seconds later, Mr. McGregor
they won. Fighters in title bouts earn base with the union, union members poked at a
tapped the canvas. Mr. Diaz had won by
pay of $300,000 to $500,000, and bonuses sore spot — in Washington. They sent more
submission, in a huge upset.
that could be worth $3 million or more at the than 900 postcards to the Federal Reserve
The crowd howled in wonder and elation.
highest level. Marquee fighters can also featuring a house with a foreclosure sign,
It was as though this display of aggression,
earn a cut of pay-per-view revenue. arguing that Deutsche Bank was a bad ac-
courage and surrender had transformed
“If these fighters were boxers, they’d tor in the American housing crisis.
people from fans into witnesses. Everyone
make $30 million, not $3 million,” Mr. May- In May 2014, Deutsche Bank sold the Cos-
talked about what happened the way some-
sey contends. “Boxing is competitive; pro- mopolitan to the Blackstone Group. By Feb-
one would talk after seeing a meteor de-
moters have to compete. They’ll pay out 85 ruary 2015, the casino was a union shop.
stroy a building.
percent of revenue to fighters and keep the Even after its loss in Albany, the Culinary
Even fans from Ireland seemed satisfied.
rest. In mixed martial arts, those numbers Union Local 226 stills shadows the Fertit-
“I’ve been to a lot of sporting events — box-
are reversed.” tas. In coming weeks, an initial public offer-
ing, football, rugby,” said William Donnelly,
The UFC counters that before the Fertit- ing is planned for Station Casinos. The
who had flown in from Belfast, Northern
tas, there was no market for MMA fighters. brothers stand to make more than $100 mil-
Ireland, with friends for the fight. “I’ve
Now competition is ferocious, and the UFC lion each, according to the prospectus, for
never experienced anything like that in my
can name half a dozen athletes it has lost to selling their management company to the
life.”
rival companies. casinos. Unite Here has created a website to
Afterward, in the waiting room, Mr. White
“We are proud of the compensation we denounce the offering as a sweetheart deal
Clockwise from top left, a UFC house and fought one bout per episode. and the Fertitta brothers were joined by Mr.
pay our athletes,” Mr. Epstein said. “It’s for the Fertitta family.
women’s bout on March 5 in Las The season finale was “the most epic Epstein, the UFC lawyer, who cheerfully re-
comparable to leagues of our size, like Ma- “They don’t give up easily,” said Ruben
Vegas; the UFC boardroom in fight ever,” Lorenzo said. The show lost ported that he had just met Leonardo Di-
jor League Soccer. Garcia, a law professor at the University of
Las Vegas; a UFC winner’s money, but the corner had been turned. The Caprio.
Nevada, Las Vegas, referring to the Culi-
belt; photographs of UFC next year, pay-per-view events were prof- “He said it was the most exciting night of
nary Union. “This is a union that engaged in
fighters; and the Culinary itable, and in 2007, the UFC had 5.1 million The Jujitsu Clause his life,” Mr. Epstein said. “I was like, ‘Wait a
the longest strike in gaming history, the
Union Local 226 offices in Las buyers for 11 pay-per-view fights. Last year, minute, you just won the Academy
The two brothers have equal stakes in Frontier Casino strike in the ’90s, which
Vegas. The union opposed UFC took in $600 million in revenue from Award!’”
Zuffa. And while there is no hint of tension lasted six years and which the union won.”
UFC’s effort to lift a ban on ticket sales for live events, TV licensing fees
between them, a lawyer insisted that their The Fertittas savored their victory in
most combat sports in New
York.
and merchandise. Its athletes have been
featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. contract needed a dispute-resolution mech- Don’t Fear the Guillotine New York on Tuesday with a brief cham-
One of them, Ronda Rousey, hosted “Satur- anism in case they ever differed over corpo- Those who consider mixed martial arts ex- pagne toast. Then it was back to work. The
day Night Live.” rate strategy. Lorenzo had an idea: They cessively brutal would have found much to UFC is already starting to assemble a fight
Mixed martial arts fans Every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., major deci- would fight. confirm their opinion at UFC 196, if they card for the first mixed martial arts event at
who wear $5,000 suits sions about orchestrating the league and its “A sport jujitsu match, three five-minute could bear to watch. As Ms. Holm lost con- Madison Square Garden, tentatively set for
and collect art. roster of 523 fighters are made in Zuffa’s of- rounds,” he said. “Dana would be the ref- sciousness, she threw sad, eerie little November. Even if you do not have a ticket,
fices at a meeting called Match Making. It is eree. Whoever won got to vote the other punches into the air, the reflex of a fighter Lorenzo promised, you will know some-
held in a second-floor conference room guy’s shares.” whose lights were going out. thing big is afoot.
attached to a kitchen run by a chef lured It has never come close to blows, the The next day, the Nevada Athletic Com- “You’ll see the UFC take over Manhat-
away from Nobu, a storied Japanese restau- brothers say. But privately, each says that if mission suspended nine fighters for a varie- tan,” he said. “It’ll be no different than if the
rant. Lorenzo is a fan of the paleo diet, and combat were required, the other would win. ty of possible injuries. The UFC said three Final Four were in town. The city will be
main course options one afternoon included “Frank’s getting ornery in his old age,” fighters were taken to a hospital, as a pre- buzzing.”
FAIR GAME GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Sacrificing the Future for a Mirage

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 being practiced far more broadly and with- grow in the future,” said Michael Lebowitz, questions about whether there’s a more
ing back stock versus using that money to out as much analysis as there should be.” Buybacks provide a an investment consultant and mac- constructive way to invest that capital,” Mr.
invest in a business. Perhaps the crucial flaw in buybacks is one-time benefit, while rostrategist at 720 Global in Chevy Chase, Kanzer said.
He found that McDonald’s was another that they reward sellers of a company’s investing profits in Md. Asked about these questions, Lori Ander-
problematic example. Since 2008, McDon- stock over its long-term holders. That’s be- At last, some investors are stirring on this son, a 3M spokeswoman, referred me to the
ald’s has allocated almost $18 billion to buy- cause a company announcing a repurchase
operations can generate issue. Domini Funds, a mutual fund com- company’s proxy filing, which stated, “We
backs. This has helped produce 4.4 percent program usually sees its stock price pop in years of gains. pany, and the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s investment believe these concerns are unfounded, as
increases in annual earnings per share over the short term. But passive investors, such funds have submitted shareholder resolu- demonstrated by our long-term track
the period. To equal that growth in overall as index funds, and other long-term holders tions on share buybacks at 3M, Illinois Tool record and our balanced capital-allocation
earnings, the company would have had to gain little from the programs. Works, Target and Xerox this year. approach.”
generate just a 2.3 percent return on the Especially problematic are buybacks fi- The proposals ask the companies to A group of institutional investors will also
money it spent buying back stock, Mr. Colby nanced with borrowed money; repurchases adopt a policy of excluding the effect of convene soon to examine the pros and cons
estimated. of stock made at prices above its intrinsic stock buybacks from any performance met- of buybacks. The Shareholder Forum,
Last November, Moody’s Investors Serv- value are also unwise. rics they use to determine executive pay which conducts independent programs to
ice downgraded McDonald’s unsecured Another hazard: companies that spend packages. provide information that helps investors
debt rating, citing its plans to increase its billions to repurchase stock without sub- “We’re not against buybacks,” said Adam make sound decisions, is starting a new pro-
borrowings in part to fund future buybacks. stantially shrinking the number of shares M. Kanzer, a managing director at Domini. gram on the topic.
Becca Hary, a McDonald’s spokeswoman, outstanding. That’s because in these cir- “The question is at what point do buybacks “You really have to ask why a company’s
said the company had a “balanced and dis- cumstances, prized corporate cash is used become excessive and when do they under- board decides to return a big chunk of capi-
ciplined capital-allocation strategy that to buy back shares that offset stock grants mine the long-term value of the company?” tal instead of replacing managers with ones
promotes long-term value for our bestowed on company executives in rich At 3M, for example, research and devel- who can figure out how to develop the oper-
shareholders.” She cited McDonald’s plans compensation plans. opment expenditures plus strategic acqui- ations,” said Gary Lutin, who oversees the
to invest $2 billion to open a thousand new And there are plenty of companies whose sitions have totaled $22 billion over the last Shareholder Forum.
restaurants and “to reimage 400 to 500 loca- buybacks have simply left them with less five years, Mr. Kanzer said. In the mean- “If the board doesn’t think it’s worth in-
tions” domestically. money to invest in more promising opportu- time, the company’s buyback program has vesting in the company’s future,” Mr. Lutin
In an interview, Mr. Colby said his re- nities. cost $21 billion. added, “how can a shareholder justify con-
search “confirms my suspicion that while “By throwing away money on buybacks, “When the buyback almost equals all the tinuing to hold the stock, or voting for direc-
buybacks are not universally bad, they are companies are giving up on the ability to other expenditures, it makes sense to ask tors who’ve given up?”
PREOCCUPATIONS KARAN BAJAJ

Vocations The Film Festival Programmer
The Year of Learning to Let Go

Leaving New York, a novelist
and executive returns to India
to study yoga and find silence.
GROWING UP in the Indian Himalayas, I saw
a steady stream of professionals — doctors,
engineers, lawyers — leave their careers
and live in ashrams and caves near my vil-
lage. I never fully understood their motives.
But 20 years later, I had the same strong
urge to spend an extended time in silence
and find a deep center of stillness within me
after my mother’s untimely death from can-
ANDREW WHITE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
cer.
My wife and I had also been contemplat-
ing taking time off from our jobs to write
novels. We’d been balancing writing with
Telling Stories in 360 Degrees
corporate jobs for a decade and felt we were Loren Hammonds, 39, is an associate programmer for the Tribeca Film
falling short of excellence in both. As a re-
Festival in New York.
sult, starting in late 2012 we decided to take
a full year off from our jobs and go on a
spiritual and creative sabbatical. Q. What do you do as a programmer for the film festival?
At the time, I was leading the Capri Sun A. I’m similar to a museum curator. I help select feature-length films
EDEL RODRIGUEZ
and Kool-Aid brands as a director for Kraft
and multimedia virtual reality projects that often involve the use of
Foods in New York, and my manager re-
sponded to my initial request for an unpaid We committed to spending the year in come a medium for my characters to tell headsets. Wearing a headset places you in a 360-degree environment
sabbatical with a bewildered silence. bare accommodations and choosing the their stories. Like much of the sabbatical, it that’s either live action or animated.
Eventually, I convinced her — I think be- cheapest modes of transportation. For a was outside my comfort zone, yet deeply re-
couple of years, I’d been feeling that I’d lost warding. How did you come to work at the festival?
cause I had the same specificity in my sab- I studied at a film conservatory at Purchase College in New York and
batical goals as I had in my work goals. the simplicity of my life. Too many of my Much to Kraft’s surprise, I did return to
conversations were revolving around or- my job one year after I left. I thought I’d be then worked in indie film production as a grip and production assistant.
Rather than a general pitch of needing one
year to “find myself,” I explained that I ganic food, dinner reservations and Off calmer after spending much of the year Eventually I segued into curation through working at a video store in
wanted to do a structured yoga teacher’s Broadway shows. We wanted to start our practicing yoga and meditation, but I con- the West Village. Several co-workers were cinephiles like me, and once
training for six weeks, spend one month in journey by stripping ourselves of superflu- stantly fell short of my expectations in deal- a month we displayed our staff picks as customer recommendations,
silent meditation, write for three months ous material noise. ing with the usual stressful work situations. which was like curating a mini-festival. That gave me a taste for choos-
and so forth, all of which were emotionally On reaching India, we learned yoga at a Still, since my return, I’ve become much
ing films for people, and through luck I got to know a few people at
urgent for me and would help me return forest ashram in the south and meditation less rigid than before. Perhaps as a result of
in the Himalayas. I was more agitated than losing control for much of the year, I find Tribeca Film Festival. I’ve worked here for nine years.
more centered and effective.
Paradoxically, though, we began our sab- calm in this period, mostly because I strug- myself more comfortable with trying out What’s a challenging part of your job?
batical by consciously letting go of our gled with losing my independence while liv- ideas on bursts of inspiration and spontane- Curating art is finite. There’s a cutoff to how many selections can ap-
goals. Trained as an engineer, I’ve always ing on the ashram’s tight clock. You had to ity, mine or others’, versus linear, return-on- pear. It’s hard to make those decisions.
liked numbers, and over the years I’ve used wake up at 5 a.m. as soon as the morning investment-driven models. Shortly after
bell rang; you’d be marked “absent” from my return, for instance, I approved an ad- Where will you be during this year’s festival (April 13-24)?
left-brained, analytical models to make
the yoga teacher’s training course if you vertising campaign that had nothing to do We have several locations. I’ll spend the majority of my time in the
most decisions at work. Even in writing fic-
tion, I tend to be heavily outline-driven, were more than five minutes late for class. with the strategy I had planned, and it did festival hub, our main area at Spring Studios that will feature our
planning out character and story trajector- You couldn’t speak during mealtimes; ev- better than anything I’d done before. immersive and interactive experiences. Our goal was to have a colli-
ies in microscopic detail over months before ery minute of the day was rigidly scheduled. I’ve also become more open about my casion of technology and storytelling, and I want to see attendees’ reac-
I write the first word. I wanted to experi- I was surprised by how discomforting it reer paths. Not everyone is on a straight tions.
ence a glimpse of transcendence in my writ- was to be a beginner again. For six months, line from director to president to C.E.O. In
I wasn’t a director at a big company in New the past, at work I kept to myself my When did you become involved with virtual reality?
ing by becoming more intuitive.
We went from Europe to India by road York. I was just someone who’d barely done deepening interests in meditation and writ- At last year’s festival, when I saw the selections. I still love films, but
over three months with no plans and no any yoga and meditation before and was ing so they wouldn’t be perceived as dis- using virtual reality for interactive storytelling is new and exciting. It
bookings, deciding each day what to do reprimanded by gurus for being inflexible tractions from my career. Now I view them appeals to a lot of young people, it’s becoming popular on mobile de-
next. On paper, this was a romantic idea; in and restless. Slowly, I found a measure of as one integrated stream of constant learn- vices, and to me it may play a large part in the future of storytelling.
reality, it meant a lot of nights sleeping in stillness in the daily routine of the ashram, ing.
and I suspect that had as much to do with I’d expected to be passed over for promo- The festival lasts for two weeks every spring. What do you do the other
bus stands and train stations, and walking 50 weeks of the year?
for miles with our heavy backpacks as we the gradual dissolution of my concepts and tions because I’d taken a year off. Instead
passed through small towns in places like labels about myself, as it had to do with the my career accelerated after the sabbatical, We get ideas for next year’s festival while the current one is in full
Bulgaria and Turkey with no public trans- practice on the mat. and I quickly moved to a more senior posi- swing and start planning the day after that one ends. We brainstorm
portation on weekends. We spent the last three months of the sab- tion at Kraft. Then I left Kraft to become the about what we can do to top something, or how an area might evolve.
batical writing our novels in a small Por- chief marketing officer at a start-up. How- Then we set up and manage the submission process, which lasts about
tuguese village. I meditated and did yoga ever, I have enough deeply entrenched
six months. We do events year round, so we’re always busy.
KARAN BAJAJ is the author of the forthcoming every day, and for the first time, I wrote memories of sleeping on ashram floors and .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
novel “The Yoga of Max’s Discontent,” to be without outlines, structures and detailed falling over while in headstands never to Vocations asks people about their jobs. Interview conducted and condensed
published by Riverhead. character trajectories, trying to just be- take the titles too seriously. by Patricia R. Olsen.
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find matching job opportunities. data betw sys; exp participating in full crossing (U.S./Canada) & tariffs for NYC2 as the “Keyword” and click statistical and technical analysis to teams to align development, testing, & Python dvlpmnt in funct prgrmng style; Demonstrated track record of leading VC-side positions & mgmt of sales &
sware dvlpmnt lifecycle, incl de- border crossing (U.S./Mexico) for im- delivery of defined capabilities. Identify
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ACCOUNTING http://careers.jpmorganchase.com & of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP tions to track prescription trends and prgrmng skills; Perl//Linux/Unix shell banks & other srcs of deal flow. Mail
89372BR. Qual Applicants: Visit and its subsidiaries. Deloitte LLP & its industry outlook; using MEDACorp to Position requires a Master's degree in scrptng; GUI (Grphcl User Intrfc) res to Tara McDonald, Benefit Street
Senior Associate(s), Tax, KPMG LLP, apply to job # 160028846. EOE, AAE, http://www.pepsicojobs.com.Enter job Computer Science, Engineering, Busi- Exec Director, Diversified Industrials -
New York, NY. Provide tax compliance M/F/D/V. J.P. Morgan Chase is a mark- subsidiaries are equal opportunity em- conduct surveys and expert matter re- dvlpmnt; Src cntrl tools (CVS, SVN & Partners LLC, 9 West 57th St, Ste 4920,
number 89372BR into the “Job Title or ployers. search; and utilizing Bloomberg and ness Administration, or a related field, Perforce). Job site: New York, NY. Ref New York, NY 10019 NY NY. Sr banker serving No. Ameri-
& advis svcs to partnerships, corp, and eting name of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Keyword” field & hit enter. Click on the & 3 years of experience in managing can Transportation & Logistics co's in
S-corp for variety of clients from The Chase Manhattan Bank is a subsi- advanced Excel. Apply to # 8RRQ3C & submit resume to Bank of
matching job & follow directions to sub- Audit In Charge for Deloitte & Touche www.db.com/careers and search by consumer-facing financial services America NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. trucking, airlines, logistics & aircraft
FORTUNE 100 to emerging businesses. diary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 2003 mit resume. All qual applicants will re- LLP in New York, NY to work under technology implementation and inte- leasing sectors. Advise lrg & small
Work as part of multidiscip team J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. All rights re- professionals, keyword SR1606. Plaza, New York, NY 10020. No phone Perform & oversee financial plannin-
ceive consideration for employment the supervision of upper management gration. Must demonstrate experience calls or e-mails. Must be legally author- g/analysis, cash/resource manage- clients in corp fin'c & bus. strategy to
helping to provide industry knowledge served. www.jpmorganchase.com without regard to race, color, religion, to design audit approaches, conduct BANKING in building native mobile & web apps help meet near-term & long-term ob-
& exp. Supp teams of tax professionals ized to work in the U.S. w/o sponsor- ment & budgeting. Create financial
sex, national origin, protected veteran field audit engagements, and perform JPMorgan Chase & Co. has an opening for iPhone, iPad, & Android w/ respon- ship. EOE. models & provide ad-hoc financial ana- jectives. Master's or equiv in Corp
& assistants wking on client proj's. Apps Sup Tech Spcialist, TPS Spprt for status, or disability status. complex accounting and auditing of for a Liquidity Risk Manager position sive designs. Experience w/ Agile & Fin'c, Acctg, Econ, or rel + 5 yrs rel exp;
Advise clients & deliver high-qual tax Citibank, N.A. (NY, NY). Prfrm cmptr lysis. Evaluate financial/accounting
PepsiCo is an equal opportunity em- balance sheets and income state- in New York, NY. Responsible for lead- Scrum software development metho- Computers: processes, propose improvements and OR Bachelor's or equiv in Corp Fin'c,
svc & advice. Reqs: Bach's deg in systms anlys in spprt of Citi's Trd ployer. Minorities/Females/ ments. Requires: Bachelor's degree in ing Firmwide liquidity stress testing dologies using Kanban, JIRA, Rally, Officer, Business Analyst Mkts sought oversee implementation. Direct subor- Acctg, Econ or rel +field + 7 yrs rel exp.
Taxation, Accting or rel'd discip from Prcsng Systm fcsng on Rtes & Crdt Disability/Protected Veteran. accounting, business or related field (support efforts on the development, HTML5/CSS3, & Balsamiq is required. by Merrill Lynch. Exp must incl: Bus dinates in finalizing monthly closes. Exp advising clients across different
accred college/univ or foreign equiv cash bsnes. Reqs: Bach in Comp Sci, (willing to accept foreign education execution, analysis and reporting Experience building authentication analy, prdct dvlpmnt, strtgy & innova- Lead audit processes. Oversee client transportation subsectors w/demon-
& 2 yrs in off'd pos'n or in rel'd Eng or rltd IT fld & 5 yrs exp as comp equivalent) plus one year of account- around lines of business, legal entity schemes leveraging OAuth & SAML tion; Data Mdlng & Data archtctr; account management. Work with strated ability to directly generate
occup'n. Of the exp req'd, must have systms anlyst, sftwr dvlpr, bsnes anlyst Associate: Morgan Stanley & Co LLC
seeks an Associate, Operational Risk in ing and auditing experience. Less than and currency views), Firmwide limit- standards & developing backend sys- Funct prgrmng & Python; Querying clients to ensure representation of mandates & revenues. Demonstrated
2 yrs exp in: assemb'g or rev or rltd sprtng Trdng apps. Will acept 10% travel outside of normal commut- s/indicators monitoring, development tems using API- based frameworks for langs via rltnl DB or query intrfcs of company finance function. Draft man- knowl of co's globally in transportation
document'n to supp fin'l statements; Master's & 3 yrs. Exp to incl: Unix/Lin- NY, NY to work w/Tech & Data Oper
Risk Cov team to monitor risks related ing distance. To apply, visit us at of key risk reports and analysis for se- enabling third-party access to platform dist cmputing pltfrms; Analy & Visuali- agement discussion and analysis re- space & impact on No. American co's
conduc'g rsrch on accting issues; ux incl Redhat & Solaris; SQL/Dtabse http://www.careers.deloitte.com/jobs/ nior management on liquidity trends capabilities is required. Job location: zation tools like Tableau, SAS, R; Fin ports. Req: BS in Fin., Acct, or Econ. + 5 & investors. Exp w/fin'l statement ana-
prep'g and/or reviewing accting tchnlgies incl Oracle & Sybase; Msgng to use, proc'ssng, stor'g, & transmis-
sion of info or data (both digital & eng-US. Scroll down and enter and strategies, as well as ad-hoc New York, NY. To apply, please visit Rgltns like OATS Rprtng, Volcker yr. exp. Job Site: Brooklyn, NY Send re- lysis, fin'l modeling, & advanced corp
calc'ns and rel'd accting entries; & tchnlgies incl Tibco EMS & IBM MQ Se- XSFH16FA0316NYC4 as the “Keyword” projects. Please fax your resume to www.americanexpress.com/jobs & en- Rprtng, & ACT Rprtng; Applied stats sumes to Propeller Industries, LLC- fin'c. Demonstrated exp executing
compiling info nec to supp tax filings. ries; Bsness Cntinuity Plning; Fxed phys), incl sys & proc'ss used for those
purposes. Pos req's Bachelor's in Eng'g and click “Search jobs.” No calls please. (312)732-7830 with following job ID ter keyword 16003872 when prompted, incl sampling apprchs, causal mdlng, Attn: B. Scheel, 50 Francisco St., Ste. transactions in transportation sector.
Travel up to 20% req'd. Incme trde cptre flows; & Mddlware “Deloitte” means Deloitte LLP and its clearly indicated: (CG160031465). or if you do not have internet access, Exp w/capital raising transactions in
App & Web Tchnlgies incl Apache, (any), Bus Admin, Fin'c or related & 5 time series analy, & data mining 130, San Francisco, CA 94133 or e-mail
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS: subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte. JPMorgan Chase & Co. send resume, cover letter & copy of ad technqs; NOSQL (MongoDB) & Cas- at jobs@propellerindustries.com. favor of cross-border M&A's. Knowl of
Apply online at Tomcat, IBM Wepshere & Weblogic. yrs exp in pos off'd or as Sr Assoc, Sr
Eng, Consult or rel. Position req's 4 yrs com/us/about for a detailed description supports workforce diversity. to: American Express, 200 Vesey sandra; Fin prdcts like Equities, Derivs, industrials & transportation lending
http://www.kpmg.apply2jobs.com and Resumes to Citigroup Recruiting Dept, of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP Street, New York, NY 10285; mail code from credit risk perspective. Exp man-
3800 Citigroup Center Dr., Tampa, FL exp in fin'l srvcs ind w/strong IT Risk & Fixed Income; Fin mgmnt/portfolio DIR. Of Online Marketing Analytics,
type requisition number 58850 in the and its subsidiaries. Deloitte LLP & its Bonds/FX Reporter @ Bloomberg LP 01-35-04, Attn: K. Kupi, Recruitment mgmnt; Low Latency trdng & High New York, NY: Job duties: Implement aging & mentoring jr bankers. To ap-
keyword search box. Should you have 33610, ref MS/ASTSTPS/SY. Direct bkgrnd. Must poss's exp in tech audit & (NY, NY)F/T. Report for Bloomberg Coordinator.
risk mgmt in the fin'l srvcs ind. Req's subsidiaries are equal opportunity em- Touch trdng as well as Mkt Making email marketing strategy - A/B testing, ply, visit http://careers.jpmorganchase.
any difficulty in applying for this posi- apps only. ployers. News U.S. gov bonds & currencies com & apply to job # 160033106. EOE,
exp in perf'mg risk assess'mts, incl Trdng Systms. Job site: New York, NY. triggered sends & segmentation. Run
tion through our Web site, please con- team. Resp for stories abt mvmnts of American Express is an equal opportu- Ref # 9L7VD7 & submit resume to customer acquisition, social ads, SEM AAE, M/F/D/V. J.P. Morgan Chase is a
tact us-hrscatsadmin@kpmg.com for Apps Dvlpmnt Tchncal Spcialist for Ci- control design adequacy eval & control Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche mjr currency & gov bond mrkts, nity employer and makes employment
effect'vns testing. Must poss's RSA Ar- LLP in New York, NY to oversee the Merrill Lynch NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rocke- & SEO. Manage eCRM, ESP & eCom- marketing name of JPMorgan Chase &
assistance in the application process. tigroup Technology, Inc. (Jrsy City, NJ) intrvws w/prminent money mngrs & decisions without regard to race, color, feller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. No merce integrations. Run KPI reports. Co. The Chase Manhattan Bank is a
If offered employment, must have to prfrm full SDLC incl anlys, dsgn, cher platfrm exp w/abil to create & day-to-day operations of multiple en- invstmt strategists, & gov fin & policy. religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
maintain modules w/workflow capabi- gagements; Requires: Bachelor's de- phone calls or e-mails. Must be legally MUST have experience with Sales- subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.?
legal right to work in the U.S. EOE. impltn, tstng & spprt for Funds Srvcs Position reqs Bach deg, or foreign identity, national origin, protected ve- authorized to work in the U.S. w/o spon- force, Klaviyo, Shopify, Hootsuite, 2003 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. All rights
KPMG offers a comprehensive com- Rprtng & Dta Warehouse. Reqs: lities. Req's proj mgmt skills, strong gree (or higher) in accounting, com- equiv, in Journalism or rltd & 2 yrs exp teran status, disability status, or any
prof'cy w/MS Ofce prod, incl in-depth merce or related field (willing to accept sorship. EOE. Synxis, Omniture, Cyfe & Google Ana- reserved. www.jpmorganchase.com
pensation and benefits package. Bach/frgn equiv in Comp Sci, Eng, in job off'd or as Reporter or rltd. Exp other status protected by law. Click lytics. Bachelor of Science in Visual
No phone calls or agencies please. Elctrncs, or rltd fld & 8 yrs prog post- knowl of Excel macros & pivot tables, foreign education equivalent, including must incl: 2 yrs exp reporting on mrkts; here to view the “EEO is the Law” pos-
& good wrkng knowl of rel dbases. To a 3- year foreign degree) plus four Computers: Communication degree req'd major in
KPMG Affirmative Action, Equal Op- bacc exp as Sftwr Engneer, Prgrmr Wrking in real-time news envrmt; & ter and supplement and the Pay Trans- AVP; Prog Prof MKTS sought by Marketing, or equivalent, 5yrs exp
portunity Employer, Minority/Female/ Anlyst, Prjct Ld, Cnsltnt or rltd pos apply, visit us at http://www. years of accounting and auditing ex- Dvlping & writing of entrprse stories, parency Policy Statement. If the links Fashion Designer (New York, NY)
morganstanley.com/about/careers/ perience. Must have passed all four Merrill Lynch. Reqs: MS & 3 yrs exp; & req'd in job offer or related field, Mon-
Disability/Veteran. KPMG maintains a invlvng sftwr dvlpmnt sprtng fncial source dvlpmt & breaking news. Emp do not work, please copy and paste the must have knwldg & exp w/Python; Ja- Fri, 40hr/wk. e mail resume to Side- Work on ongoing fashion-line making,
drug-free workplace. srvcs indstry. Exp mst incl: Ab Initio careersearch.html Scroll down & enter parts of the Uniform Certified Public will accept any suitable combo of edu, following URLs in a new browser win- design ideas, create print motifs for fa-
(3066525) as the “Job Number” & click Accountants examination. Position reva; Multithreading; Distributed Com- ways Inc, attention Kristyna Caspeilch
2016 KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited prdcts Batch Prcss, Conduct It, Cntinu- training or exp. Send resume to Bloom- dow: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/ puting; Object Oriented DB; Oracle; at resumes@sideways-nyc.com bric embellishment for Mens sports
liability partnership and the U.S. mem- ous flows; Unix; COBOL; DB2; MQ Se- “Search jobs.” No calls pls. EOE quires approximately 25% travel. To berg HR, 731 Lexington Ave, NY, NY compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm and shirts. Source trims, calculate yields,
apply, visit us at http://www.careers. DB2; SQL; Messaging using XML,
ber firm of the KPMG network of inde- ries; MS Prjct; Dta Warehouse; Prjct 10022. Indicate B2-2016. EOE. http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_ JSON, & RDF; Prjct mgnt; Scrum; Re- Dvlpr/Test Engg @ Bloomberg LP approve fit & spec sheets for produc-
pendent member firms affiliated with mgmt actvties. Mail resumes ref Associate, Kroll Bond Rating Agency, deloitte.com/jobs/eng-US. Scroll down tion. Work on first samples for new de-
KPMG International Cooperative MS/ADTS/VB to Citigroup Recruiting Inc., New York, NY. Responsibilities: and enter XSFH16FA0316NYC1 as the Business Operations Specialist - Brazil PrescribedNondiscrimination lease Mgnt; Audit & Documentation. (NY, NY)F/T. Dfine & ensure sound-
signs & fitting apparel on fit models &
(”KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Dept, 3800 Citigroup Center Dr, Tampa, Provide analytical support for struc- “Keyword” and click “Search jobs.” No Markets: New York, NY. Ferrari PostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf Job site: New York, NY. Ref # 8GPM2U ness of cmplx dsktp sftwr & Bloom-
making corrections. Assist in designing
calls please. “Deloitte” means Deloitte Express, Inc. seeks a Business Opera- COMPUTER & submit resume to Merrill Lynch berg's automtd tsting pltfrm. Dsgn tst
All rights reserved. FL 33610. Citigroup is EOE. Direct apps tured product transactions with focus NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, strtegies & dvlp assets & artifcts used Mens apparel lines with influence of In-
only. on Commercial Mortgage-Backed Se- LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see tions Specialist to set budgets and fore- FULLBEAUTY Brands Management dian ethnic design & analyze/examine
www.deloitte.com/us/about for a de- cast demand based on sales, review Services, L.P. (NYC, NY) seeks Lead New York, NY 10020. No phone calls or to ensr smooth prgrssv dvlpmt of new
Advertising: Integrated Advertising curities (CMBS) and Single Family e-mails. Must be legally authorized to featurs & capablties of Bloomberg's fabricated samples & modify design
Art Director (Manhattan) - Formulate Rental (SFR) transactions. Require- tailed description of the legal structure service by surveying customers and Database Administrators to lead tech- prints/hand embroidery/beads to
Producer for Kirshenbaum Bond Sene- of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. set goals to improve operational defi- nology support for further evolution of work in the U.S. w/o sponsorship. EOE. dsktp data & prdctvty tools. Bld & extnd
cal + Partners LLC in Manh Produce concepts, direct execution of layout de- ments: Master's degree in Finance or Bloomberg's exsting set of automatd create new lines & estimate consumer
signs for motion graphics and digital related field plus 2 years of experience Deloitte LLP & its subsidiaries are ciencies vis-a-vis closest competitors; data architecture for the Company's acceptance of new styles of clothing.
multimedia/digital projects for client Create & offer bundled services to new and existing data warehouses, use Computers: tsting tools for dynmic data & rich user
media formats. Direct conceptualiza- in job offered or 2 years of experience equal opportunity employers. Principal Software Engineers sought intrfc drvn featurs. Position reqs Mast- Work with textile designer/manufac-
accts including web sites, video, viral, expand client base; Simplify export & industry-standard & best practices to
social media, banner ads & interactive tion/design for digital marketing performing financial analysis of struc- Banking: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. by Warby Parker, NY, NY. Deg'd, exp'd er's deg or foreign equiv in Comp Sci, turer/buyers to translate designs into
materials. Resume to Motion Grafx tured product transactions. Prior ex- domestic processes and procedures; conduct all database (DB) related tasks flat patterns utilizing knowledge of tex-
productions; oversee project schedul- seeks an Associate, Commercial Real Penetrate newer markets in Brazil & during dev & implementation of new working in an Agile envrmt, etc. Engg, IN, Bus Mgmt or rltd & 2 yrs exp
ing, scope, budgets and timeline; estab- LLC, 123 Town Square Pl., Ste 507, perience must include 2 years perform- Estate, Special Situations in New York, Send resume to in job off'd or as Sftwr Quality Assur- tiles/fashion trends, modifying designs
Jersey City, NJ 07316 ing asset revenue and expense analy- plan strategies to increase presence in apps & existing apps, & provide strate- to achieve the desired effect using Illus-
lish and supervise the implementation NY to lead execution of deals at all sta- the export zones in Brazil; Research, gic DB architectural plans for the Co's lisa.fazzolari@warbyparker.com. ance Team Crdinator or rltd. Alt, emp
of creative & technical standards; meet sis; 2 years performing cash flow ges, including building detailed finan- will accept Bach deg & 5 yrs prgrssvly trator & Photoshop. Mail resume -
Associate: Morgan Stanley Services modeling; and 2 years performing real analyze and assess Brazilian impor- Web Architecture & Core Engg teams. Robert Graham Designs LLC,
with production team & client reps to cial models, preparing term sheets and t/export documents utilizing original Req's Bachelor's deg in Computer CRM Specialist (Nespresso USA, Inc.— resp exp. Exp must incl: Automatd
conceptualize project scope & objec- Group Inc. seeks an Associate, Techno- estate or construction due diligence. In investment memoranda, negotiating New York, NY) Collect & analyze cus- tsting tools & frmwrks; Windows XP/‡; 264 West 40th St, 11th Fl, New York, NY
logy in NY, NY to work as a C# / Java alternative, employer will accept Bach- sources and knowledge of the econom- Science, Engg or related & 5 yrs of tomer lifecycle data on customer de- Windows Srvr 2008/2012; MS Office, 10018. Ref-SM.
tives Bachelor's in Visual Arts or Ad- deal and financing terms, managing ic-political synergies between Brazil progressive experience in job offered
vertising + 12 mos exp in job offered devlp'r within Client Fin'cg Analytics elor's degree plus 4 years of exper- transaction documentation, and coor- mographics, preferences, needs, buy'g Ntwrking, AD/DC, VBA; Devising tsting
group. Evolve calc, data, tools & analy- ience. To apply, email resume to and the US. Interested applicants or in DB admin using MS SQL Server. habits, & retention. F/T. Reqs Master's strategies for dsktp sys; Scripting lang;
req'd Respond AN/KBSP PO Bx 4241 dinating on-site and third-party due di- should mail a detailed resume, refer- Exp/skills must include: overall DB
NYC 10163 tics offerings for Prime Srvcs clients & careers@kbra.com, noting “Associate” ligence. Requires a Bachelor's degree dgr (or frgn equiv) in Mrkt'g, Bus Ad- & SVN. Emp will accept any suitable
sr mgmt. Position req's Master's in in the subject line. encing Job Code FE2016, to: Dino Fer- dev incl SQL Server Integration Svcs min, or rel fld & 2 yrs exp in job offered combo of edu, training or exp. Finance: Morgan Stanley Smith Bar-
in Economics, Real Estate, Finance or rari, Ferrari Express, Inc., 580 Fifth & Reporting Svcs, setting up/imple- ney LLC seeks an Executive Director,
Comp Eng'g or rel & 5 yrs exp in pos related or equivalent and two (2) years or in direct to consumer campgn mgmt Send resume to Bloomberg, HR 731
Analyst sought by Citigroup Global off'rd or as Sware Dev, Consult, or rel. AVP/Senior Research Associate (Al- Avenue, Suite 509, New York, NY 10036. menting clustered SQL servers & repli- & email mrkt'g. All stated exp must incl Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10022. Indicate Insight and Analytics in NY, NY to mge
Markets Inc. (New York, NY). Facili- of experience negotiating NDAs, per- Equal Opportunity Employer: cation, SQL debugging/profiling, moni- Invest'mt Prod & Srvcs (IP&S) Cust Re-
The employer will accept Bachelor's in lianceBernstein L.P. - New York, NY) forming deal logging, and conducting the follow'g: liais'g w/ creative agen- B12-2016. EOE.
tate provision of high-qlty mrkt segmnt Comp Eng'g or rel & 7 yrs exp in pos Collaborate w/ Sr Analysts in rsrch'g M/F/D/V. toring DB performance & backup/dis- lat'nshp Mgmt (CRM) & Content Dist
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in lieu of Master's & 5 yrs exp. Pos req's portation ind. F/T. Reqs Master's dgr in must include conducting quantitative NY has openings for an Associate Buy- practices & proven design patterns; chase; prfrm'g proj mgmt for cmplx Quantel 3D Editor in New York, NY.
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of stocks in the U.S. Specialty Pharma and waterfall models; as part of deal Attn.: R. Miller, 3250 Van Ness Ave. San US employment authorization w/out
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& scripting lang. Must poss exp w/data- dvlp'g analytical mdls; & analyz'g & in- and construction consultants and ap- Build strategies for engagement of stu- Manager, Applications Support &
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Enterprise Technology sector, specifi- er's in Info Sys, Comp Sci, or rel & 3 yrs strategies; prfrm'g stat analysis incl'g lor's degree (any) and three (3) years mation requests. Bachelor in logistics systems audit, quality assurance and in the job or performing similar job du- tablish and maintain strong client rela- & enter (3065771) as the “Job Number”
cally in IT hardware, IT services, and exp in pos off'rd or as Secur'ty Eng or regression, time-series analysis & of experience implementing strategic and 1 year experience in a communi- reporting, portals, the deployment of ties. Must send resume W/ job code tionships. Must have experience with & click “Search jobs.” No calls pls. EOE
software sub-sectors. Conduct in-depth rel. Employer will accept Bachelor's in GARCH mdl; wrk'g in at least 2 asset solutions for business development for cations field required. Mail CV to HR, new applications and systems, user (#303359-616) Attn: Human Resources global mobile telecom network sys-
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lop and implement catalyst-driven in- lieu of Master's & 3 yrs exp. Pos req's commodities; bayesian stats; & numer- menting changes to existing system calls. (GC). Please submit in duplicate your EOE. systems with specific experience with Finance: Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.
knowl of IT secur'ty incl common vul- ical optimization. Resumes: J. Alvia, Al- Verizon Wireless, ATT, Sprint, T- seeks Risk Analyst in New York, NY to
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search covering technology stocks and ner'ties, common exploits, authent'n & lianceBernstein L.P., 1345 Ave of the tools; performing root cause analysis Inc. seeks an Assistant Vice President, position #1029 to: Outbrain Inc., Jenni- sign/configure/debug/admin.
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cly listed companies across coverage lev of Enterprise IT org; exp w/enter- Attorney, Capital Markets with pricing runs and control of re- cluding coordinating the installation of is an Equal Opportunity Employer. combined application devt. exp. w/ /risk required. Must have BS in Compu- Quantitative Finance, Financial En-
sub-sectors that track companies, prise-lev sware &/or infra devel'mt, de- (NYC) Rep. invest. banks, issuers, pri- serves, and system breaks; utilizing computer programs and systems. Re- 2yrs in salesforce.com. Advanced ter Engineering, Electrical Engineer- gineering, related quantitative field or
stocks, revenues, and expenses. Per- ploy'mt, & op; proj mgmt & track'g vate equity funds & investors in lever- SQL and Powershell; calculating Com- quires Bachelor's degree in Computer knowledge in Apex, Apache, Conga, ing, or Computer Science, or equi- equivalent and 2 years of experience
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and balance sheet analysis and create ux op sys: exp w/Qualys & other ind tion financings, leveraged buy-outs, and decomposing Index risk into con- tems, or related field or foreign equi- Tools, DupeBlocker, Eclipse, Expres- similar duties. Mail resumes, cover let- and validation and working in a control
financial statement models. Conduct standard vulner'ty scanning tools; exp debt refinancings, high yield secured & stituent parts; computing adjusted In- valent and 5 years of progressively re- sion Engine, SQL, CRMfusion, Web ter, salary history, to Payfone, Inc., environment (audit or compliance).
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tenance and approve new database San Francisco, CA 94126 Attn: A. Bak- exp; or bach deg in fin, econ, or rel field Garden City,NY. Duties: Design, dev,
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work, and Maven build tool; working subnetting; routing; Linux &/or OS X; & know of glbl fin markets/prods; know PostgreSQL, DNS & Linux. Req'ts:
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front-end and back-end service- COMPUTER trades; working know of trading lg opts related field w/min 6 months exp in the
oriented architecture applications in Lead Data Warehouse Engineer port; theory/pricing/riskmgmt of non- field. Any suitable combo of educ,
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America trading & financing & Emerg- nior Manager, Global Data Strategy & ny seeks a Senior Manager, Risk Man- position based in Freeport, NY. Must tions - NY, NY. Serve as Head of Fixed requirements, procedures and prob- Litigation (NY, NY) Work on securities
have MBA, proficiency in Excel Mac- view test strategy for projects & indivi-
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knowledge of financial markets, deri- porate Payments portfolio, by provid- prise-level economic capital & risk ap- ros, fin'l modeling & forecasting capa- JPMorgan Chase's (”JPMC”) fixed in- prove existing systems. Study existing major investment banks. Supv the
bility & knowl of int'l monetary/capital maintain automated test suite for func- Legal:
vatives & quantitative methodology to ing in-depth analytics on all key growth petite frameworks. Develop risk analy- come institutional investors, represent- tional & regression testing using Java, information processing systems to work of 2 jr. attorneys, incl revising do-
mkts. Resp for managing foreign ex- Senior Associate in the Latin America cuments prepared by jr. attorneys for
monitor Value-at-Risk (VaR), Incre- and retention drivers. Candidate will tics & analyze risk-return tradeoffs for ing holders of JPMorgan's long-term Selenium, & SQL/PL SQL. Monitor test- evaluate effectiveness and develop Practice Group in NY, NY sought by filing in court. Bimonthly travel across
mental Risk Charge (IRC) & Risk provide consultative support to the US change risk exposure & other risks of debt totaling $287 billion. Lead dialogue new systems to improve production or
large corporate deals. Coordinate w/ doing bus. in int'l mkts, logistics of pur- ing efforts for applications in the Fixed Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, the US reqd. Must possess a JD & a
Weighted Asset (RWA) figures & en- Global Corporate Payments leadership risk management teams to calculate & with JPMC's fixed income & equity in- Income, Equities & Risk domains. workflows as required. Implement or to work directly w/Partners to lead NYS law license. Must possess 5 yrs
sure they are in line with realized pro- teams through strategic analytics to chasing & shipment of parts inventory, stitutional investors as well as research modify procedures and processes to
report enterprise-level economic capi- internal fin'l planning & billing support, Create & maintain performance test- teams in performing legal due di- exp as a Jr. Litigation Associate or Ju-
fit/loss to address back-testing excep- highlight trends, risk, and opportunities. tal & return on economic capital. Align analysts to provide transparency on ing using HP LoadRunner. Conduct in- solve business issues considering alter- ligence, as well as drafting & negotiat- dicial Clerk. Exp must incl supporting
tions. Provide daily & weekly commen- Responsible for recommending in- contract negotiation & review & sup- Firm's strategy, capital & liquidity pos, natives and limitations, environment
enterprise risk management frame- porting int'l customers rltd to In-House terface/integration testing with exter- ing transaction agreements & do- sr. attorneys in litigating fin'l & com-
taries on market moves & news, risks sightful, actionable, and sustainable works, policies, & best practices. Posi- fixed income issuance, fin'l perfor- nal applications. Create & maintain and desired results. Implement solu- cuments on behalf of an int'l law firm mercial disputes, incl cases involving
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tion requires a Master's degree in Busi- Send resume to project plans for testing timelines, test- for corp. & fin'l transactions involving fin'l products (especially RMBS) aris-
participate in weekly calls with Front charge volume growth, improve mar- ness Administration, Finance, Eco- Master's or equiv in Bus. Admin, Fin'c, ing activities & resources to track on- standards at a program, enterprise or banking, corp. governance, mergers & ing under securities laws against major
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agement personnel. Perform compre- the entire suite of Global Corporate 2 years of experience w/ risk manage- Bachelor's or equiv in Bus. Admin, production releases & report potential emerging technologies to consider ings, project finance, & securities & cary duty, & M&A; analyzing documents
hensive monthly analysis of Risks-not- Payments data in the US, including ment in the financial services industry. FINANCIAL Fin'c, Acctg, Econ or rel + 9 yrs rel exp. risks to Project Managers. Monitor re- monetary factors of java program. Uti- pital mkts, both for corp. & sovereign rltd to fin'l products, incl prossups, in-
in-VaR (RNIV). Participate in Risk Fac- charge volume, losses, signings, etc., to Experience w/ financial analysis & re- Master's or equiv in Bus. Admin, Fin'c, lize: Java 6 SQL, C/C++, Perl, Phyton,
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tor Identification calls to discuss mis- ensure the delivery of key insights and porting, including economic capital; re- Acctg, Econ or rel + 6 yrs exp in corp tion from development phase to test- AWK Script, J2EE and Application + 4 yrs exp in job offrd or rel. Must have neys on the terms of payment provi-
sing risks & quantify them appropriate- tools. Conceptualize, build, and main- gulatory capital including Basel II & III; It's Time to Update Your Resume fin'c/acctg, or rel exp OR Bachelor's or ing & implementation phases. Work Frameworks. Requirements: Bache- 4 yrs exp performing legal research of sions, repurchase obligations, & untrue
ly. Participate in regulatory projects retain metrics and tools to aid Sales and & risk appetite framework is required. equiv in Bus. Admin, Fin'c, Acctg, Econ with Developers, Business Analytics & lor's degree or equivalent in Computer complex corp. matters & securities statements; & supvg the work of ex-
lated to Federal Reserve's Volcker Field Organizations to grow their port- Demonstrated experience w/ statisti- Create a profile and upload your or rel + 9 yrs exp in corp fin'c/acctg, or Project Managers to coordinate Information Systems, Computer laws; performing legal due diligence, as perts on mortgage underwriting & sta-
Rule & Comprehensive Capital Analy- folios and elevate our customer exper- cal methodologies, including time- resume to nytimes.com/jobs rel exp. Must have: corp fin'c exp & production releases. Conduct QA test- Science or related (employer will ac- well as drafting & negotiating transac- tistical sampling. Send resume to M.
sis & Review (CCAR) framework to im- ience. Position requires a Master's de- Employers can find you and you can bkgrnd in Acctg; demonstrated knowl cept three (3) years of post-secondary
series analysis & financial modeling w/ find matching job opportunities. ing, provide QA sign-offs & approve/re- tion agreements & documents on be- Pease, Ref# LW, Grais & Ellsworth
prove bank's capital measurement ca- gree in Statistics, Mathematics, En- large datasets, is required. Experience of bank fin'l statements & valuation; ject requests for changes. Req's Mast- study plus one (1) year of IT exper- half of an int'l law firm for corp. & fin'l LLP, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, NY,
pabilities. Apply knowledge of Emerg- gineering, or a related field, followed w/ quantitative risk management, vola- Our technology automatically matches working knowl of banking sector incl er's degr plus 2 yrs exp or Bachelor's ience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree) transactions involving banking, corp. NY 10036.
ing Markets structured fixed income by one year of quantitative analysis ex- tility, & asset correlation is required. your skills and interests to available lrg bank peers & reg, capital & liquidity degr plus 5 yrs exp. and two (2) years of experience as a governance, mergers & acquisitions,
products (credit, FX & interest rate pro- perience in the financial services indus- Demonstrated experience presenting opportunities req'mts; demonstrated knowl of fin'l in- Please forward your resume to Consultant or related. Two (2) years of joint ventures, restructurings, project
ducts such as basket correlation pro- try. In the alternative, employer will ac- to management on strategic business stitutions' strategy, bus's, fin'l disclo- Credit Suisse, P.O. Box MT-223, 71 Fifth experience must include utilizing Java finance, & securities & capital mkts Legal Counsel (NY, NY) Manage all le-
ducts, callable range accrual notes, cept a Bachelor's degree in Statistics, opportunities is required. Job location: sures & cap & funding req'mts; demon- Ave., 5 Fl., New York, NY 10003. 6 SQL, C/C++, Perl, Phyton, AWK both for corp. & sovereign clients; for- gal matters for branch office, incl sub-
constant maturity credit default swaps, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related New York, New York. To apply, please FSO Advisory Services Manager - strated ability to perform fin'l analysis No phone calls. Script, J2EE and Application Frame- mulating legal strategy based on the poenas received, contract/document
leveraged credit linked notes & cross- field, followed by five years of quantita- visit www.americanexpress.com/jobs FSRM- Credit Risk (Multiple Positions), & competitor analysis, incl co. valua- works. Send resumes to IBM, box research of relevant statutory reqmts, reviews, & rltd regulatory matters.
currency extinguisher swaps) & inter- tive analysis experience in the financial & enter keyword 16003801 when Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, New York, tions, calculating risk return metrics, & #V241, 71 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, New rules, precedents, & regulations, incl Supv 1 Legal Assistant. Must possess a
national (US, UK & Swiss) financial re- services industry. Demonstrated ex- prompted, or if you do not have inter- NY. Analyze credit data and financial shareholder value added; exp running IT: UBS Services LLC seeks Assoc Di- York, NY 10003. the Securities Act of 1933, the Ex- JD or Master of Law (LL.M.) or
gulations, including Volcker Rule, perience in development and valida- net access, send resume, cover letter & statements to determine risk. Travel lrg projects & overseeing lrg project rectors, Portfolio Mgmt Officers in change Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture foreign equiv, + 2 yrs exp working in a
CCAR & Prudential Regulatory Author- tion of predictive models, product ana- copy of ad to: American Express, 200 required approximately 40%. Employ- teams; exp communicating effectively Stamford, CT to manage proj delivery, IT: System Support Analyst II (#6541): Act of 1939, the Investment Advisers legal capacity in-house at a multina-
ity's Firmwide Data Submission lytics, and building key performance Vesey Street, New York, NY 10285; mail er will accept any suitable combination w/sr. execs; demonstrated ability to fin'l forecasts & resourcing to support Bach deg in Engnrng, Comp Sci, MIS or Act of 1940 & the Investment Co. Act of tional fin'l institution (e.g. bank, insur-
Framework. Req's Master's degr plus 2 dashboards in a highly regulated indus- code 01-35-04, Attn: K. Kupi, Recruit- of education, training, or experience. present strategy & fin'l results of large Fin Regional Change the Bank (CTB) rel. + 1 yr exp. Use UNIX/Linux, Sybase 1940, & applying such research to the ance co.). Exp may be gained pre or
yrs exp. Please forward your resume try is required. Experience must in- ment Coordinator. For complete job description, list of re- institutions to lrg audiences; exp writ- Mgr. Req'ts: Bachelor's or equiv in Bus. Adaptive Server, SQL, MS Windows
Server, PERL scripting, Shell scripting, analysis of facts affecting client mat- post deg & must incl coordinating w/ge-
to Credit Suisse, P.O. Box Y186CSNY, clude developing statistical risk assess- quirements, and to apply, go to: ing fin'l & bus. disclosure docs; exp Admin., Econ, Fin, Commerce, CS or scheduling software, Windows Trading ters; coordinating w/the client, counter- neral & outside counsel regarding law
71 Fifth Ave., 5 Fl., New York, NY 10003. ment models, performing statistical American Express is an equal opportu- ey.com/us/jobsearch w/fixed income instruments & mrkts. rel & 5 yrs exp performing proj mgmt & Apps, Help Desk Systems to monitor, parties & other external stakeholders; suits & arbitrations; reviewing con-
No phone calls. and data analysis, and managing loss nity employer and makes employment (Job # - NEW00EIN). To apply, visit http://careers. fin'l mgmt for IT proj or investmt bank- support & troubleshoot production ap- attending client meetings & conference tracts incl svc. agreements, coopera-
forecasts. Demonstrated experience decisions without regard to race, color, jpmorganchase.com & apply to job # ing ops; utilizing advanced Excel tech- plications. 2 PM to 10 PM, M-F. F/T. ITG calls & provide advice involving tion agreements, & engagement ltrs; &
Financial: American Express Compa- with technical tools, including SAS, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender Global Project Manager, HR Systems 160033107. EOE, AAE, M/F/D/V. J.P. niques, incl pivot tables, & PP to create Inc. New York, NY. Send CV to: Sheryl domestic & cross-border corp. & fin'l interpreting & analyzing rules & regula-
ny seeks Manager, Risk Management SQL, R and MS Office, is required. Job identity, national origin, protected ve- (Reed Elsevier, Inc. (LexisNexis Divi- Morgan Chase is a marketing name of reports & training materials for use by Weaver, ITG Inc., 165 Broadway, One transactions; supporting discussions to tions released by regulatory agencies
to develop customer acquisition strate- location: New York, New York. To ap- teran status, disability status, or any sion), New York, NY). Req. a bach. de- JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Chase sr mgmt; & performing stat analysis to Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006. No dvlp objectives & legal parameters in China. Must be licensed to practice
gies through data analysis for large- ply, please visit www.american other status protected by law. Click gree in HR Mgmt. or a rel. field & 3 yrs. Manhattan Bank is a subsidiary of J.P. synthesize fin'l data to produce mgmt calls/recruiters/visa sponsorship. w/in which to conduct transactions; & law in NY State. Send resume to China
scale strategic transformation express.com/jobs and enter keyword here to view the “EEO is the Law” pos- of exp. in the job offered or 3 yrs. of IT Morgan Chase & Co. 2003 J.P. Morgan reports. 3 out of 5 yrs exp must incl per- performing legal analysis of the ramifi- Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., HR, Attn:
projects. Create business insights utiliz- 16003551 when prompted, or if you do ter and supplement and the Pay Trans- project mgmt. exp. implementing glo- Chase & Co. All rights reserved. forming IT prog ops mgmt, proj mgmt IT: Sriven Infosys Inc. is looking for a cations of U.S. & int'l corp. & fin'l trans- LD, 535 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10022.
ing statistical & data analysis from not have internet access, send resume, parency Policy Statement. If the links bal HR systems, incl. 1 yr. of Oracle- www.jpmorganchase.com on accruals, & P&L fin'l mgmt; utilizing PeopleSoft Developer to work in Flush- actions, & the reqd structuring of af-
multiple sources (credit bureaus, part- cover letter and copy of ad to: Ameri- do not work, please copy and paste the PeopleSoft implementation exp. Also acctg practices incl cost analysis to en- ing, NY and various unanticipated loca- fairs, to ensure the most favorable Legal:
ners, etc.). Design test & learn frame- can Express, 200 Vesey Street, New following URLs in a new browser win- req. is 2 yrs. of exp.: leading an imple- sure accuracy of fin'l data; analyzing tions throughout the U.S. Must possess terms & successful implmtn of transac- Associate - Junior Level sought by
works for evaluation of new strategies. York, NY 10285; mail code 01-35-04, dow: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/ mentation of a global compensation performance of vendor fin'ls for vari- Master's degree or equiv. in Comp. Sci. tions for clients. Must be admitted to Kirkland & Ellis LLP (NY, NY) to repre-
Responsible for day-to-day campaign Attn: K. Kupi, Recruitment Coordina- compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm and system; managing annual salary re- Hospitalist sought by Physician ous contract constructs to ensure ad- or IT related field and exp. in practice law in the State of NY. Spanish sent issuer & underwriter clients of the
management, risk assessment, testing, tor. http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_ view cycles & ad-hoc compensation Affiliate Group of New York, to provide herence to fin'l targets & appropriate HCM,CS,FIN&CRM, PeopleTools,
fluency (oral & written) reqd. Submit firm's capital mkts practice in a wide
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leadership, & partner w/ cross- American Express is an equal opportu- PostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf gurations, leading system testing, & Mental Health Ctr in Bronx, NY. CVs to voice processing, forecasting proces- Messaging, SOAP/REST webservices. link: http://legalrecruit.cgsh.com/CG or foreign equiv deg + 1 yr rltd legal
functional teams, including Risk, Mark- nity employer and makes employment writing test scripts; performing techni- Jesenia Rivas, 55 W 125th St, Ste. 1001, ses across mult teams to perform full Send resumes to SelfApply/viRecruitSelfApply/ReDe exp in capital mkts practice incl exp
eting, Information Management, Fi- decisions without regard to race, color, cal troubleshooting & escalating sys- NY, NY 10027. yr fin'l planning. Apply thru hr@sriveninfosys.com, REF# 5076.005.
fault.aspx - Indicate job code SV16NYT. w/initial public offerings (IPOs), high
nance, Compliance, & Technologies. religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender tem bugs/issues w/system engineers SH-ProfRecruitingCC@ubs.com. IT: VP-IT: Bach. in Engrng, Info. Sys. or EOE/M/F/D/V yield offerings, tender offers, invest-
identity, national origin, protected ve- Financial: for resolution; & managing data file Please reference TT03172016NYT. similar quant., sci, or analytical field. +
Position requires a Master's degree in AVP; Quant Finance Analyst sought by ment grade debt offerings, & federal
Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, or a teran status, disability status, or any processes to ensure data integrity. HR - Cintra Software & Services an IT NO CALLS PLEASE. EOE/M/F/D/V 15 yrs. exp. Use proj. mgmt, ERP, securities laws & regulatory institutions
other status protected by law. Click Bank of America. Rltd wrk exp in mrkt Domestic travel of up to 20% is also Development & Consulting firm seeks SQL/TSQL, Cobol, EDI, SharePoint,
related quantitative field, & one year of risk, oprtnl risk, securitizations or trad- incl FINRA, SEC, & CFTC; member of
here to view the “EEO is the Law” pos- req. Apply w/resume to: Leticia An- a Global HR Director with experience
experience w/ statistical & data analy-
ter and supplement and the Pay Trans- ed prdcts; Design SQL agnst mult, lrg drade, LexisNexis, 1100 Alderman in the following areas: Bachelor De- IT: FIS Management Services, LLC CRM, and BI skills to define & execute NY State Bar. Fax resume to Jordan
sis to solve business problems. De-
parency Policy Statement. If the links fin data sets, undrstndng data types & Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30005. No relo. gree in HR, Bus. Admin, Law plus 2 yrs seeks Prof'l Srvcs Dvlprs in NY, NY to IT strategy, manage IT investment & IT Rosenberg at (212)446-4900. EOE.
monstrated experience w/ advanced
do not work, please copy and paste the cnvrsns (implicit & explicit), joins (in- avail. No 3rd party responses. EOE. exp. in assessing legal/regulatory risk, serve as client facing dvlpr/bus. ana- projects. Roland Foods, LLC, New
analytics, including data mining, statis-
following URLs in a new browser winner, outer, anti, full) & analytic SQL drafting legal/compliance documents, lyst, dedicated to specific customers in York, NY. F/T. Send resume to Legal: Counsel, International Shipping
tical modeling, time series analysis, &
dow: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/ fnctns (ordered, windowed); Adv Excel Graphic Designer-Islandia, NY-Create and managing subordinate profession- prof'l srvcs. Req's: Bachelor's or equiv Maureen.Grumka@rolandfood.com & Finance Practice, Watson Farley & Wil-
financial risk management is required.
compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm and prfcncy, incl Pivot tables & Vlookup to tattoo designs/concepts/tattoo layouts al HR/legal staff. Must have 6 mos exp. in Comp. Eng'g, Info Sys's, CS or rel. & 5 ref. Job # 6002. No calls/recruiters. Visa liams LLP (New York, NY). Sr member
Experience w/ relational databases &
http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_ prsnt quant or bus analy from mult, lrg as pre-designed templates for sale to in managing HR tasks and drafting HR yrs exp assessing client bus. needs & sponsorship not offered. of a team of attys reprsntg major fi-
utilizing SQL, VBA, & Matlab/SAS is re- fin datasets; DB sftwr, incl but not ltd to translating into detailed req'ts & speci- IT PRODUCT SPECIALIST - Manage nancial institutions, equity investors,
quired. Job location: New York, New PrescribedNondiscrimination tattooists/tattoo shops using know- policies. Cintra Software offers compe- owners, lessors & operators in corp
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York. To apply, please visit www. York, NY. Ref # 9GQ8MN & submit time prog'g. 3 of the 5 yrs exp must incl roadmap. Develop process, coordinate transactns in connection w/ intntnl
americanexpress.com/jobs & enter duce promotional tattoo designs for Puneet Gupta (pgupta@cintra.com) commercl shippg finance. Juris Doctor
resume to Bank of America tradeshows. Reqd: Assoc.Deg in Grap- Head of Global Database Services, Cin- providing dvlpmt support in listed op- content development & plan feature
keyword 16003775 when prompted, or if Financial: NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, tions trading area; & dvlpmt using & content releases. Mail resume to: (JD) degree or foreign equiv (e.g.,
you do not have internet access, send VP; SFA, Fin Bus Sup - Cap Mrks hic Design or Visual Design & 1 yr exp. tra Software & Services, 3 Park Ave., Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree) reqd.
New York, NY 10020. No phone calls or Res to: NY Tattoo Supply, 85 Hoffman 32nd Floor, NY, NY 10016. Please refer C/C++, GLTS Algos, SLC, SLE, MDS, Imagine Easy Solutions, 10 E. 39th St,
resume, cover letter & copy of ad to: sought by Merrill Lynch. Reqs: Mast- e-mails. Must be legally authorized to SOR, Algo development & SMART Fl 3, New York, NY 10016. Min 8 yrs exp as an atty wrkg on legal
American Express, 200 Vesey Street, er's & 3 yrs exp; & fmilrity w/various Ln, Islandia, NY 11749 to the Ref #LP15 in your cover letter. issues arising from shippg finance mat-
work in the U.S. w/o sponsorship. EOE. TRADER. Pls send resume to J. Souve- INVESTMENT
New York, NY 10285; mail code Acctng Stndrds Codification such as nir, FIS Management Services, LLC, 85 Investcorp International Inc, New York, ters reqd. Must hv exp drafting for len-
01-35-04, Attn: K. Kupi, Recruitment ASC 815, Derivs & Hedging, ASC Broad St., NY, NY 10004. Pls ref. NY, seeks Corporate Investment Asso- ders shippg finance loan agrmts &
Coordinator. 825-10-25, Fin Fair Value Option & ASC SA03012016NYT. No Headhunters. NO ciate Analyst to provide employer's amendatory agrmts in respect thereof,
820, Fair Value Msrmnts & Disclsrs; Financial Reporting Manager (New CALLS PLS. EOE collateral security docs, intercreditor
American Express is an equal opportu- Knwldg in U.S. Generally Accepted York, NY) Oversee corp. fin. report'g corporate investment team with finan- agrmts, subordntn agrmts & corp docs
nity employer and makes employment Acctng Prncpls (US GAAP) prep of incl prdctn of mthly fin. packs to execs, cial analysis and research on corpor- in connection w/ shippg finance trans-
decisions without regard to race, color, qrtrly & annl fin statements for stnda- audit cmplnce, & inter control. Compile IT: BOP, LLC — Multiple Software De- ate investments. Requires: Bachelor's acts. Reqs exp w/ mechanics of clos-
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender lone brkr-dealer entity; Knwldg in Fed budget, plan'g, & forecast'g data & pro- velopment Engineer II positions avai- degree in Economics or Finance or ings for shippg finance transactns on a
identity, national origin, protected ve- Reserve mnthly/qrtrly extrnl rgltry duce data submsn basd on global reqs. lable in New York, NY. Job duties in- related field, 2 years of investment worldwide basis. Exp preparg closing
teran status, disability status, or any rprtng reqs; Knwldg in fin deriv prdcts Reqs:Master's degree accountancy/ac- volve participating in the design, deve- analyst experience, Series 79 license. checklists & attendg closings for shippg
other status protected by law. Click such as interest rate swaps, crdt de- counting+2 yrs account'g/cost'g exp lopment, implementation, testing & do- Send resume to: Human Resources, finance transactns reqd. Must hv exp
here to view the “EEO is the Law” pos- fault swap, fx, futures & frwrd option w/in spirits ind. Exp conduct'g variance cumentation of large-scale, multi- Investcorp International Inc., 280 Park drafting & reviewg legal opinions under
ter and supplement and the Pay Trans- cntrcts; Knwldg in fin acctng/reprtng anlys, cost forecast'g, & dvlp'g cost of tiered, distributed software applica- Ave, New York, NY 10017. NY & US federal law, & under the laws
parency Policy Statement. If the links systms: Oracle, SAP, Essbase, Mcrsft goods models; exp cncptualz'g/dlver'g tions, tools, systems, & services. Re- LAWYER (Flushing, NY) Support of the State of DE, the Republic of the
do not work, please copy and paste the Office. Job site: New York, NY Ref # cost savings initiatives; exp w/ mnfctr'g quires MS in CS, Eng, Math or rel +2 yr overall legal business in field of immi- Marshall Islands, the Republic of Liber-
following URLs in a new browser win- 9Y7QW9 & submit resume to Merrill variance report'g /forecast'g; exp exp or BS + 4 yrs exp. Send resume, re- gration, divorce, criminal, etc. JD de- ia, & the Republic of Vanuatu. Must be
dow: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/ Lynch NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller w/SAP, Business Warehouse, Concur, ferencing AMZ1358, including job histo- gree or foreign equivalent and mem- admitted to a U.S. bar or the bar of a
compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm and Plaza, New York, NY 10020. No phone & COGNOS; & intl finance environ & ry to: BOP, LLC, an Amazon.com com- bership in NY State Bar are required. foreign country. Res to Daniel C. Rodg-
http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_ calls or e-mails. Must be legally author- forgn currency exp. Resumes: The Ed- pany, Attn: P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA Must be fluent in Chinese. Send ers, Watson Farley & Williams LLP, 250
PrescribedNondiscrimination ized to work in the U.S. w/o sponsor- rington Group USA LLC, c/o HR, 150 98108-1300. Amazon.com is an Equal resume to Kenneth K. Ho, Esq, 136 -19 West 55th St New York, NY 10019. Ref
PostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf ship. EOE. 5th Ave, 11th Fl, New York, NY 10011 Opportunity Employer. 38th Ave, 4th Flr, Flushing NY11354. number: WFW2016.

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must incl working w/ fin'l srvcs & fin'l
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Management Services, LLC, 85 Broad
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software upgrades w/ zero downtimes models. Work on wide variety of prob- ployer will accept a Bachelor's degree
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jewelry lines. Observe, study & analyze SharePoint & IIS web servers & design Mathem or rel, plus 1 yr exp as re- cess Models. Send resumes to IBM, box pablties. Create prdctv mdls for int-
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advertising & public relations efforts to lize Unix dtabase infrastrctr for sftwr,
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marketing manager as well as new gressive exp in position offered or as hods in order to provide solutions. Sr. Application Analyst req'd with New- ntwrk & strg. Tst frmwrks & dpndncy
products & product lines to meet de- Programmer Analyst. Req'd exp must Within the 1 yr, must have: exp pro- mark in NY NY. Dvlp comprehensive mgmt sys. Position reqs Master's deg
mands of the jewelry market & taking have included 2007, 2010 & 2013 ver- gramming & designing software in lar- understanding of all functionality of or foreign equiv in Comp Sci, Comp
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into consideration our own manufac- sions of Microsoft SharePoint Server ge-scale web apps (Over 5MM unique proprietary app, cFlow, which stores & Engg, IN, IS or rltd & 1 yr exp in job off'd
turing costs & capabilities. Travel in Technologies; Microsoft Internet Infor- users/month) environments to design, processes revenue, broker payroll & or as Sftwr Dvlpr, Sr Sftwr Dvlpr or rltd.
U.S.A & Caribbean for meetings/trade mation Servers versions 6.0, 7/7.5, 8/8.5; architect, implement, & debug robust & payments, misc revenue, misc recei- Exp must incl: Blding & scling Unix
shows.2 -3 trips/yr.10 -15 days each. Windows servers platforms versions high-volume (processing millions of re- vables. Perform data modeling; pre- hsted dtabase infrastrctr for an entrprs
BS/BA Business or Marketing. 24 2003, 2008/2008R2, 2012/2012R2; Micro- cords/day) production data pipelines & pare scripts & procedures to perform (sftwr, ntwrk, strg); Ntwrking & virtuali-
months exp. In job offered. Any suitab- soft ASP.NET application debugging; analytics engines; exp implementing ETL functions to load SFA data from zation; & Java, incl tsting w/stndrd tst
le combination of education, training or system monitoring, log analysis, per- machine learning methods to improve existing apps. Master's in Comp Sci, frmwrks & dpndncy mgmt sys & use of
exp is acceptable.If candidate has com- formance analysis & tuning; adminis- ability to predict attributes of users & Eng or related & min 1 yr softw dvlpmt Java grbage cllection fndmntls. Emp
pleted only a 3-yr university degree in tration & operational tasks on Unix & venues; exp working on machine learn- exp either in job offered or as Analyst. will accept any suitable combo of edu,
Business Administration or Marketing Linux servers; Unix based Java appli- ing, spatial data structures (incl Quad- Must have exp working with .NET training or exp. Send resume to Bloom-
then employer is seeking 36 months of cation server management; migration tree & KD-trees), algorithm design, Technologies including: C#, ASP.NET, berg HR, 731 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
exp rather than just 24 months. 40 of content & structure across different problem solving & complexity analy- MVC 4/5, SQL Server. Front-end tech- 10022. Indicate code B13-2016. EOE.
hr/wk.Send resume:Kiran Jewels Inc.,- versions of IIS & SharePoint; research, sis; exp working with big-data frame- nologies including JavaScript, jQuery,
521 Fifth Ave, Ste 820, NY, NY 10175. troubleshooting, & end user support; works (incl Hadoop); exp using pro- WPF. Report dvlpmt using SSRS, Qlik- Sr Sftwr Dvlpr in New York, NY sought
PowerShell scripting; managing securi- gramming languages (incl Python & view. Customize & support CRE apps by Mediaocean, LLC, fr cmplt sftwr lfe-
Market Analyst ty & permissions; Enterprise level R); exp using large-scale computation- MRI 4.5 & ARGUS DCF15/Enterprise. cycl invlmnt. BS in CS, Engrg or rltd +5
Grand Supercenter Inc. (Lyndhurst, change management process; & SQL al frameworks (incl MapReduce). Customize & Implement Microsoft yrs of exp dvlpng in Java or Cobol en-
NJ) Collect, analyze & report market server management tools. Contact: Submit resume online at: Dynamics CRM 2015 with plugin vir. Mst hv exp w/ Oracle dbs dsgn,
info. & data Req. BA in marketing plus Shanetta Miller, Nomura America Ser- https://jobs.lever.co/foursquare/d7a4e dvlpmt, data migration & integration of OOP, JDBC, Eclipse IDE, Clnt/Srvr,
2 Yr. experience in the position or vices, LLC, 309 W 49th St, NY, NY 10019. 4c7-d1fa-4511-adf1-c33ced0715b0. SFA data using SSIS, Scribe. To apply, Mult-tier Arch. Perm US wrk auth. Aply
marketing. fax resume to 201-507-9600 Ref. #0275. Specify ad code BKKB. EOE. MFDV. pls fax resume to 6464413131. An EOE. @ www.jobpostingtoday.com 96702.
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UConn says it can be beaten. Apparel companies

Then it wins a 72nd straight.
5 BASEBALL
stamp their slogans
Carlos Corporan is trying to on team shirts at
join the Yanks as a backup. the N.C.A.A.s.
SCORES A N A LY S I S C O M M E N TA R Y SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016

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Syracuse vs. Virginia 6:09 p.m.

N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT ● ROUND OF 8 SUNDAY’S GAMES
Notre Dame vs. North Carolina 8:49 p.m.
Crafty Villanova Outsmarts Kansas
JAMIE RHODES/USA TODAY SPORTS, VIA REUTERS
Kansas’ Perry Ellis drove against the Villanova defense, which held Ellis to 4 points. He went 1 for 5 from the field. The Wildcats advanced to their first Final Four since 2009, to play Oklahoma.
Oklahoma
A Defensive Game Plan Denies the Top Seed Advances
Buddy Hield
By MARC TRACY the shot hit the back of the rim and bounced out.
had 37 points to
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Early in the second half, the With its leading scorer all but unable to score — in
no small part because of a wisely planned and executed lead the Sooners
Villanova freshman Jalen Brunson made the poor deci-
defensive game plan — No. 1-seeded Kansas, the team over Oregon and
sion to drive and try a tough layup, which he missed,
prompting a Kansas fast ranked first over all by the selection committee, lost its into the Final
VILLANOVA 64 break — three words that first game in more than two months, 64-59, to Villanova Four in Hous-
KANSAS 59 should strike fear into the on Saturday in the South Regional final of the N.C.A.A. ton. Page 3.
heart of any Kansas opponent. men’s basketball tournament. The No. 2-seeded Wild-
South Regional final
Guard Frank Mason III cats advanced to their first Final Four since 2009. They
passed up a 3-pointer in order to feed the team’s starv- will play Oklahoma on Saturday in Houston.
ing star, Perry Ellis, having perhaps his worst game of It is the first Final Four appearance for the Big
the season. Ellis’s post move was typically crafty, but
Continued on Page 3
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Former Pitcher In Everyone’s Corner,

Follows His Bat A Boxing Gymnasium
To the Majors Offers Acceptance
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. By DAVID WALDSTEIN
David Peralta had a dream and a problem. TORONTO — From the doorway of the Newsgirls
His dream was to play baseball again. His Boxing Club, all the trappings of a standard boxing gym
problem was that he could not afford it. are in view. The full-size ring is to the immediate right, its
Peralta told his story the other day before red, white and blue ropes and black mat at once festive and
practice at the Arizona Dia- menacing.
TYLER mondbacks’ spring training Speed bags, heavy bags, double-end bags and a
complex. He would bat cleanup
KEPNER and play right field in their game
punching mannequin form a pathway — adorned with
posters of female boxing cham-
that night, and with another sea- pions as well as of Muhammad
ON
BASEBALL son or two like last year — when Ali — to the less traditional
he batted .312 with 17 home runs
gym equipment in the back, like

— Peralta will be very wealthy. a piano, a Harley-Davidson Individuals of
Five years ago, he was poor. Peralta was motorcycle and sewing equip-
trying to revive his career, which had fizzled in ment tucked in along the lock- all gender
rookie ball as he pitched for the St. Louis Car-
dinals’ organization. In two seasons, Peralta
ers.
The signs on the bathroom
types ‘get to
had two wins, six losses, a 5.69 E.R.A. and a door welcome all gender classi- punch stuff.’
damaged shoulder. His 92-mile-an-hour fast- fications, and a separate
ball was useless because he could not throw it changing room is available for
without pain. The Cardinals released him. those who seek more privacy,
“Injuries and all that stuff, that’s part of the especially the many transgender people who have found
game — it’s tough, but you have to deal with sanctuary and empowerment at this gymnasium.
it,” said Peralta, 28, who had two shoulder op- Most come to box, but they may also gather around
erations. “But when they call you into the of- MICHELLE SIU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES the piano for the Saturday night choir. They can join the
fice and say, ‘Hey, we have to let you go,’ that’s Tammy Moone, left, and Tristan Whiston at the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club, sewing circle or quietly resupply their own cupboards with
Continued on Page 5 founded about 20 years ago by a former comedian and actress turned pugilist. Continued on Page 6
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WOMEN’S N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT ● ROUND OF 16
Asked, Answered and Pummeled

Teams that question UConn’s
power (and those that don’t)
find themselves flattened.
By SETH BERKMAN
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Be-
fore Duquesne’s round-of-32
game against Connecticut in the
N.C.A.A. women’s basketball
tournament, the Dukes bluntly
said they would not be distracted
by the illustrious UConn aura.
They believed that the Huskies,
then 33-0 and winners of 70
games in a row, were in fact beat-
able.
Word of the chirping reached
the UConn locker room. On Mon-
day, UConn responded by throt-
tling Duquesne, 97-51.
Mississippi State was wise
enough to not make any pre-
dictions about beating the Hus-
kies before their round-of-16
matchup in the Bridgeport Re-
gional, which may have come as
a disappointment to the UConn
faithful. Throughout this season,
when teams have been embold-
ened to publicly challenge
UConn’s status, the Huskies have
thrived.
The lack of bulletin board ma-
terial did not slow top-seeded
Connecticut on Saturday, as they
dominated fifth-seeded Missis-
sippi State, 98-38, at Webster
Bank Arena.
Breanna Stewart had 22 points,
14 rebounds and 5 blocks in 25
minutes. Katie Lou Samuelson
added 21 points for the Huskies.
In one minor moment of boast-
fulness on Friday, Mississippi
State’s leading scorer, Victoria
Vivians, said she thought the
Bulldogs could win without her
offensive contributions by get-
ting defensive stops in transition.
That proved to be false. Vivi-
ans shot 3 for 15 from the field
and UConn spent a majority of
the afternoon freely sprinting up
the court for uncontested layups,
causing Mississippi State Coach PHOTOGRAPHS BY JESSICA HILL/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vic Schaefer to compare them to Duquesne’s Deva’Nyar Workman (7) said Connecticut was not “superhuman” before her team
“piranhas on a roast.” lost, 97-51, on Monday. UConn Coach Geno Auriemma, left, said every team was beatable.
“We’re always like, Why are
you lighting a fire?” Kia Nurse, a
“I think that forces you to be you’re dealing with, 71 games in a Those stats create a strong
sophomore guard for UConn,
better that night as opposed to a row.” case for UConn’s invincibility. Be-
said on Friday, adding: “We’ve
team that comes in and goes, With Saturday’s win, UConn fore Saturday’s game, Auriem-
heard the ‘We’re pretty beatable’
‘You know what, we got nothing extended its unbeaten streak to ma was the only person actually
comment a couple of times; it’s
to lose; we’re just going to go 72, and 35 this season. willing to admit that the Huskies
like a repetitive comment, for
some reason. We’re confident in play the game and we’re leaving Despite the absence of taunts, could be taken down.
what we do and we understand after the game when we lose by Schaefer said the Huskies re- “I’m thinking, like, everybody
that we’re not invincible, but at 50,’” Auriemma said. “So nobody ceived even more motivation af- should say that because it’s true,”
the same time we’re coming out wants to play a team like that.” ter two No. 1 seeds — South Caro- Auriemma said. “I think every
every single time focused and Entering the game, Schaefer lina and Notre Dame — both fell team is beatable, and I think it’s
ready to go and with the intent of said the Bulldogs could build off on Friday. good when you play a team that
winning that game.” its battles in the Southeastern “I thought it worked against thinks if we do A, B, and C, we’re
Last weekend, UConn was tak- Conference, which included two us,” Schaefer said. “I didn’t think going to win this game.”
en aback when Duquesne guard- wins over Tennessee. But he said it would work for me. I felt like After Saturday’s masterful
Deva’Nyar Workman said that he would not provide a grandiose this is the worst thing that could performance, Schaefer dis-
UConn was not “superhuman” motivational speech about upset- have happened.” agreed.
and that she would not “get 77-51 loss in the conference tour- the Huskies. ting Connecticut. UConn opened the game on a “Today it felt like I was playing
caught up in their greatness.” At nament championship game. Occasionally, during timeout “You know, kids are pretty 13-0 run. It led 32-4 after one a W.N.B.A. team,” Schaefer said.
the American Athletic Confer- “When we hear things like huddles or pregame shoot- smart,” Schaefer said on Friday. quarter and 61-12 at halftime. “That team right there probably
ence tournament this month, that, we’re like, ‘Let’s show them arounds, players will bring up an “So I think you can say it, but Shooting almost 63 percent from finishes — I don’t know what
South Florida’s Courtney Wil- who’s really beatable,’ so we go opponent’s recent comments, as they’re probably going to look at the field for the afternoon, the team in the league they can’t
liams also claimed the Huskies out there and play extra hard and a motivational tactic. me with crossed eyes and go, Huskies led by as many as 68 compete with.
were not unbeatable. show them why we’re here and UConn Coach Geno Auriemma ‘Huh?’ I think everybody in the points in the fourth quarter. Mis- “They play like they play to-
The Bulls went 0-3 against the why we’re so successful,” said is also a fan of teams that publicly country and the world that has a sissippi State missed all 14 of its day, there’s not anybody in the
Huskies this season, including a Saniya Chong, a junior guard for challenge the Huskies. heartbeat understands what 3-point attempts. country that can beat them.”
CALENDAR
WOMEN’S ROUNDUP
TV Highlights
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Texas Rallies Past U.C.L.A. and Into the Round of 8
1:00 p.m. Minnesota at Yankees MLB, YES
4:00 p.m. Cincinnati at Los Angeles Dodgers MLB
By The Associated Press The Bruins, who came into the rebounds and 5 assists for Baylor, ers as Oregon State advanced to
Basketball / Men 6:00 p.m. N.J.I.T. at Columbia CBSSN Imani Boyette scored 18 points game with a 21-0 record when which has a 23-game winning its first women’s regional final
C.I.T. 9:00 p.m. U.C. Irvine at Coastal Carolina CBSSN and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead leading after 20 minutes, had a streak. Khadijiah Cave had 10 re- with a victory over DePaul in
Basketball / Men 6:00 p.m. Teams T.B.A. TBS second-seeded Texas to a come- 33-28 lead at halftime. bounds. Dallas.
N.C.A.A. Tournament 8:30 p.m. Teams T.B.A. TBS from-behind 72-64 win over U.C.L.A., which won the Leticia Romero had 11 points Weisner also had 10 rebounds
Basketball / Women 1:00 p.m. Teams T.B.A. ESPN U.C.L.A. on Saturday in a region- W.N.I.T. last season, had an for fifth-seeded Florida State for the Beavers (31-4), the No. 2
N.C.A.A. Tournament 3:30 p.m. Teams T.B.A. ESPN al semifinal in Bridgeport, Conn. eight-game postseason unbeaten (25-8), which made consecutive seed in the Dallas Regional. They
Golf 10:00 a.m. W.G.C.-Dell Match Play, semifinals GOLF Brooke McCarty added 15 streak, second only to UConn’s. appearances in the round of 16 for will play top-seeded Baylor on
3:00 p.m. W.G.C.-Dell Match Play, championship NBC points for the Longhorns (31-4), BAYLOR 78, FLORIDA STATE 58 the first time. Ivey Slaughter, Monday night.
6:00 p.m. Kia Classic, final round GOLF
who will play Connecticut in their Nina Davis scored 30 points as Shakayla Thomas and Brittany Sydney Wiese added 13 points
Hockey / N.H.L. 5:00 p.m. Devils at Carolina MSG+
first regional final since 2003. Baylor advanced to the round of 8 Brown each had 10 points. for Oregon State, including con-
7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Rangers NBCSN
Monique Billings scored 20 for the third straight year with a It was only the fifth time this secutive 3-pointers right before
points and grabbed 12 rebounds win in Dallas. season that the Seminoles were the Beavers took the lead for
Hockey / College 5:00 p.m. Teams T.B.A. ESPNU
for U.C.L.A., which finished its The Lady Bears (36-1), the No. held below 65 points. They had a good in the early going. Ruth
N.C.A.A. Tournament 7:30 p.m. Teams T.B.A. ESPNU
season at 26-9. Jordin Canada 1 seed in the Dallas Regional, season-low 49 points against Con- Hamblin also scored 13 points.
Lacrosse / Men 1:00 p.m. Johns Hopkins at Virginia ESPNU
also had 20 points for the third- went ahead to stay with a 15-3 necticut in mid-December and Sixth-seeded DePaul (27-9)
3:00 p.m. Teams T.B.A. ESPNU
seeded Bruins. run to end the first quarter after had scored 56 three other times. was in its fourth round of 16 un-
U.C.L.A. led by 10 points in the a flurry of turnovers led Coach der the 30-year Coach Doug Bru-
This Week second quarter, by 5 points at the Kim Mulkey to call a timeout.
OREGON STATE 83, DePAUL 71
Jamie Weisner had career highs no, who has never made it fur-
HOME half and by 54-48 after three
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Alexis Jones added 15 points, 9 with 38 points and seven 3-point- ther in the tournament.
AWAY 3/27 3/28 3/29 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/2 quarters.
But Texas scored the first 10
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Noon 8 p.m.
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(EXHIBITION) CH. 11 SNY SNY MLB lead, and it did not trail again.
YANKEES MINNESOTA DETROIT PHILADELPHIA ATLANTA ST. LOUIS MIAMI MIAMI Texas’s Ariel Atkins made a
1 Connecticut 98 BRACKET South Carolina 72 1
1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. MLB Connecticut (35-0) Syracuse (28-7)
PITTSBURGH 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 3-point play, hitting a shot as she
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fell down in the lane while being
NEW ORLEANS DALLAS NETS
KNICKS 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. fouled, to push the lead to 63-56. 5 Mississippi St. 38 Syracuse 80 4
MSG MSG MSG, YES The Longhorns hit their free
throws down the stretch, and Monday Sunday
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NETS 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. U.C.L.A. missed its last nine 3 U.C.L.A. 64 Ohio State 62 3
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CAROLINA BOSTON FLORIDA TAMPA BAY Texas won the game under-
DEVILS 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Texas (31-4) Tennessee (22-13)
MSG+ MSG MSG2 MSG+ neath, outrebounding U.C.L.A. by
46-40 and outscoring the Bruins 2 Texas 72 Tennessee 78 7
CAROLINA COLUMBUS PITTSBURGH
ISLANDERS 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. in the paint, 40-22. U.C.L.A. had
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Lang, each picked up two fouls in
Baylor (36-1) Stanford (27-7)
CHICAGO NEW ENGLAND the first half.
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scored 7 points in the first half,
Monday Sunday
but she had just one rebound at
Everything you need to the break, two fewer than her 5-4 6 DePaul 71 Kentucky 72 3
teammate McCarty. She picked
know for your business day up her third foul 40 seconds into
is in Business Day. the second half and finished with Oregon State (31-4) Washington (25-10)
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N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT ● ROUND OF 8
With a Barrage of 3-Pointers, Oklahoma Overpowers Oregon

By KAREN CROUSE In the Oregon locker room af-
ANAHEIM, Calif. — With five terward, the Ducks compared
seconds left in the first half of the Hield to Bryant, which mortified
West Regional final, the Oklaho- Hield. “I’m far away from him,”
ma senior guard Buddy Hield put he said. “I just make shots.”
up a shot from a spot midway be- But this much is true: If not for
tween the Bryant, there might not be a Bud-
OKLAHOMA 80 halfcourt dy Buckets, one of the nicknames
OREGON 68 line and Hield has acquired during his
the four years at Oklahoma (Buddy
West Regional final 3-point Love and his favorite, Buddy
arc. The ball slipped through the Fresh, are others).
net to give the Sooners an 18- “Just watching him made me
point halftime lead. believe and helped to motivate
As the Oklahoma fans in the me,” Hield said of Bryant. “If it
Honda Center crowd erupted in wasn’t for him, I probably would-
cheers, Hield locked eyes with a n’t be playing basketball at the
Duke fan seated in the second competitive level.”
row behind the Sooners’ bench. Hield had met Bryant at a bas-
That fan, the Lakers star Kobe ketball camp but said he was re-
Bryant, nodded his approval and luctant to renew their acquaint-
offered a salute, which Hield ance when he spotted him at
would later describe as one of the Honda Center on Thursday night
coolest moments in an afternoon after the Sooners’ round-of-16
with enough highlights to over- victory against Texas A&M. He
load his memory bank. described himself as “anxious”
Playing in front of his child- and said: “My heart was pound-
hood idol, Bryant, and for Okla- ing. I was like, What if he doesn’t
homa’s first berth in the N.C.A.A. remember me?”
tournament semifinals since Hield need not have worried.
2002, Hield finished with a game- Bryant, 37, who bypassed college
high 37 points on 13-of-20 shoot- for the N.B.A., called Hield over,
ing to lead the second-seeded and they exchanged pleasantries
Sooners to an 80-68 victory over before Bryant returned to his
the top-seeded Oregon Ducks. seat to watch the second half of
Three of Hield’s first four bas- Duke’s loss to Oregon. Bryant
kets were 3-pointers, setting the mentioned to Hield that he lived
tone for the game. Behind Hield’s near the arena and would try to
8-for-13 showing, the Sooners attend Saturday’s game. Hield
made 50 percent of their 24 said he became aware that Bry-
3-point attempts. The cumulative ant was in the building when he
effect of Hield’s long-range target HARRY HOW/GETTY IMAGES
saw a horde of people hold up
practice on the Ducks was devas- their camera phones and start
Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield chased a ball between Elgin Cook (23) and Dillon Brooks. Hield had 37 points, making eight 3-pointers. taking pictures.
tating.
“Tried our best to corral him “You don’t get that every day,
and keep him out of open areas, ers scored 12 points off turnovers bounds in the first half. His team- Hield’s night could have been draft steadily rises. It is not by having Kobe Bryant watch you,”
but he made a lot of tough shots,” and had 15 second-chance points mate Isaiah Cousins had all five better. He requested the box chance that Hield shares a jersey Hield said, adding, “Anybody
said the senior forward Elgin while outrebounding the Ducks of his defensive rebounds before score after the postgame news number (24) with Bryant, who who knows me, they know I’m a
Cook, who led the Ducks with 24 by 23-10. the break. Hield, Cousins, Jordan conference, looked at it and will retire at the end of this sea- Kobe Bryant fanatic.”
points but could think only of all “Just a very disappointing first Woodard and Ryan Spangler frowned. “I got six turnovers,” he son. “He’s one of the reasons,” From his spot in front of the Or-
the shots Hield had made with half,” Oregon Coach Dana Alt- were making their 104th consec- said. said Hield, who added that he egon bench, Altman had one of
Cook in his face. man said. “I’m not sure if it was utive start, and their familiarity Hield’s long-range accuracy also wanted to refer to the 242 the worst vantage points in the
The Ducks, who finished with a just the energy that was pro- bred a cohesion that the Ducks and joyful mien have invited area code of his native Bahamas. arena to behold Hield’s brilliance.
program-record 31 victories duced by them hitting 3s, but could not steal or block. In the comparisons to the Golden State Hield, 22, said that growing up “The guy gets 37 on you, that’s
against 8 losses, had more turn- they just did a tremendous job on fourth minute, Spangler missed a Warriors’ Stephen Curry, but his in Freeport, he had studied Bry- something,” he said, adding, “Ev-
overs (12) than assists (10) and the boards.” hook, and before he could grab childhood model was Bryant, ant’s crossover moves, his falla- ery time I felt like we were get-
shot 37.9 percent from the field. Hield, a player-of-the-year con- the rebound, Hield swooped in whose career is winding down as way jumper and the myriad other ting ready to do something, he
In the first 20 minutes, the Soon- tender, had three offensive re- for the put-back dunk. Hield’s stock in June’s N.B.A. ways he created space to score. would jump up and make a shot.”
Syracuse Strikes, Crafty Villanova Outsmarts Kansas

Making No Apologies
By DAVID WALDSTEIN together as a family.”
CHICAGO — When Syracuse Lydon is one of several gifted,
was slotted into the N.C.A.A. if headstrong, players on a Syra-
tournament as the No. 10 seed in cuse team that is fighting for re-
the Midwest Region, there were spect. Another is its leading scor-
many complaints that the Orange er, Michael Gbinije, a 6-foot-7
should never have been invited at swingman.
all. Gbinije averages 17.8 points per
The Orange had 13 losses, in- game and has scored in double
cluding five in their last six figures in all 35 games, endearing
games, the final one a first-round him to Boeheim, who said the Or-
knockout by Pittsburgh in the At- ange could not overcome a bad
lantic Coast Conference tourna- game from Gbinije on Sunday.
ment. The Orange also had a poor “Of all the players I’ve ever
stretch early in the season, going coached, he’s the most underrat-
4-5 during Coach Jim Boeheim’s ed player that I’ve ever coached,”
nine-game suspension for infrac- Boeheim said.
tions related to the program. Perhaps the most interesting
Yet, here is Syracuse (22-13), in matchup on Sunday will feature
another regional final, just one Gbinije against Malcolm Brog-
win from a fifth Final Four under don, Virginia’s 6-5 senior guard.
Boeheim, and its second in four Brogdon was the A.C.C. player of
years. the year and for a second time
After a closely contested 63-60 the A.C.C. defensive player of the
win over 11th-seeded Gonzaga on year. One of those votes came
Friday, Syracuse will face top- from Boeheim, who worked with
seeded Virginia in the regional fi- Brogdon with USA Basketball.
nal on Sunday. This will be Syra- “He’s just a really good basket-
cuse’s most difficult opponent ball player who doesn’t say a lot,”
since it lost to North Carolina Boeheim said. “I like those guys.”
during the A.C.C. regular season Boeheim sometimes says a lot.
on Feb. 29. On Saturday he spoke for about
Virginia (29-7) is one of the 40 minutes about a wide range of
country’s most balanced teams, issues, including his tryout with
and the Cavaliers beat Syracuse the Chicago Bulls in the 1960s. He
by 8 points in January. But even said it was best he did not make
with such a formidable foe ahead, the team because “I would have
and even if many college basket- been a very below-average
ball fans and analysts roll their N.B.A. player.”
eyes at the prospect of this Syra- Had Boeheim made that team, AARON DOSTER/USA TODAY SPORTS, VIA REUTERS
cuse team’s advancing to the Fi- he might never have coached Villanova guard Mikal Bridges fought for a loose ball against Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. (1) in the second half.
nal Four, the Orange players and Syracuse. This is his 40th season,
coaches feel they are right where and a unique one. The nine
they should be. games he missed because of the But as the clock bled away and scorer this season — and who
From First Sports Page both teams tightened up, Villano- had scored at least 20 in every
“This team, we thought we suspension — he was held re-
could beat anyone on a given sponsible by the N.C.A.A. for the East since that storied confer- va held on. Kansas’s Wayne Sel- N.C.A.A. tournament game be-
night, no matter who it was,” said program’s infractions, although ence took on a new, slimmer ros- den Jr. had an open 3-point at- fore Saturday’s — entered half-
Tyler Lydon, a freshman forward. he was ruled not to have been ter three seasons ago amid the tempt from the corner with 1:10 time with no points. He seemed
“If we go out and give it our best aware of them — were the first latest bout of realignment. Villa- left that bounced out. demoralized, committing four
shot, I think this team can beat games he missed since sitting out nova Coach Jay Wright became “I think that the basket shrunk turnovers.
anyone in the country.” three games in 2001 after un- the second conference coach to a little bit for us,” Kansas Coach “They did a great job of just
Lydon, who was playing at dergoing surgery. lead two teams to the Final Four, Bill Self said. trying to swarm me,” Ellis said,
New Hampton Prep in New Boeheim, 71, returned to the according to a conference With 34 seconds left, Kansas adding, “Somebody was always
Hampshire last season, is aver- Carrier Dome on Jan. 9 against spokesman, joining the likes of guard Devonte’ Graham, who there.”
aging 10.2 points per game, 6.3 re- North Carolina, receiving a Jim Calhoun, Jim Boeheim, Rick had a game-high 17 points, had The Wildcats also engaged a
bounds and 1.7 blocks for the Or- standing ovation from the crowd Pitino and John Thompson. the ball stolen and was called for light press that seemed designed
ange. and a hug from Roy Williams, the Kansas’s fierce perimeter de- a foul, his fifth. less at forcing turnovers than to
He had six blocks in 29 minutes Tar Heels’ coach. fense limited one of college bas- Selden and Mason added 16 slow the ball and give Kansas’s
against Gonzaga, including a Boeheim does not apologize for ketball’s best 3-point-shooting points each. Ellis finished with 4, offense less time to work in the
clean, game-deciding redirect of Syracuse’s recent success. De- teams to a 4-for-18 performance going 1 for 5 from the field, which, halfcourt. Mason and Graham,
Josh Perkins’s shot with two sec- spite criticism of the 13 losses, beyond the arc. given his season, looks like a nonetheless, managed a solid
onds left and Syracuse leading by Boeheim noted that Syracuse had Ryan Arcidiacono, Kris Jen- typo. first half, combining for 18 points
a point. Lydon then caught the still gone out in the tournament kins and Josh Hart had 13 points on 7-for-14 shooting.
After the game, Kansas cred-
loose ball and hit both free and beaten Dayton, a No. 7 seed, apiece for Villanova. Daniel
ited Villanova’s ferocious de- If Villanova would not let the
throws after he was fouled. Middle Tennessee, which upset Ochefu added 10 points and 8 re-
fense. ball be passed inside, the antidote
Lydon also did a creditable job Michigan State in the first round bounds.
before facing Syracuse, and Gon- “They do a great job being ev- JAMIE RHODES/REUTERS was clearly a dribble-drive pene-
defending the more experienced Even so, Villanova missed its
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga’s zaga. final five field-goal attempts, and erywhere — it’s pretty hard to Villanova guard Ryan Arcidia- tration and kick-out for an open
talented center. “We thought Dayton was good, eight of its final 10 attempts. At simulate that,” said forward Lan- cono during the second half. three.
Some of the Syracuse players and Dayton was good until we one point, the Wildcats went den Lucas, a junior, adding of a Villanova did a better job ad-
He finished with 13 points.
maintain that they came together beat them; then they weren’t more than four minutes without Big 12 rival known for its swarm- justing to Kansas’ defensive ob-
as a cohesive unit at just the right good anymore,” Boeheim said. any points, and they scored just 8 ing schemes, “I guess the closest stacles.
time because of the adversity of “Then everybody thought Middle points in the final 4 minutes 28 would be West Virginia.” halftime lead for Villanova — a These consisted in playing
losing their coach to suspension Tennessee was good until we seconds, all on free throws. With With only a day’s preparation, low-scoring first half by the very close to Villanova’s four
and dealing with all those late- beat them, and then they weren’t around three minutes left and a both teams seemed to come out standards of both squads. shooters, to slow the 3-point at-
season losses. good anymore. And I guess that’s 4-point lead, Villanova appeared at the tip-off with precise un- Villanova’s unusual zone de- tack that in Thursday’s win over
“We’ve definitely been through what everyone is saying today rattled and failed to take a good derstandings of what made their fense denied Ellis, a senior, many No. 3 Miami made 10 of 15. It
a lot as a team,” Lydon said. “At about Gonzaga, that they weren’t shot before the shot clock ex- opponents tick and had plans for touches in the post, and Ellis, worked to an extent, but it left
the same time, it’s brought us all that good.” pired. stopping it, resulting in a 32-25 who was the Jayhawks’ leading holes that the Wildcats probed.
N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT ● ROUND OF 8
For Notre Dame’s Star Guard, Family Came First

PHILADELPHIA In the 61-56 come-from-behind reserved — always that kid who bunk beds. He was worked into
There was a time when Deme- victory, Jackson finished with 16 used basketball to express his the schedule of when the children
trius Jackson, Notre Dame’s star points. The Irish will play No. 1 emotions — and was living in showered because there were
point guard, played basketball seed North Carolina here on Sun- nearby Elkhart, Ind., with a fam- only two bathrooms. Later, he
just to forget his sadness. day night for a chance to advance ily that hosted several foster chil- would join the rotation to share
He was barely a teenager back to the Final Four. dren. But that foster family was the family cars with his new
then, a son in a fam- “Didn’t you see him, scream- nothing like the Whitfields, he brothers and sisters.
JULIET ily that had many
challenges and lived
ing and yelling and veins popping said. Looking back, the Whitfields
out of his arms?” Notre Dame The Whitfields? They were ex- said the transition was painless.
MACUR on the west side of forward Bonzie Colson asked. actly what he imagined an ideal Jackson already was a good stu-
South Bend, Ind., “He pushed us to win.” family to be. dent and was what Michael
SPORTS OF across town but
THE TIMES After the buzzer, Jackson David, a financial adviser, and called “a neat freak.”
worlds away from locked eyes with a group of peo- Beth, a kindergarten teacher at a “He suddenly had all of this
Notre Dame and its golden dome ple in the stands who made a de- Catholic school, were high school structure and stability, and I have
and Touchdown Jesus, and the cision long ago that changed his sweethearts and were kind and no doubt that’s what helped him
standards it set for big-time col- path in life. He smiled and gave upbeat. With so many little Whit- gain confidence in himself,” Da-
lege sports. them a joyous fist pump. They fields — three boys and two girls vid Whitfield said. “And look
He would take his worn basket- waved and beamed. — their house was organized cha- where that confidence has
ball and head to a park and shoot Without them, Jackson, a ju- os. Everyone had to work togeth- brought him. He’s his team’s
and dribble, and dribble and nior, might not be at Notre Dame. er. Despite the inevitable sibling leader.”
shoot, and play pickup games, Or might never have reached this spats, everyone had everyone Jackson attended Marian High
where he sometimes ran his level of basketball to begin with. else’s back. School, a Catholic school, with the
mouth too much because he just When you think about it, aren’t Jackson dove in and loved it. Whitfield children, and said he
wanted to win, he admits now, there people like that in the lives Deep down, he also wanted to be blossomed as a player only in his
maybe too much. of every player in this N.C.A.A. a part of it. Not just for a week- sophomore year. When choosing
But it wasn’t that Jackson was tournament? The ones who you STREETER LECKA/GETTY IMAGES end, though. For good. a college, he selected Notre
bound to play for the Irish just might not know, but who helped So one day, just a few months Dame so his family — his foster
because he was in their backyard
Demetrius Jackson, second from right, with his teammates af-
make all of this madness possi- after Jackson met the Whitfields, one and his biological one —
and, thus, simple to find. No, he ble? ter Notre Dame beat Wisconsin to reach the round of 8. Michael did what Demetrius had could watch him play.
needed help to get there. Just as You should at least know the hoped for: He asked his parents He often texts David Whitfield
he needed help to get to the point ones who helped Jackson. more. He doesn’t want to talk fields eventually used. if Demetrius could live with after victories, leaving emotional
in the round-of-16 matchup They are a family called the about the details. To simplify: His Hey D, come over to my house, them. messages that prompt Whitfield
against Wisconsin on Friday, Whitfields, who live in Mishawa- father had a rap sheet that in- Michael would say. Hey D, come “What do you say if your kid to choke up.
when he sparked the Irish and ka, next to South Bend. It was cluded jail time. His mother was with us to practice, David Whit- asks you to help out someone “There are so many thank
won it for them in the final mo- hard to miss them on Friday. All having trouble coping. It all led to field, the father, would say. Hey else?” Beth Whitfield said. “Of yous and I love yous that it’s
ments. seven of them — two parents and Jackson’s heading to a foster D, stay for dinner, then sleep course, you had to say yes. And overwhelming,” David Whitfield
In the first half, Jackson shot five children, clad in Notre Dame home for what he thought would over, all the Whitfields would we wanted to say yes. What was said. “One thing about D that’s
1-for-9 and scored 2 points. In the gear — sat in a row near the be a brief time. chime, again and again. another kid anyway? We already never changed is that he appreci-
game’s final 19 seconds, he had court and whooped and hollered It wasn’t. “He would miss a lot of basket- had five.” ates everything he has. Every lit-
two layups, two steals and two for Jackson with such passion He was in his second foster ball because he had no way to get The Whitfields went through tle thing.”
free throws that swooshed that you’d have thought he was a home when, in seventh grade, he places, nobody to drive him more than 30 hours of training to Making it to the round of 8 is
through the net to put Notre member of their family. met Michael Whitfield, one of the places,” Michael Whitfield said. qualify as foster parents before just one of those things. Having a
Dame, a No. 6 seed, into a region- Because, as it turns out, he is a Whitfield clan, who was his age. “He lived in a very, very different Jackson was allowed to move in, loving support system is another.
al final for the second year in a member of their family. Just not a The two played on the same universe. So we stepped in to officially. “What the Whitfields did for
row. conventional one. A.A.U. team and became best give him a hand.” He joined the three boys in me, I can’t even describe it,”
When Jackson was 12, he friends. Michael called him D, a For Jackson, the Whitfields their bedroom above the garage, Jackson said. “I’m just so
Email: juliet@nytimes.com couldn’t live with his mother any- nickname the rest of the Whit- were his oasis. He was quiet and taking the open spot in one of the blessed.”
GRANT HALVERSON/GETTY IMAGES SEAN M. HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES
Virginia players, above left, in shirts made by Nike, a team sponsor, during their round-of-32 defeat of Butler in Raleigh, N.C. Gonzaga had nearly identical shirts against Utah in Denver that day.
One Motto Fits Many Teams in a Tournament of Sponsors’ T-Shirts

By KAREN CROUSE what amounted — at least in cor- was hung in their locker stalls by nice to have your own original the motto. “It’s about working hamas as one of seven children
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The mem- porate terms — to a fratricidal the Ducks’ equipment manager. saying.” hard, doing the little things every raised by his mother. In a post on
bers of the Oklahoma men’s bas- battle. (They didn’t, as Oregon That is Donovan Rogers, who Caid Kirven, a 6-foot-9 senior day that make you a good team,” The Players’ Tribune, he wrote
went with a different look.) said he followed a script provided forward for Virginia, which is he said. recently about not having enough
ketball team have a motto, “Play
Phil Knight, the Nike founder, by a Nike employee acting as a sponsored by Nike, said: “I’m al- But Caruso was not wearing money for new clothes. He
for each Each Other.” The Soon-
attended Oregon and has donat- kind of awards-season stylist for ways a fan of getting new stuff. the “Heart Over Hype” shirt as dressed in what he described as
ers took the saying to heart in
ed hundreds of millions of dollars member schools in the running But, yeah, it is one of those things he spoke. The Aggies are an Adi- “pass-me-down” T-shirts from
their round-of-16 victory over
to his alma mater. The Ducks are for Best Performance by a Team because we get them and they’re das team, and so they had shirts his siblings or traded clothing
Texas A&M on Thursday, pro- with his brothers.
“Always Reppin’” too, except in a Leading Role. awesome and we’re really excit- with the company-approved —
ducing their most concerted ef-
According to another Nike em- ed and then we turn on the T.V. and widely copied — slogan “It’s funny thinking about my
fort of the season. But the Okla- and everyone is wearing them fashion style as a kid,” Hield
ployee, Brian Strong, a company “Made in March.” As far as inspi-
homa players did not have “Play spokesman, a marketing team and it’s like, Oh, man.” rational messages go, “Made for wrote. “It was whatever T-shirt
for Each Other” emblazoned
across their chests Saturday Modeling a clothing came up with “Always Reppin.’” The Cavaliers defeated an- April” might have been better for another brother wasn’t wearing
It may have been inspired by a other Nike team, Iowa State, in Texas A&M, which failed to ad- that day.”
when they took the court against
the Oregon Ducks in the West Re-
line while pursuing a Birdman rap song, “4 My Town,” the round of 16 on Friday, and vance. For Hield, a player-of-the-year
in which Drake sings the lyric they will face another corporate Before the game against the contender, happiness is a new
gional final. championship. “I’m just repping for my town.” partner on Sunday, since Syra- Aggies, Oklahoma’s Jordan T-shirt. How’s that for a slogan?
The Sooners are sponsored by In an email, Strong described cuse is reppin’ this spring, too. Woodard met the news media He said he collected the T-shirts
Nike, which like other shoe and the warm-up shirts as an “inspi- The Cyclones’ Deonte Burton wearing a long-sleeve white shirt he received during the season
apparel companies has one guid- rational” product, one obviously had no problem sharing a moti- with the words “Bring Your and distributed them to family
ing principle during the annual when they are on the “Quack At-
meant to be shared. The shirts vational slogan with the competi- Game” emblazoned across the members and friends back home.
N.C.A.A. basketball tourna- tack” or championing “Mighty
are available at Nike stores. tion. front. If he had his choice of “It’s kind of tough, though, be-
ments: One slogan fits all. Oregon.” They have a change of shirts, he was asked, would he
Does it rub any players the “Even with the ‘Always Rep- cause sometimes when I’m look-
Almost every athlete from a shirt for every game of the week. wrong way to have an inorganic prefer that one for warm-ups or ing for gear to wear, I don’t find
pin’,’ it’s customized to the colors
Nike-sponsored team has donned Knight, who attended the slogan on their organic cotton of the school, so it brings a differ- the ubiquitous “Always Rep- any,” he said with a laugh, “be-
a T-shirt during the last two Ducks’ victory on Thursday over shirts? Do they care that they are ent type of pride for each school pin’”? cause I’m always sending it back
weeks bearing the catchphrase Duke, another Nike team, said it essentially modeling the apparel because different schools repre- “Ooooooh,” Woodard said, home.”
“Always Reppin’,” the company’s was like watching two of his chil- company’s latest line of inspira- sent different things,” Burton pausing to think. “I like them The motto that Hield lives by is
chosen slogan this March. Okla- dren square off, as if he were bas- tional clothing, and all they get said. “It’s bigger than the actual both. ‘Always Reppin’ has the not found on any N.C.A.A. tour-
homa players wore the T-shirts ketball marketing’s version of out of the deal are a few T-shirts? slogan.” Oklahoma logo underneath, so nament T-shirt. But maybe it
for their game against the Ag- Richard Williams, the father of “There’s certain stuff you like On Thursday, the Texas A&M it’s always repping Oklahoma, should be.
gies, who are sponsored by Adi- the tennis players Venus and Se- more than others depending on players wore warm-up shirts that and I like that.” “My mom always taught us to
das, and they might have seen rena Williams. whatever your taste is,” said reflected their guiding philoso- Woodard’s teammate Buddy share,” he said. “She said,
Ducks-centric mirror images on The Oregon players said they Casey Benson, a sophomore phy, “Heart Over Hype.” The sen- Hield is not particular about what ‘What’s yours is mine, what’s
the opposing bench Saturday in wore whatever warm-up attire guard at Oregon. He added: “It’s ior guard Alex Caruso explained he wears. He grew up in the Ba- mine is yours.’”
BASEBALL
ROUNDUP
After a Busy 2015 and an Extended Rest, deGrom Struggles to Regain His Velocity
By TIM ROHAN Champion Stadium, and deGrom recent years as a result, in part, sure.” REDS SIGN PITCHER Cincinnati BREWERS RELIEVER IS INJURED
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — pitched well. He allowed three of his fastball. Last season, ac- CHAMBERLAIN MAKES ROSTER and the veteran right-handed Milwaukee will start the season
Just watching Jacob deGrom hits, one walk and two earned cording to FanGraphs, it aver- Cleveland Indians Manager Ter- pitcher Ross Ohlendorf have without reliever Will Smith, who
runs and had five strikeouts in aged about 95 m.p.h., and the ry Francona said reliever Joba agreed to a one-year, $800,000 tore a ligament in his right knee
pitch on Saturday, everything
six and two-thirds innings. But year before, 93.5. DeGrom’s Chamberlain had made the team contract. while taking his spikes off after a
looked fine. Freddie Freeman

his fastball mostly sat around 91 lanky frame made the pitch even as a nonroster invitee. Ohlendorf was released by game.
was fooled, swinging through one
to 93 m.p.h. — a few ticks slower harder for batters to pick up com- Chamberlain signed with the Kansas City on Wednesday after Smith, who was set to share
of deGrom’s fastballs for a strike-
than usual. ing out of his hand. Indians on Dec. 1. Francona said making eight appearances. He the closer’s role with Jeremy Jef-
out. But the center field score- pitched nine innings, allowing six
“I took a little extra time off “One hundred and ten degrees that the right-handed Chamber- fress, was awaiting test results to
board said the pitch had been runs on nine hits, with three
this off-season, just because of on the field today,” Manager Ter- lain would be “a real valuable determine if surgery is neces-
only 92 miles per hour. walks. Ohlendorf had 10 strike-
how many innings I threw,” ry Collins said. “He hit 94 several piece.” sary.
The discrepancy has nagged at outs.
deGrom said, referring to his times, so we know the velocity is In eight innings this spring, Milwaukee Manager Craig
deGrom this spring: The results Ohlendorf, 33, has played nine
workload last season. “It’s taking there. As we all know, once the Chamberlain has given up seven Counsell said Smith will miss
have been there, but the velocity full seasons in the majors. He has
me a little longer to build up arm season opens, the adrenaline hits and three runs. He struck out “significant time.”
has not. The Mets and the Braves strength.” 80 career starts and 65 relief ap-
kind of kicks in. It’ll be amped up seven, walked five and has an Smith injured himself Thurs-
played to a 10-inning tie, 3-3, at pearances. (AP)
DeGrom rose to prominence in a couple miles per hour, I’m E.R.A. of 3.38. (AP) day in the clubhouse. (AP)
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 SP ØN 5
BASEBALL
The revival of a
Ex-Pitcher Follows career seemingly
ended by injury.
His Bat to Majors
can League. Cardinals’ organization while he
From First Sports Page “It was a long drive for me had been the major league man-
tough to recover.” from Florida to Texas,” Peralta ager. The sweet-swinging out-
His father, also named David, said. “It was like $600 to fly, and I fielder before him had never
thought his son might have a fu- didn’t have that kind of money. I crossed his radar as a sore-
ture as a trainer. But he also re- needed money for the gas.” armed pitcher.
membered how well his son had A friend was the manager of a “When I saw Rick Ankiel hit
once hit, how quickly he could 24-hour McDonald’s in Stuart, the first time,” La Russa said, re-
whip his wrists to slash line and gave Peralta a job. He made ferring to the pitcher-turned-out-
drives. He had honed his son’s fries and took orders, he said, fielder he managed in St. Louis,
swing by making him practice sometimes working an overnight “I thought: Stan Musial. Not the
near a wall. If young David shift from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. He got stance, but the finish of his swing
leaked back with his elbow, he paid, drove to Texas, hit .392 and was like Stan Musial. And when I
would scrape the wall. He needed resolved to never work at Mc- saw Peralta, he was a made hit-
to be still, on time, and let those Donald’s again. ter.”
wrists attack. There is honor in that job, Per- By June 1, 2014, Peralta had
Peralta was not supposed to be alta knows. But it was not for reached the major leagues.
a pitcher, anyway. But the Cardi- him, not when he could still play Green, who now manages the
nals had happened to see him in baseball. San Diego Padres, will never for-
his native Venezuela in a rare ap- “Those people work hard ev- get Peralta’s reaction to the pro-
pearance on the mound, and Per- ery day, and for the money you motion.
alta threw five smooth innings. make, that’s not that much “Blown away,” Green said. “In-
“We’ve got tons of hitters out money,” he said. “You’re just credulous. Just didn’t believe it at
there,” Peralta’s father said, quot- making the minimum. And I’m all, like, You’re lying to me. By
ing the scouts. “Lefty pitchers like, No. That kind of motivated the time it sunk in, he was literal-
with control, there’s a lot less, so me, like: This is not what I want. ly curled up on the ground in a fe-
he’s got a better shot of making it I want something better for me tal position, crying.”
as a pitcher.” and for my wife and for my life Injuries ravaged the Diamond-
It made sense, and Peralta ac- and for my family. So that put me backs that season, but players
cepted a $35,000 bonus. But it in the situation where I say, I like Peralta took advantage. He
was also risky. have to keep going and not come hit .286 in 88 games and earned a
If a position player stops hit- back.” full-time job last season. Produc-
ting but can still throw hard, or- In 2012, Peralta played for a dif- tion from players like Peralta
ganizations might let him pitch; ferent independent team, in Kan- helped persuade the Diamond-
nobody wants to lose a promising sas, the Wichita Wingnuts. He backs — baseball’s youngest
arm. But failed pitchers rarely re- batted .332. In 2013, it was back to team last season — to sign start-
surface as hitters. With so much Texas with the Amarillo Sox. He er Zack Greinke, trade for starter
specialization now in the amateur batted .352. Shelby Miller and take their best
game, pitchers often never bat. By then, Peralta had drawn no- chance at competing in the Na-
And the low minors use the des- tice from Chris Carminucci, a Di- tional League West.
ignated hitter, obscuring any bat- amondbacks scout who had “He kind of epitomizes the way
ting skills a pitcher may have. played and managed in inde- we play,” Manager Chip Hale said
“Once you get into professional pendent ball, and even co-owned of Peralta. “He just plays hard all
sports, you perfect one or the oth- a team with Van Schley and the the time. He’s like a Labrador re-
er,” said the Hall of Fame man- actor Bill Murray. Generally, Car- triever out at the beach. You
ager Tony La Russa, now the Dia- minucci said, teams sign players throw it in the water and he’s just
mondbacks’ chief baseball offi- from independent leagues simply going to keep going to get it until
cer. to fill rosters in the minors. But MELVIN BARBOUR you have to stop him. He’s the
Peralta tried to perfect one, those players bring an edge. David Peralta with the Johnson City Cardinals in 2007. Injuries derailed his pitching career. Freight Train.”
and went nowhere. With his fam- “When those guys come in, That is Peralta’s nickname,
ily’s encouragement, he went to they want to rip your head off,” which he wears with pride on a
Carminucci said. “They are not scout with an update on his per- him.” impact prospect. He batted .297 T-shirt in the Diamondbacks’
work on the other, first in a gov-
ernment-run independent league there to make friends or hang out formance. Carminucci was not A spot never really opened, but at Class AA Mobile (Ala.). clubhouse. He plays with the
in Venezuela. Peralta then re- for a little bit and wear the uni- annoyed. He was smitten by the Mike Bell, the Diamondbacks’ “He cared about his secondary same relentless abandon that got
turned to the United States — he form. They know if they don’t get skills and the unwavering confi- player development director, de- leads, he cared about how hard him to the majors, and said he
lives in Stuart, Fla., with his wife, it done soon, they’ll be gone.” dence. cided Peralta had earned a he ran from first to third, he would never stop.
Jordan — and acted as his own Peralta worked out privately “Part of the reason was his te- chance. Carminucci bought his cared about every fine detail,” “All I ask for is an opportunity,
agent, arranging for a tryout with for Carminucci, who was im- nacity,” Carminucci said. “This contract for about $3,000 in July said Andy Green, the Mobile because for me, I just got one
Eddie Dennis, who managed an pressed by his bat control, kid would not be denied. He was 2013. “What took you so long?” manager. “He wanted to learn ev- shot,” Peralta said. “It’s do good
independent league team. strength and ability to hit to all different. Some guys say they Peralta told him. erything.” or go home.”
Peralta made the team, which fields. The Diamondbacks did not really want to be in the big From there, Peralta rose quick- La Russa joined the Diamond- The Diamondbacks took the
led to his big problem: The team have an opening, he said, but he leagues, but really what they’re ly. He batted .346 at Class A Visa- backs that May and immediately player out of the independent
— the Rio Grande Valley White- told Peralta to keep in touch. saying is that they kind of want to lia (Calif.) the rest of that sum- toured their minor league sys- league. But the independent
Wings — was in Harlingen, Tex., Peralta did as instructed. Ev- be great. This kid was going to mer, and the next spring, it was tem. He was startled to discover league spirit lives on in the play-
in the now-defunct North Ameri- ery day, he would call or text the get there from the minute I saw clear the Diamondbacks had an that Peralta had played in the er.
Yankees Pare a Crowd Behind the Plate

By TOM SPOUSTA
TAMPA, Fla. — Early last
week, Yankees Manager Joe Gi-
rardi was asked about the three-
way fight to be catcher Brian
McCann’s backup.
The candidates were distinct in
age, experience and perceived
potential. The youngest of the
three, Gary Sanchez, 23, was
viewed as a future starter, and he
had good offensive numbers in
2015, hitting 18 homers and bat-
ting .274 while splitting time be-
tween Class AA Trenton and
Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-
Barre. This spring, however, San-
chez has barely reached base.
Then there was Austin
Romine, a second-round pick by LOGAN BOWLES/USA TODAY SPORTS, VIA REUTERS
the Yankees in 2007. Since then,
Romine, 27, has played 77 games Yankees catcher Austin Romine (43), tagging out the Nationals’
for the Yankees with a .201 bat- Jayson Werth, is the favorite to be Brian McCann’s backup.
ting average. He spent most of
2015 in Class AAA, hitting .260 over and would make a case for Corporan, like Posada, is from
with 7 homers. himself to go north with the rest Puerto Rico, but he has no Yan-
And finally, there was 32-year- of the major league crew. kee lineage. He was signed by the
old Carlos Corporan, a journey- “I believe it will come,” San- Milwaukee Brewers after being
man who has played part of six chez said of his efforts to get base selected in the 12th round of the
seasons in the major leagues, hits. “I’ve been working really 2003 draft, made it to the majors
with three teams, accumulating hard in the cage every day, and I six years later, going 1 for 1 as a
701 at-bats, a .218 career average know I don’t have the results that Brewer (easier said than done)
and 20 home runs. In 2015, he I really wanted. But I think it will and then moving to the Houston
played 33 games for the Texas come. It always does.” Astros before becoming a Texas
Rangers, batting .178. “They’ve But not in the Bronx, at least Ranger. His minor league résumé
all played hard,” Girardi said. for a while. is extensive and almost exhaust-
“They’ve all caught the ball As for Romine, whose numbers ing to read. He has played in a lot
well.” of places.
Girardi added that in trying to Corporan was also confident
figure out who would be enough last week to make a case
McCann’s backup, “I kind of went A promising prospect for himself on the major league
in with an open mind.” level, where he is hitting .174 this
“I think that’s important to do is demoted after spring.
so that you don’t get locked into
what you’re thinking and maybe
batting .048. “My numbers don’t show how
good or bad I’ve been doing,
overlook things,” Girardi said. what I’ve been giving to the
That was Tuesday. Two days team,” he said. “I know what I
later, Girardi narrowed the battle, this spring — 6 for 22, .273 aver- can do in the big leagues. I’m a
opting to send Sanchez back to age, 4 doubles — have been a lot guy who will perform, who will
Class AAA for more seasoning. healthier than Sanchez’s, he now hit the ball when the skipper
Sanchez had given Girardi little seems the clear favorite to needs the starting catcher to take
choice, going 1 for 21 this spring emerge as the No. 2 catcher one the day off.
(an .048 average) and making it year after he was beaten out for “I know I can do the job,” he
clear to Girardi that he was try- that spot by John Ryan Murphy. added. “I’ve proven to people I
ing too hard to make the Yan- Murphy was traded to the Minne- can be a good backup, so I’m not
kees’ opening day roster. sota Twins in the off-season for worried about my numbers in the
This was not something that outfielder Aaron Hicks. spring because it’s a completely
Girardi said he could overlook. “I came in here trying to show different situation than the sea-
“It’s not the first time we’ve them what I can do with a bat,” son.”
seen players maybe press a little Romine said last week. “I know I McCann, the incumbent, is 32.
bit,” Girardi told reporters after can catch, and I continue to be The wear and tear of being an ev-
the move was announced, noting consistent with the bat and show eryday major league catcher is
that it often happened when a them I can handle hitting at a no doubt taking its toll. He start-
young player had an opportunity professional level.” ed 119 games behind the plate last
to make a major league roster for Romine added, “We pump out season (1,224 over all in his 11-
the first time. catching like it’s a factory,” and year career), and the Yankees
Before Sanchez was told he he was mindful, no doubt, of his will probably look to give him a
was going back to Scranton/ competition with Murphy and decent number of days off from
Wilkes-Barre, he had expressed now Sanchez, both of whom also catching this season.
confidence that he would begin came up through the Yankees’ The backup, whoever it may
getting hits before March was system. As did Jorge Posada. be, will be busy.
BOXING
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHELLE SIU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
A wall at the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club features posters and equipment. Boxers there include those who may never step inside the ring and a few who show promise as competitors.
In Everybody’s Corner, a Boxing Gym for All

From First Sports Page
cans of spaghetti sauce and jars of peanut but-
ter from the bins that form a food bank, set up
to assist the more impoverished people who
go there.
“Simple daily life can be extremely difficult
and sometimes even dangerous for trans-
gender people,” said Savoy Howe, known as
Kapow, the founder and proprietor of News-
girls. “For some, it’s a struggle just to get on
the bus. If they can summon the courage to
get here, we do everything we can to make it a
safe space. And you get to punch stuff.”
The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club was not
built specifically for transgender people, but
all are welcome. It was founded about 20 years
ago by Howe, a former stand-up comedian and
actress from New Brunswick turned pugilist.
Now 49, she was one of the first female box-
ers in Ontario back in the early 1990s, with 14
amateur fights on her résumé before giving up
competition to coach.
She learned the craft at the now defunct To-
ronto Newsboys gym, where she was a pio-
neer as a woman, facing overt intimidation at
times. Once, she endured a sinister beating in
a sparring match from a male boxer bent on
sending a message.
But she grew to love the sport and the gym,
so when she opened her own for women, she
honored it by gender-bending the old name.
The club sits deep within a subdivided
warehouse amid furniture makers, art studios
and a dog training center. Over time, the gym
has emerged as a safe place for countless peo-
ple with nonmainstream gender identities Above, Savoy Howe, known as Kapow,
who might feel intimidated even glancing in- the founder and owner of the club, lead-
side a typical male-dominated boxing gym. ing a class. She learned to box at the now
“I came here with a friend to just watch and defunct Toronto Newsboys gym. Left,
drink my tea,” said Tammy Moone, a 55-year-
boxers learned how to wrap their hands.
old forklift operator who until five years ago
identified as a man. “I thought, boxing? Who
would want to do that? But I put on my skirt
and my heels and loved it. I came back in my they, and a few may vary depending on the
workout clothes, and I never once felt out of day or even the hour.
place.” “Everyone has the right to choose their own
Moone spoke in Howe’s office at the club, identity,” says Howe, who acknowledges that
where every three minutes an electronic bell much of her education on the subject has come
buzzes, synchronizing the fighters’ workouts through her mistakes and faux pas.
to the length of a round. The boxers include those who may never
Howe never predicted that this women’s step inside the ring and a few who show prom-
gym, which also carves out specific time for ise as competitors. The gym holds occasional
men, would become a refuge for transgender showcase events pitting their boxers with
people. But through a social program for sur- those from other gyms.
vivors of abuse, and from word of mouth and One casual boxer, a 29-year-old immigrant
recommendations from counseling centers, it from Vietnam who asked not to be identified
has become perhaps the most inclusive gym because he had not publicly revealed his tran-
for transgenders to pursue athletics of any sition to a man, said he learned about the gym
kind in Canada and beyond. from a flyer at a counseling center bulletin
“I’ve never seen another place like it,” said board. He occasionally takes advantage of the
Tristan Whiston, a talented former fighter. food bank, he said, but what he loves most is
“It’s a gym that is going to treat you like an the physical workout, which he was afraid to
athlete, not like a woman, not like a trans per- vors of abuse through boxing. does not ask. She did not know, for instance, seek anywhere else.
son, not like a freak.” No talk, no counseling — just the visceral, that Alaina Hardie, now a coach and brown “I got exercise and learned how to wrap my
As a woman, Whiston fought alongside and aggressive sweet science as a way to shed the belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, was transgender un- hands and punch correctly,” he said. “I always
against Howe in the late 1990s and went on to weighty cloak of victimhood and build self- til Hardie asked Howe to arrange a compet- feel maybe a little bit unsafe outside. But at
win a bronze medal at the 2001 World Amateur confidence. itive fight in 2004. the gym, it is O.K. for me to feel like a fighter.”
Boxing Championships. “We challenged the whole notion of touchy- Without pause, Howe took Hardie to the On- Moone, the forklift operator, describes her-
Her scouting report on Howe revealed a feely therapy for women,” Green said. “When tario boxing commission to check on the pro- self as a party girl and says that she has never
punishing right hook and a tender soul. you look out at the world through boxing tocols. It turned out to be simple. Hardie al- been harassed in Toronto. With her high ener-
“This is a very special, welcoming and safe gloves, you get a different sensibility of your ready fulfilled all the requirements set forth gy and magnetic smile, she has become a kind
place,” Whiston, 47, said. “That is almost en- body. People might walk in looking very small by the International Olympic Committee, of morale coach for Howe.
tirely because of Savoy.” and insecure, but once there, they just stand which the Ontario commission was following. “When a newbie comes in to the gym, Tam-
Whiston now counsels transgender youth up tall.” She had one three-round bout — believed to my bounces to the door and shows them
and frequently points many to Newsgirls, a Over time they discovered that many trans- be the first sanctioned fight by a transgender around,” Howe said during an interview at the
kind of community center where some of soci- gender survivors of abuse, including some woman in Ontario — with Howe in her corner. gym.
ety’s most vulnerable people are allowed to who identified as male, were participating, She lost convincingly. “And I do bounce,” Moone said.
explore a physical sport, often for the first too. They soon changed the program descrip- “But it was an incredible experience,” Har- Recently, one of those newbies, after a few
time. tion to include both women and trans people, die said. “I loved it. I was getting hit quite a sessions at the gym, moved Howe emotionally
Joanne Green, the executive director of Op- and unleashed them in the ring. lot, and Savoy kept telling me in the most posi- with a simple question.
portunity for the Advancement of Women, an Green estimates that at least 300 people tive way, ‘If you have to, it’s O.K. to knock her “Why are you so nice to trans people?”
advocacy group in Toronto, was a boxer who have gone through the program, many of out.’” Howe recalled the person saying.
worked out at Howe’s club. In 2007, she and whom never previously touched a boxing Today, Howe still does not ask the fighters if Tears welled in Howe’s eyes as she told the
Howe joined with another boxer, Cathy Van glove and had not exercised in years. they are transgender. She asks everyone what story. She paused, put a hand to her chest to
Ingen, to start the Shape Your Life, a program Howe says it is impossible to know how pronoun to use. Some ask her to use she, oth- compose herself and said, “I mean, why
at the gym designed to empower female survi- many attendees are transgender because she ers choose he. Some want to be referred to as wouldn’t you be?”
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Stephen Curry before the Golden State Warriors’ home game against Dallas on Friday. He seems to have recovered from a recent cold spell.
Warriors Will Kick Back, but Not Until the Playoffs

OAKLAND, Calif. 3-pointers, leaving the rest of the continue to push forward. championship run last season, Green? That does not seem to be public obligation, recalling how
Just a week ago, concern for N.B.A. to dream of another two- In addition to being adamant the Warriors played their 21 play- a part of the plan. Green flatly re- he sat Thompson and Curry for a
Stephen Curry’s welfare among game slump — someday, maybe. about holding off the Spurs for off games over the course of 59 jected the notion that he would road game against the Denver
the general Bay Area populace “When we get the ball moving the top seed in the West, the War- days. It obviously helped that take a night off. Nuggets last season. Many fans
swelled in the wake of two sub- the way we do, execute and high- riors have not shied away from they swept the New Orleans Peli- “Yeah, I’m fine,” Green said. were not pleased.
standard performances. Against light the different talents we have their pursuit of the 1995-96 Chi- cans in their first-round series, “I’m 26. Someone may rest, I “And I understood their frus-
the San Antonio in this locker room, good things cago Bulls for the most regular- which gave them extra time off. don’t know. But I’m not.” tration,” Kerr said. “So Steph
SCOTT Spurs and the Min- happen,” Curry said. season wins in N.B.A. history. But the Warriors would have had The Spurs, on the other hand, presents a different problem than
nesota Timber- No kidding. Curry was speak- ample opportunity to recover re- most mortals. It’s just — I think
CACCIOLA wolves, Curry shot ing at his locker Friday night af-
The Warriors must win eight of
their final 10 games to break the gardless.
have been a model of geriatric
prudence for much of the last we’re in a good position there be-
10 of 35 from the ter the Warriors outlasted the record, starting Sunday against Now, compare that two-month decade. On Friday, the Spurs an- cause Steph’s in really good
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BASKETBALL field and 3 of 21 Dallas Mavericks, 128-120, at Ora- the Philadelphia 76ers. marathon with what the team has nounced that Tim Duncan, Tony shape. He doesn’t have anything
from 3-point range. cle Arena. It was not Golden “We have a core group of guys endured in recent weeks. By the Parker and Manu Ginobili would bothering him.”
The basketball gods appeared to State’s most cohesive effort of the end of the regular season, they More than anything, Kerr said,
that, if I asked them to skip a not play Saturday against the
be asleep at the wheel. season — Kerr described his will have played their final 21 Curry and the rest of the players
game, they wouldn’t be real Oklahoma City Thunder or Mon-
Was he tired? Was he injured? team’s defense as “horrific” — games in just 37 days. The point simply need an occasional day to
thrilled with me right now,” Kerr day against the Memphis Griz-
Would Coach Steve Kerr rest him but none of that matters much being, the Warriors will quite get away from the gym — which
said. zlies. The reason? Rest.
for a game or two, copying a late- when your team shoots 21 of 45 likely be more rested during the was why, ahead of Friday’s game,
season approach popularized by from 3-point range, or when Cur- Kerr said that if the playoff playoffs than they ever were dur- Nothing that Coach Gregg Kerr had planned to give them
the Spurs? ry and Klay Thompson combine schedule were more compressed, ing the regular season. Popovich does with the Spurs, Saturday off to pursue outside in-
Curry’s struggles turned out to to collect 73 points, or when you he might be more inclined to Kerr acknowledged that he Kerr said, has any effect on how terests. No practice. No meet-
be little more than a speed bump. outscore your opponent in transi- adopt the Spurs model. But as it would consider finding opportu- he deals with his own team. Be- ings. No obligations.
If he was momentarily slowed by tion by 47-1. stands, he has no reason to tweak nities to sit veterans like Shaun sides, Kerr said, the Spurs are “I think the next couple of days
the grind of the season, by the As other coaches of playoff- his approach. Livingston, Andrew Bogut and older than the Warriors. will be really good for our players
weight of expectations, by a brief bound teams begin to sporadical- “The fact is, once the first Andre Iguodala — once Iguodala “But we’re very aware of our to breathe some fresh air, go play
flirtation with acting human, he ly rest their rotation players with round gets under way, it’s like returns from an ankle sprain — in guys and how they feel,” Kerr some golf, go see a movie,” Kerr
has returned to his usual fare: less than a month left in the regu- days of rest,” he said. the coming weeks. As for Curry, said. said. “Do something other than
dizzying layups and parabolic lar season, the Warriors (65-7) Consider that during their Thompson and Draymond Kerr also alluded to a sense of listen to me.”
Cavaliers, and Reality, Crash Down on the Knicks

N.B.A. ROUNDUP
By ANDREW KEH James moved to the left and

drained a fallaway jumper from
Nets Rise to Upend Pacers;
LeBron James peeled his body
off a courtside chair early Satur-
day and ambled onto the court at
20 feet. He took a seat on the
bench, finally, with 8 points, 6 as-
sists and 4 rebounds after just
Hawks End Pistons’ Streak
Madison Square Garden. The
arena was quiet as the Cleveland one quarter. By The Associated Press Durant scored 31 points and Rus-
Cavaliers The Cavaliers had a 24-point The Indiana Pacers’ playoff sell Westbrook added 29 to help
CAVALIERS 107 began to lead at halftime. The Knicks woke hopes took a big hit with a loss to host Oklahoma City defeat short-
warm up up during the third quarter, scor- the lowly Nets. handed San Antonio. The Spurs
KNICKS 93 ing 40 points, but their inability to
for their Brook Lopez scored 23 points, rested Kawhi Leonard, LaMar-
morning shootaround. James defend kept the deficit at 17 head- cus Aldridge, Tim Duncan, Manu
Bojan Bogdanovic added 18, and
grabbed a ball and flung up a few ing into the final period. The Ginobili and Tony Parker.
the Nets beat the Pacers, 120-110,
midrange jump shots. Knicks showed signs of life again The game had little effect on
on Saturday night at Barclays
“If I miss a couple jumpers ear- in the fourth, but they could not the standings: San Antonio is
Center.
ly, my next 10 are going to be in get closer than 10 points. likely to finish second in the
Paul George missed a 3-pointer
that blue,” James said to his “It’s definitely fun,” Anthony Western Conference, and the
said about squaring off against with 25 seconds remaining, seal-
teammate Channing Frye, ges- ing the win for the Nets. George Thunder are virtually locked into
James. “I wish I could have won, third.
turing to the paint. was asked if the loss concerned
but it’s definitely fun.”
Frye did not miss a beat. him, with the team fighting for a JAZZ 93, TIMBERWOLVES 84 Gor-
The outcome, the one-sided-
“If I miss a couple jumpers, I’ll playoff spot. don Hayward scored 16 of his 18
ness of it, could have been ex-
be sitting on the side,” he said, “Yeah, it does, because we points in the fourth quarter, and
pected. James and the Cavaliers
and the players laughed. know, we understand every game road-weary Utah finished a five-
had bigger goals than beating the
But James, Frye and the Cava- Knicks. They are the top team in counts,” said George, who scored game trip with a victory over
liers had no such problems when the Eastern Conference and hope 27 points. “This is a game that we Minnesota.
they encountered the Knicks that to return to the N.B.A. finals. should win, and we lost it.” The Jazz (36-37) entered tied
night. There was no need to re- “I believe in what we have, and Indiana is tied with Detroit for with Dallas for eighth in the
sort to Plan B. They surged to a I know we can win a champi- the final two playoff spots, two Western Conference and have
17-point first-quarter lead and did onship with the group we have, games ahead of Chicago. won seven of their last nine
not falter, thrashing the Knicks, JASON SZENES/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY and I’m confident in my ability to Sergey Karasev added a ca- games.
107-93, before an impassive sell- The Cavaliers’ LeBron James, right, driving on the Knicks’ Car- lead this group,” said James, who reer-high 17 points and 7 re-
out crowd. MAGIC 111, BULLS 89 Orlando’s
melo Anthony. James scored 27 points, while Anthony had 28. acknowledged he was shifting his bounds for the Nets, who took a Dewayne Dedmon scored a ca-
Two nights after a surprising focus to the postseason. “My 104-102 lead on Bogdanovic’s
loss to the Nets, the Cavaliers reer-high 18 points and grabbed
whole mind-set is getting these 3-pointer with 5 minutes 41 sec- 13 rebounds, Jason Smith added
(52-21) were back on track to es- ger to play. At the morning shoo- of the Knicks. guys ready for the long run, and I onds remaining in the game.
tablishing their playoff mind-set. taround, he said he enjoyed being “Anytime I comment on some- 14 off the bench, and the host
think we have enough — no, I “Bojan hit a big 3 and Brook Magic dealt a blow to the fading
Two nights after a surprising win at the Garden and facing Antho- body else’s situation,” James don’t think; I know we have played a great fourth quarter,”
over the Chicago Bulls, the ny, a close friend. Their relation- said, “it gets blown out of propor- playoff hopes of Chicago (36-36).
enough. We just got to go out and Karasev said. “Everyone was
Knicks (30-44) plunged back to ship had been in the spotlight tion. I just want my good friend to do it.” touching the ball on the court.” RAPTORS 115, PELICANS 91
their forlorn reality. since the website Bleacher Re- be healthy and to play the game James seemed ready. With sec- Lopez then scored 9 consec- DeMar DeRozan scored 23
James recorded a triple-dou- port published an article on he loves and be happy about onds remaining in the third quar- utive points before Bogdanovic points, Patrick Patterson had 16,
ble, producing 27 points, 11 re- Wednesday about the players’ playing the game he loves.” ter, he made a lacerating left- nailed a contested 3-pointer to and Toronto ended a two-game
bounds, 10 assists, 2 blocked ties. James was quoted as saying James was far less cordial to handed drive to the basket and put the Nets ahead, 116-110, with losing streak with a win in New
shots and a steal. Kevin Love he would like to play on the same Anthony and the Knicks on the finished a crushing two-handed 39 seconds remaining. Orleans.
contributed 28 points and 12 re- team as Anthony, Dwyane Wade court. Three minutes into Satur- dunk over Lou Amundson. The It was the Raptors’ 49th vic-
bounds for the Cavaliers, who and Chris Paul before their ca- day’s game, James swished his HAWKS 112, PISTONS 95 Paul
crowd let out a unified, guttural tory of the season, tying a fran-
played without Kyrie Irving, who reers were over. first shot, a 3-pointer, from in Millsap had 23 points and 9 re- chise mark.
noise. It was the loudest the
sat out to rest. Carmelo Anthony On Saturday, when a reporter front of the Cavaliers’ bench. Two bounds, and Atlanta ended De-
building would get all night.
led the Knicks with 28 points — began to remark that he thought minutes later, he stole the ball troit’s five-game winning streak
Bopping on his toes, James
23 in the second half — and 9 re- Anthony’s assists-per-game av- from Kristaps Porzingis and with a road victory.
turned and looked toward
bounds. erage could be a career high for dashed the length of the court for Amundson, who was tottering The Hawks moved a game
Cleveland Coach Tyronn Lue him, James interjected with the a layup. James notched his sixth away. James stared a second too ahead of Miami atop the South-
said of James, “He is getting exact number, as if to emphasize assist of the game with 1 minute long, perhaps, as a referee issued east Division. The Pistons re-
stronger as the season winds their attachment. James praised 58 seconds left in the first quar- him a technical foul. mained two games ahead of Chi-
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Findings on Concussions Won’t Change the N.F.L.’s Behavior

To the Sports Editor: Not That Bad a Hitter be no speeches about egalitarianism or TOP ARTICLES
Re “N.F.L. Concussion Studies Found the long-ago struggles of Billie Jean
to Have Deep Flaws,” March 24: The To the Sports Editor: King then. The five most-viewed articles on
N.F.L.’s continuing efforts to obfuscate Re “Joe Garagiola, a Catcher Who Novak Djokovic has offered an apol- nytimes.com/sports from March 18 to
the concussion-science debate are pre- Called a Better Game on TV, Is Dead at ogy for comments he made regarding March 24:
dictable. Because the league has the re- 90,” March 24: Major League Baseball’s equal pay. He did not, however, retract
sources to manufacture consent announcement of Joe Garagiola’s death his assertion that men bring in more
1. N.F.L.’S FLAWED CONCUSSION RE-
through so-called safety and education aptly described him as “a warm man revenue at Grand Slam events. People
SEARCH AND TIES TO TOBACCO INDUS-
who liked people.” That’s how he came TRY Confidential data shows that more
programs, beat back litigation and influ- may not like the truth, but numbers do
across to this childhood listener of radio than 100 diagnosed concussions were
ence regulators, little will change. not lie. TREVOR AMON
broadcasts of St. Louis Cardinals omitted from studies that the league has
Backed by billions in profits and corpo- Victoria, British Columbia
games, where he worked alongside Har- stood by for 13 years.
rate welfare provided by cities and
ry Caray and Jack Buck. His self-depre- (Published March 24)
states, the league will continue to pro- A Tournament Overlooked
tect the shield. Its monopolistic power cation of his playing career was great 2. ANGER AFTER OFFICIAL SAYS WTA
largely unchecked, the N.F.L. will con- entertainment, but factually overdone To the Sports Editor: PLAYERS RIDE ON ‘COATTAILS’ OF MEN
tinue to use and dispose of thousands of as his .257 career batting average nearly In six sessions over three days, 330 Raymond Moore, director of the BNP
injured players with minimal regard for matches the .261 average compiled by wrestlers competed in 10 weight classes Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., told
and support of their long-term health. all major leaguers during the last 140 in hopes of becoming N.C.A.A. champi- the news media that female stars owed
Hardly anyone will notice on Sundays. years. ons. Any of the 110,194 ticket holders at their status to stars of the men’s game.
ERIN POWERS JACK WHITE Madison Square Garden would tell you (March 20)
The Woodlands, Tex. Akron, Ohio that the competition and the story lines 3. ONLY A MAN COULD FORGET WHEN
were nothing short of thrilling. While I WOMEN RULED TENNIS Raymond
• was happy to see that The New York
Revenue vs. Equal Pay Moore’s remarks overlooked the likes of
To the Sports Editor: Times dedicated about 70 words to the Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi
The Dallas Cowboys did not submit To the Sports Editor: tournament in the Sports Briefing sec-
Re “Gentleman’s Apology May Not Graf and the Williams sisters.
concussion information for the six-year tion on March 20, it hardly did justice to (March 21)
period of the study, but Troy Aikman Suffice,” March 22: Who should make the complexity and enthusiasm of this
had at least four concussions. Jerry more, Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber? No well-run tournament. 4. JOE GARAGIOLA, A CATCHER WHO
Jones, the Cowboys’ owner and one of one calls for equal pay for the two as ESPN broadcast the tournament on CALLED A BETTER GAME ON TV, IS DEAD
the sport’s biggest cheerleaders, and they sell their wares and succeed, or AT 90 Garagiola’s nine forgettable sea-
Friday and Saturday nights. The Times
with no medical training, said it was ab- not, based on fan support. Who should would have done well to dedicate more sons in the majors led to a Hall of Fame
surd to think there was a link between make more at Grand Slam tennis tour- print to this event at the expense of broadcasting career. (March 23)
football and chronic traumatic encepha- naments, Novak Djokovic or Serena oversize photos of the early rounds of 5. INDIAN WELLS OFFICIAL QUITS POST
ASSOCIATED PRESS
lopathy. I wonder if there is a connec- Williams? If women were bringing in N.C.A.A. basketball. OVER HIS ‘COATTAILS’ REMARKS ON
tion. MARK McDOUGLE substantially more revenue than men, Joe Garagiola with the St. Louis DAN SCHAEFER WOMEN Raymond Moore’s remarks
New York the women’s No. 1 would be the first to Cardinals in 1949. A popular broad- Maumee, Ohio about women’s tennis players had
be asking for more money. There would caster, he died Wednesday at 90. drawn widespread rebuke. (March 22)
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West Virginia
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Denver 34/ 19 0.16 48/ 29 S 59/ 31 PC Johannesburg 74/ 54 0.10 79/ 51 S 80/ 46 S Panama City 91/ 72 0 97/ 75 PC 93/ 73 PC The Battery .................. 11:39 a.m. ............ 11:49 p.m.
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El Paso 79/ 48 0 75/ 49 S 81/ 53 S Toronto 36/ 27 0 54/ 44 PC 50/ 29 Sh City Island ...................... 1:58 a.m. .............. 2:25 p.m.
High pressure will be sliding off the north-
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Winnipeg 27/ 12 0 41/ 25 PC 43/ 26 PC
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Houston 77/ 60 0 79/ 50 PC 75/ 56 S Beijing 65/ 36 0 71/ 33 S 75/ 41 PC South America Yesterday Today Tomorrow Northport ....................... 2:17 a.m. .............. 2:41 p.m.
Indianapolis 60/ 41 0 71/ 43 PC 55/ 36 S Damascus 71/ 56 0.05 70/ 45 S 59/ 43 T Buenos Aires 72/ 57 0 70/ 59 C 76/ 56 S Port Washington ............ 2:01 a.m. .............. 2:24 p.m. low for a mixture of clouds and sunshine
Jackson 79/ 60 0 72/ 48 T 69/ 46 S Hong Kong 68/ 56 0 69/ 59 S 67/ 61 S Caracas 86/ 77 0 88/ 76 S 88/ 76 PC Sandy Hook ................. 11:05 a.m. ............ 11:23 p.m. across eastern areas with some sunshine
Jacksonville 77/ 64 0.27 78/ 64 T 81/ 57 PC Jakarta 87/ 76 0.32 89/ 78 T 88/ 77 T Lima 80/ 70 0 83/ 70 PC 82/ 70 PC Shinnecock Inlet .......... 10:56 a.m. ............ 11:15 p.m.
Kansas City 57/ 32 0.09 53/ 30 PC 64/ 45 S Jerusalem 67/ 59 0.13 59/ 44 PC 53/ 44 T Quito 65/ 45 0 72/ 55 Sh 69/ 55 R Stamford ........................ 2:19 a.m. .............. 2:47 p.m.
giving way to clouds from the western Adi-
Key West 84/ 76 0 84/ 75 PC 83/ 72 PC Karachi 95/ 75 0 96/ 72 S 98/ 71 PC Recife 88/ 79 0.03 88/ 79 PC 88/ 77 PC Tarrytown ....................... 1:05 a.m. .............. 1:28 p.m. rondacks south to the Blue Ridge Moun-
Las Vegas 70/ 50 0 78/ 59 S 75/ 48 W Manila 94/ 79 0 93/ 78 Sh 89/ 76 PC Rio de Janeiro 86/ 79 0 92/ 77 PC 92/ 78 PC
Lexington 66/ 48 0 74/ 45 T 59/ 36 S Mumbai 90/ 79 0 94/ 82 PC 96/ 79 PC Santiago 68/ 53 0 82/ 52 S 82/ 52 S
Willets Point ................... 1:56 a.m. .............. 2:23 p.m. tains.
SOCCER
ROUNDUP
England
Remains
Unbeaten
In Berlin
By The Associated Press
Jamie Vardy scored his first in-

ternational goal two minutes af-
ter coming on as a substitute, and
Eric Dier scored in injury time
Saturday to help England beat
Germany, 3-2, in a friendly.
England swept back from a
two-goal deficit to remain un-
beaten in Berlin, where it has
won six games and drawn three
against Germany.
It was Germany’s first match
since a 2-0 loss to France in Paris
on Nov. 13, a game overshadowed
by the attacks outside the sta-
MOISES CASTILLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS LUIS SOTO/ASSOCIATED PRESS dium and across the city that
killed 130 people.
Clint Dempsey, left, of the United States during the World Cup qualifying match. Guatemala’s Carlos Ruiz, far right, celebrating a goal against the United States. Europe is on alert after the at-
tacks in Brussels on Tuesday that
left 31 dead, and security was
Fast Start by Guatemala Keeps United States Off Balance tight on Saturday, with about
1,500 police officers on duty.
Elsewhere, Poland routed Fin-
By BILLY WITZ lead just 15 minutes into what be- been left unattended — despite this level. That’s what happened a new position on the field, one land, 5-0, in Warsaw; Hungary
came a 2-0 loss for the United instructions to the contrary that tonight so we’ll take the blame. I with different responsibilities. drew with visiting Croatia, 1-1;
GUATEMALA CITY — When and Kazakhstan won in Azerbai-
States in a World Cup qualifying Coach Jurgen Klinsmann had take the blame.” But on Friday, he handed de-
Guatemala goalkeeper Paulo jan, 1-0. Russia cruised past Lith-
match on Friday night. Their first written out on the dry erase It was a rare moment of public fensive responsibilities to Diske-
Motta sent an unusually low, uania, 3-0, in Moscow; and Aus-
loss to Guatemala since 1988, a board in a pregame meeting. accountability for Klinsmann, rud, a midfielder, who then ne-
darting goal kick searing down tria defeated Albania, 2-1, in Vien-
span of 21 games, was one the In fact, Guatemala, which was who is not likely to be going any- glected what he is good at — cre-
the middle of the field, midfielder na.
United States could perhaps af- playing its first competitive where, given his contract, which ating scoring chances — before
Michael Bradley tracked the ball, ford. A win Tuesday in Columbus, The games served as a dress
game, and third over all, under a brought him $3.2 million in the he was subbed out at the start of
preparing to put his head to it. Ohio, over Guatemala, which will last fiscal year and carries rehearsal for the monthlong Euro
But at the last instant, Bradley new coach, Walter Claveri, the second half. Geoff Cameron, a
be without Ruiz, would put the through the 2018 World Cup. 2016, starting June 10. About 2.5
flinched and pulled back. looked more cohesive than the central defender for Stoke City in
United States on the brink of the “We get a good result on Tues- million fans are expected to at-
Thirty yards behind him, the United States, which has had the English Premier League, tend matches in 10 cities.
next stage of qualification, with a nearly five years to get in sync day, which we expect, then things started at right back, where his
two central defenders for the trip to St. Vincent and the Grena- are back on track,” said Sunil N.Y.C.F.C. TIES Chris Tierney’s
United States, Omar Gonzalez with Klinsmann. passing often led nowhere.
dines and a visit from Trinidad Gulati, the president of the Unit- DeAndre Yedlin, a right back at goal off a free kick in the 38th
and Michael Orozco, watched the Klinsmann, who has come un-
and Tobago remaining. ed States Soccer Federation Sunderland, did plenty of running minute helped the short-handed
play unfold. When Bradley, their der increasing criticism, was
Trinidad and Tobago is atop That is true, but it misses the as the right midfielder, but it New England Revolution tie host
teammate, recoiled, they were the group with 7 points, followed broader point. New York City F.C., 1-1.
caught flat on their feet and could rarely led anywhere. Eventually,
by Guatemala (6), the United Things rarely turn out well for New York City took a 1-0 lead
only watch as the ball skidded be- Cameron and Yedlin were re-
States (4) and St. Vincent and coaches around the world who, in the 10th minute when Thomas
tween them. the Grenadines (0). Each team Coach Jurgen like Klinsmann, are working
turned to their familiar positions.
McNamara headed home a re-
There was no such indecision Still, Klinsmann maintained,
for the volatile Guatemalan for-
has three games remaining. The
top two teams advance.
Klinsmann faces through their second World Cup
cycle, the record shows. This has
“We have absolute trust in our
bound of a volley by David Villa
off the crossbar.
players.”
ward Carlos Ruiz.
He is many things — a provo-
But Ruiz’s goal neatly encapsu- increasing criticism. applied in the United States as
Perhaps the better question is
New England’s Gershon Koffie
lated the current state of the well. After U.S. Soccer brought drew a red card for a tackle on
cateur, a pest, a powder keg. But United States, which, in the near- Bruce Arena back after a stirring how much trust remains in Klins- McNamara in the 51st, and the
owing to his long presence in Ma- ly two years since the last World quarterfinal run in the 2002 mann, whose vision of transform- Revolution (0-1-3), a man down,
jor League Soccer and interna- Cup was played, has often looked asked how such a lack of focus World Cup, the Americans fizzled ing the way the United States held on for the draw.
tional play, there is not an Ameri- inattentive and uninspired — could be present at the start of a in Germany four years later. Bob plays gave way long ago to prag- N.Y.C.F.C. (1-1-2) is winless in
can player who is unaware that, whether in last summer’s Gold game. He replied, “That’s a good Bradley was rehired after losing matism and a seeming mishmash its last four home matches — in-
above all else, Ruiz is a poacher. Cup, during autumn friendlies or question for the players.” in overtime of the round of 16 in of ideas, lineups and objectives. cluding three this season.
So, while the Americans stood in front of a raucous, foreign Later, when asked if he ques- 2010, but he was fired a year later As Klinsmann spoke at a news CRUYFF TRIBUTE Fans mourning
and watched the ball, Ruiz did crowd that cheered on the Cha- tioned either his lineup choices or after getting blitzed by Mexico in conference, his boss, Gulati, sat the death of Johan Cruyff paid
not. He took off running, a mod- pines. Chants of “Sí, se puede” his mode of preparing the play- the Gold Cup final. at the edge of the stage, his back their respects to the former play-
est investment, and when the ball (“Yes, we can”) two hours before ers, Klinsmann said: “Absolutely Klinsmann often speaks about turned to Klinsmann as he er and coach at a memorial in the
split the American defense, Ruiz the game became “Sí, se pudo” you question that, and you kind of the importance of pushing play- scrolled through his phone. It Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona,
was there to accept the reward. (“Yes, we could”) near the end. think how can we fix this, this ers out of their comfort zone, provided an image that, as the Spain. The club said more than
He was just as certain not to On the first goal, in the seventh and this. At the end of the day, forcing them to grow and test players had done earlier with 15,000 fans had attended the me-
squander it, slipping the ball past minute, Mix Diskerud was beat- these two mistakes, these two themselves — as in moving their performance, raised an in- morial. Barcelona’s players are
the onrushing goalkeeper Tim en to a corner kick by Rafael Mo- goals — you just have to swallow abroad to a more challenging teresting question. expected to go to the memorial
Howard and into the net. rales, who nodded the ball just init, because those are individual league, or taking their skills and They can hear Klinsmann talk, Tuesday after returning from in-
The goal doubled Guatemala’s side the near post, which had mistakes that you cannot do at knowledge and applying them to but are they listening? ternational competition.
O LY M P I C S
Richard W. Pound at a news

Loved and Loathed, conference in January on a re-
port from the World Anti-
Doping Agency commission
A ‘Cynical Optimist’ on doping in track and field.
Keeps Up the Fight then I said, with all the skill sets
that he possesses and having
been elected where you had a
Richard W. Pound never won “I think it could be,” he said. pretty obvious and stark choice
an Olympic medal, and he fin- “I’ve been kind of naïve. I between two candidates of differ-
ished a distant third in his only thought Ben Johnson could have ent caliber, in my view, give him a
campaign for president of the In- been a tipping point, but it chance to do it. It’s still his game
ternational wasn’t. to lose if he doesn’t do it properly.
CHRISTOPHER Olympic Com- “I thought Festina could have But he’s probably the best one to
do it now.”
mittee. been a tipping point, but it
CLAREY But when the wasn’t,” he added, referring to Coe trudges on while Pound,
histories of this the 1998 Tour de France doping still making admirers and ene-
GLOBAL
tumultuous scandal. “But I think this is more mies, continues his journey with
SPORTS
sports era are broadly serious, and even some a spring in his step.
written, Pound will most likely of the idiots that run internation- It has been nearly 30 years
play a significant role. al federations are starting, start- since he defended Johnson, the
He has had quite a journey for ing to get the point that this could star Canadian sprinter who had
a Canadian tax lawyer, one that all dry up if they don’t deal with tested positive for the steroid sta-
has included views of both sides the issue. The public is getting nozolol after beating Carl Lewis
of the fence. He once defended pretty inured to the fact that com- for gold in the 100 meters at the
the about-to-be-disgraced Ben petitions are fixed, and they will 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Pound, an
Johnson and later served as the stop watching and then sponsors I.O.C. vice president at the time,
first president of the World Anti- will stop sponsoring and then it said he thought he got that dirty
Doping Agency, which he helped could all go down the tubes.” LUKAS BARTH/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE -- GETTY IMAGES
job because he was “the only Ca-
found. Pound, president of WADA nadian lawyer in Seoul.”
Love him or loathe him, but from 1999 to 2007, concluded long and role expanding, there needs Russia, arguably the No. 1 coun- on, maybe, maybe you can do it “They brought him down to my
please always quote him. Pound ago that bons mots were a neces- to be a watchdog keeping WADA try, you’ve got everybody’s at- by the time of Rio.’ hotel,” Pound said. “And I took
became a pivotal figure at a time sary complement to back-room in check, too. tention. So if you’re cheating at “But there’s been a lot of lost him down the hall to the bath-
when the running and the jump- diplomacy. His double-barreled “I think it would be CAS,” handball or biathlon or some- time, and the I.A.A.F. working room and closed the door and I
ing, the shooting and the scoring, approach has sometimes mis- Pound said of the Court of Arbi- thing like that, you’ve got to be group, they’ve got some good said, Ben, are you on anything?
have so often been overshadowed fired, but it did generate the req- tration for Sport. saying, ‘Holy moly, if they are people on it, and they are not go- And he looked me right in the eye
by the scheming and the cheat- uisite sense of urgency at a criti- That may not be enough, given taking on athletics and taking on ing to want to look like lackeys and said, ‘Nope.’”
ing. cal moment for antidoping. everything else on CAS’s plate. Russia, what are they going to do themselves.” Johnson was soon stripped of
This latest period has provided “It became apparent pretty But Pound insists that it is time to me?’” Pound has been praised for his his gold medal, and Pound, a for-
little relief, and Pound, 73, is still quickly that I needed to be pro- for WADA to sharpen its teeth Pound expressed doubt that role in leading the independent mer Olympic swimmer, of his illu-
in the fray. His sound bites still vocative,” Pound once said. “I’ve and wield its power to declare Russia’s track and field athletes, committee but also accused of sions.
bite, and as chairman of the always said I’m happy to be sports organizations noncompli- suspended from international turning soft on the day he deliv- “In the end, I think the right re-
WADA independent commission known by the enemies I make in ant with its antidoping code more competition, would be reinstated ered the second part of the report sult was reached, but it was an
that delivered a damning two- this.” convincingly. in time for the Rio Olympics in in January by backing Sebastian eye opener for me,” Pound said.
part report on Russia’s wide- He has made plenty. Hein Ver- He said more investigations August. He flashed back to a Sep- Coe, the new president of the “The disappointing thing was
spread doping problems, he is bruggen, the former president of like the one his committee recent- tember conversation with Vitaly I.A.A.F. Coe was a longtime vice that it did not seem to have any
still charging hard at big issues, the International Cycling Union, ly concluded should be part of the Mutko, Russia’s now-embattled president under Diack and was impact on the sport community.
be they international track and was once one of Pound’s prime plan. That two-pronged investi- sports minister. — if Coe is to be believed — phe- Ten years and it’s Festina.”
field’s allegedly corrupt former targets. He wrote last week on gation — begun in response to “In the famous Baur au Lac,” nomenally out of the loop when it That scandal at the 1998 Tour
leadership or Maria Sharapova’s the website Around the Rings news media reports — cast fur- Pound said of the Zurich hotel came to Diack’s behavior. de France, which revealed sys-
credibility. that Pound was interfering with ther light on doping in Russian where FIFA officials were arrest- Two months later, Pound said temic doping among many cy-
A self-described “cynical opti- due process with his public state- track and field and on duplicity in ed, “we said: ‘We’ll point the that his thinking had not changed cling teams, led to the creation of
mist,” Pound surveys the land- ments, needed to be checked and the sport’s international govern- way, but the onus is going to be and that he believed federation WADA, conceived by Pound and
scape — or is it a wasteland? — had “used/abused his position in ing body, the I.A.A.F., whose for- on you to show that there’s genu- presidents like Diack had tradi- others as a counterweight to fed-
and sees material to suit the dual- WADA — and therefore WADA it- mer president Lamine Diack ine change. You probably can’t tionally had so much latitude that erations poorly policing them-
ity within. self — for his own political posi- faces charges of corruption and demonstrate culture change in a Coe’s claim to have been in the selves.
“It is good in the sense that a tion and for settling personal ac- money laundering in France. matter of months, but you can dark was plausible. Pound does They are still at it, as the latest
lot of things are being exposed, counts.” “I think WADA has to change certainly demonstrate conduct not agree that he bailed Coe out. round of hand-wringing makes
and people are being forced to Pound’s legacy looks a great from being a cheerleader to a change, and if you can satisfy ev- “There were a couple of ques- clear. And for all the duality with-
deal with them,” he said in a re- deal more secure than Verbrug- regulator, and I think we did that eryone that the team you send tions: Do you think he’s lying? in Pound and the rest of us, cyni-
cent interview. gen’s at this stage, but Verbrug- with this investigation,” Pound will be clean and will not have And I said: No. I don’t think he’s cism seems a more rational ap-
So is this positive momentum gen raised another important said. “Taking on athletics as the any residual benefits from any lying. He said he didn’t know, he proach at this stage than opti-
at last? point. With WADA’s influence No. 1 Olympic sport and taking on doping programs they’ve been didn’t know,” Pound said. “And mism.
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TOURNAMENT
EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
All Times EDT
Atlantic W L Pct GB Atlantic W L OT Pts GF GA EAST REGIONAL
x-Toronto 49 23 .681 — Tampa 43 26 5 91 209 177 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 25
Boston 42 30 .583 7 Florida 41 24 9 91 211 182 Notre Dame 61, Wisconsin 56
North Carolina 101, Indiana 86
Knicks 30 44 .405 20 Boston 39 28 8 86 219 206 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, March 27
Nets 21 51 .292 28 Detroit 37 26 11 85 190 199 Notre Dame (24-11) vs. North Carolina (31-
Philadelphia 9 63 .125 40 6), 8:49 p.m.
Ottawa 34 33 8 76 214 230 SOUTH REGIONAL
Southeast W L Pct GB Montreal 34 35 6 74 199 216 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Thursday, March 24
Atlanta 44 30 .595 — Buffalo 30 34 10 70 176 200 Villanova 92, Miami 69
Miami 42 30 .583 1 Kansas 79, Maryland 63
Toronto 27 35 11 65 180 214 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Charlotte 42 31 .575 1{ Saturday, March 26
Metropolitan W L OT Pts GF GA Villanova 64, Kansas 59
Washington 35 37 .486 8 MIDWEST REGIONAL
z-Wash. 53 15 5 111 232 170
REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Orlando 30 43 .411 13{ Friday, March 25
Rangers 42 24 8 92 212 194
Central W L Pct GB Virginia 84, Iowa State 71
Pittsburgh 40 25 8 88 204 182 Syracuse 63, Gonzaga 60
y-Cleveland 52 21 .712 — REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Islanders 39 25 9 87 204 189 Sunday, March 27
Indiana 38 34 .528 13{ Virginia (29-7) vs. Syracuse (22-13), 6:09
Phila. 36 24 13 85 192 195 p.m.
Detroit 39 35 .527 13{ WEST REGIONAL
Devils 36 31 8 80 169 190
Chicago 36 36 .500 15{ REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
MINAS PANAGIOTAKIS/GETTY IMAGES Carolina 32 28 14 78 180 200 Thursday, March 24
Milwaukee 30 44 .405 22{ Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 63
The Rangers after Chris Kreider scored in the second period. The Rangers had not beaten Montreal since 2014. Columbus 30 36 8 68 193 228 Oregon 82, Duke 68
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
WESTERN CONFERENCE Saturday, March 26
WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma 80, Oregon 68
N.H.L. ROUNDUP Southwest W L Pct GB FINAL FOUR
Central W L OT Pts GF GA At NRG Stadium
y-San Antonio 61 12 .836 —
After Long Wait, Rangers Beat Canadiens

x-Dallas 44 22 9 97 243 216 Houston
Memphis 41 32 .562 20 NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
St. Louis 44 22 9 97 199 185 Saturday, April 2
Houston 36 37 .493 25 South champion vs. West champion
Chicago 42 25 7 91 205 185 East champion vs. Midwest champion
Dallas 35 37 .486 25{ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
By The Associated Press Bay, the Islanders let a two-goal lead up its fourth consecutive shutout, beat- Nashville 38 23 13 89 205 189 Monday, April 4
New Orleans 26 46 .361 34{ Semifinal winners
Chris Kreider had two goals and an slip away before Clutterbuck tied the ing N.H.L.-leading Washington even Northwest W L Pct GB
Minnesota 36 28 11 83 202 189
game 30 seconds into the third period. though its starting goaltender was WOMEN'S N.C.A.A.
assist, and the Rangers beat the Mont- y-Oklahoma City 51 22 .699 —
Colorado 38 32 4 80 200 208
TOURNAMENT
real Canadiens, 5-2, for the first time in Jean-Francois Berube stopped two resting at home. Winnipeg 31 37 6 68 190 217
Portland 37 36 .507 14 All Times EDT
more than a year. shots in the final minute to send the Jake Allen, starting in place of Brian
Pacific W L OT Pts GF GA BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL
Derick Brassard had a goal and two game to overtime. Elliott, made 32 saves as the visiting Utah 36 37 .493 15
Regional Semifinals
Blues won for the 10th time in 12 Denver 31 42 .425 20 x-L.A. 44 25 5 93 200 171 At Bridgeport, Conn.
assists for the Rangers, and Antti PITTSBURGH 7, DETROIT 2 Pittsburgh Saturday, March 26
Raanta, the Rangers’ backup goal- pounced on Detroit with four goals in games to keep pace with the Dallas Minnesota 24 49 .329 27 x-Anaheim 40 23 10 90 190 174 UConn 98, Mississippi State 38
Texas 72, UCLA 64
tender, made 24 saves to earn his 10th the second period and added three Stars atop the Central Division. Pacific W L Pct GB San Jose 41 27 6 88 217 192 Regional Championship
win of the season. more in the third, dealing the host Red The loss prevented Washington y-Golden State 65 7 .903 — Arizona 33 34 7 73 195 220 Monday, March 28
UConn (35-0) vs. Texas (31-4), TBA
Lars Eller and Phillip Danault had Wings a loss that put them a step clos- from clinching the Presidents’ Trophy, L.A. Clippers 44 27 .620 20{ Calgary 31 37 6 68 204 234 DALLAS REGIONAL
goals for the host Canadiens. Montre- er to potentially missing the playoffs given to the team with the league’s Regional Semifinals
Sacramento 28 44 .389 37 Vancou. 27 34 13 67 169 214 Saturday, March 26
al’s Mike Condon stopped 14 of 19 shots for the first time since 1990. best regular-season record. At Dallas
Phoenix 20 52 .278 45 Edmonton 30 40 7 67 189 226
before being pulled in the second in- Phil Kessel had a goal and four as- STARS 4, SHARKS 2 Mattias Janmark
Baylor 78, Florida State 58
Oregon State 83, DePaul 71
termission. sists, and Nick Bonino had a career- returned to the lineup from injury and
L.A. Lakers 15 57 .208 50 NOTE: Two points for a win, one
Regional Championship
x-clinched playoff spot point for overtime loss. Monday, March 28
The Rangers took advantage of a high five points for the Penguins. Pen- posted his first career two-goal game, x-clinched playoff spot Baylor (36-1) vs. Oregon State (31-4), TBA
young Canadiens lineup ravaged by in- y-clinched division
guins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury faced and Antti Niemi made 34 saves against z-clinched conference SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL
juries. J. T. Miller scored the first goal FRIDAY
just four shots in the third period. his former team as Dallas beat host Minn. 132, Washington 129,2OT FRIDAY Regional Semifinals
Friday, March 25
of the game after dangling past Mont- Pittsburgh has won seven of eight, San Jose and remained in first place in Detroit 112, Charlotte 105 Tampa Bay 7, Islanders 4 At Sioux Falls, S.D.
real’s Andrei Markov with a nifty toe staying ahead of the Islanders for the the Central Division. Niemi, traded to Houston 112, Toronto 109 Washington 1, Devils 0, OT Syracuse 80, South Carolina 72
Tennessee 78, Ohio State 62
drag to put a backhand past Condon third guaranteed playoff spot from the Dallas in the off-season after five sea- Miami 108, Orlando 97 St. Louis 4, Vancouver 0 Regional Championship
for his 21st goal of the year. Metropolitan Division. Atlanta 101, Milwaukee 90 SATURDAY Sunday, March 27
sons with San Jose, got the win in his Rangers 5, Montreal 2 Syracuse (28-7) vs. Tennessee (22-13), TBA
Kreider and Brassard were all over first start in two weeks.
San Antonio 110, Memphis 104 LEXINGTON REGIONAL
BRUINS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1 Zdeno Cha- Sacramento 116, Phoenix 94 Islanders 4, Carolina 3, OT
Montreal in the second period. Bras- Regional Semifinals
sard took advantage of a big bounce ra snapped a 20-game goal drought, DUCKS 4, SENATORS 3 Rickard Rakell Denver 116, L.A. Lakers 105 Buffalo 3, Winnipeg 2 Friday, March 25
Pittsburgh 7, Detroit 2 At Lexington, Ky.
off the end boards after a missed shot and Boston ended a season-long five- scored a power-play goal in overtime, Golden State 128, Dallas 120
Washington 85, Kentucky 72
SATURDAY Minnesota 4, Colorado 0
by Kreider to score and extend his game losing streak with a victory at and Anaheim, which trailed by 3-0 af- Stanford 90, Notre Dame 84
Cleveland 107, Knicks 93 Dallas 4, San Jose 2 Regional Championship
point streak to four games. Toronto. ter two periods, rallied past host Otta- Boston 3, Toronto 1 Sunday, March 27
Nets 120, Indiana 110 Washington (25-10) vs. Stanford (27-7), TBA
Kreider made it 3-1 on a power play The win created some much-needed wa. Toronto 115, New Orleans 91 Anaheim 4, Ottawa 3, OT
after a clever no-look feed by Bras- space in the Eastern Conference play- The Senators’ Mike Hoffman was Orlando 111, Chicago 89 Florida 5, Tampa Bay 2 FINAL FOUR
At Indianapolis
sard. Kreider added his second goal of off race for Boston, which is third in awarded a penalty shot early in the Atlanta 112, Detroit 95 St. Louis 4, Washington 0 NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
the game two minutes later. the Atlantic Division with 88 points third period but lost the puck and nev- Utah 93, Minnesota 84 Nashville 5, Columbus 1 Sunday, April 3
Chicago at Calgary Bridgeport champion vs. Dallas champion,
and now 3 points ahead of Detroit. er challenged goaltender Craig An- Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio 92 6 or 8:30 p.m.
ISLANDERS 4, HURRICANES 3 Cal Clut- Charlotte 115, Milwaukee 91 Philadelphia at Arizona Sioux Falls champion vs. Lexington champion,
terbuck scored with 13.8 seconds left in WILD 4, AVALANCHE 0 Zach Parise dersen. From that point on, it was all Boston at Phoenix Edmonton at Los Angeles 6 or 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
overtime, unleashing a shot from be- scored twice, Devan Dubnyk made 29 Philadelphia at Portland SUNDAY TUESDAY, APRIL 5
tween the circles that clipped off de- saves for his 19th N.H.L. shutout, and IN OTHER GAMES Jaromir Jagr had a SUNDAY Devils at Carolina, 5 Semifinals winners, 8:30 p.m.
fenseman Jaccob Slavin’s chest and surging Minnesota beat Colorado in a goal and an assist, and the Florida Denver at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 Pittsburgh at Rangers, 7:30
pivotal game between two teams con- Dallas at Sacramento, 6 Chicago at Vancouver, 8 COLLEGE HOCKEY
past goaltender Eddie Lack to lift the Panthers took over first place in the
Islanders over host Carolina. tending for the final Western Confer- Atlantic Division by beating the host
Houston at Indiana, 6
N.C.A.A. DIVISION I
Philadelphia at Golden State, 8 TENNIS
The victory helped the Islanders ence playoff spot. The visiting Wild Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-2. . . . Shea Washington at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 EAST REGIONAL
cling to the first wild-card spot in the won their fifth straight and moved to 5 Weber and James Neal each had a goal MIAMI OPEN Albany, N.Y.
Eastern Conference. points ahead of Colorado for eighth and an assist as the Nashville Preda- First Round
GOLF Saturday Saturday
One night after allowing a season- place in the playoff race. tors beat the visiting Columbus Blue At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Quinnipiac 4, RIT 0
Key Biscayne, Fla. Massachussets-Lowell 3, Yale 2, OT
high seven goals in a loss at Tampa BLUES 4, CAPITALS 0 St. Louis picked Jackets, 5-1. W.G.C.-DELL MATCH PLAY Singles Regional Championship
Men Sunday
At Austin Country Club First Round
Austin, Texas Quinnipiac vs. Massachussets-Lowell/Yale
Kei Nishikori (6), Japan, d. Pierre- winner, 7:30 p.m.
Yardage: 7,703. Par: 71 Hugues Herbert, France, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
SPORTS BRIEFING Third round Milos Raonic (12), Canada, d. Denis NORTHEAST REGIONAL
Saturday Kudla, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Worcester, Mass.
(Seedings in parentheses) Alexandr Dolgopolov (27), Ukraine, d. First Round
Chris Kirk (54), United States, def. Bill Haas Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-4, 6-4. Andrey Friday
(30), United States, 2 and 1. Kuznetsov, Russia, d. Stan Wawrinka Minnesota-Duluth 2, Providence 1, 2OT
GOLF won the last of their seven titles in 2000. Rory McIlroy (3), Northern Ireland, def. Zach (4), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3. Jack Sock (22), Boston College 4, Harvard 1
Luke Johnson, Drake Caggiula, Col- Johnson (14), United States, 1 up. United States, d. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Regional Championship
Brooks Koepka (18), United States, def. Ukraine, 6-2, 3-2, retired. Gael Monfils Saturday
Day Will Reclaim Top Spot tyn Sanderson and Paul LaDue also Matt Kuchar (28), United States, 1 up. (16), France, d. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, Boston College 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2
Jason Day (2), Australia, def. Brandt 6-3, 6-2. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia- MIDWEST REGIONAL
scored for North Dakota, and Cam Snedeker (15), United States, 3 and 2.
Jason Day assured himself a return to Rafa Cabrera Bello (52), Spain, def.
Herzegovina, d. Rafael Nadal (5), Spain, Cincinnati
Johnson made 23 saves. 2-6, 6-4, 3-0, retired. Grigor Dimitrov (26), First Round
the top of the world ranking, replacing Byeong-Hun An (27), South Korea, 11 Bulgaria, d. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, Friday
J. T. Compher scored twice for Michi- holes, An withdrew. 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-4. Mikhail Kukushkin, North Dakota 6, Northeastern 2
Jordan Spieth, when he advanced to the Ryan Moore (45), United States, def. Patton Kazakhstan, d. Thomaz Bellucci (30), Michigan 3, Notre Dame 2, OT
gan (25-8-5). Kizzire (63), United States, 4 and 3. Regional Championship
semifinals of the W.G.C. Match Play Dustin Johnson (8), United States, def.
Brazil, 5-7, 6-3, retired. Pablo Cuevas
Jared VanWormer scored at 18 sec- (23), Uruguay, d. John Millman, Australia, Saturday
Championship in Austin, Tex., on Satur- Patrick Reed (9), United States, 3 and 2. 7-5, 6-4. Nick Kyrgios (24), Australia, d. North Dakota 5, Michigan 2
onds of overtime to give Ferris State a Louis Oosthuizen (16), South Africa, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-2, 6-1.
day. His reward on Sunday is to face Jordan Spieth (1), United States, 4 and 2. Women WEST REGIONAL
5-4 victory over St. Cloud State in a Quarterfinals Second Round St. Paul, Minn.
Rory McIlroy, who ran his unbeaten Rory McIlroy (3), Northern Ireland, def. First Round
West Regional semifinal in St. Paul. Ekaterina Makarova (30), Russia, d.
Saturday
streak to 12 matches in the event and Chris Kirk (54), United States, 4 and 3. Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, 6-4,
The Bulldogs (20-14-6) will face Den- Jason Day (2), Australia, def. Brooks 6-4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (15), Russia, Ferris State 5, St. Cloud State 4, OT
needs two more to join Tiger Woods as Koepka (18), United States, 3 and 2. d. Caroline Garcia, France, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 Denver 7, Boston U. 2
ver on Sunday for a spot in the Frozen Rafa Cabrera Bello (52), Spain, def. Ryan (6). Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, Regional Championship
the only players to win in consecutive Moore (45), United States, 2 and 1. Sunday
Four. Denver beat Boston University, Louis Oosthuizen (16), South Africa, def.
d. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-3,
St. Cloud State-Ferris State winner vs.
years. 6-2. Heather Watson, United States,
Denver-Boston U. winner, 5 p.m.
7-2, in the second semifinal. Dustin Johnson (8), United States, 2 and 1. d. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 3-6, 7-5,
Day won two of the first three holes 6-3. Simona Halep (5), Romania, d. Julia
Michael Garteig made 27 saves and KIA CLASSIC Goerges, Germany, 6-4, 6-1. Serena
to pull away from Brooks Koepka, clos- Williams (1), United States, d. Zarina
TRANSACTIONS
Soren Jonzzon scored twice in top- Saturday
ing him out on the 16th hole. McIlroy At Aviara Golf Club Diyas, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-3.
ranked Quinnipiac’s 4-0 victory over Carlsbad, Calif. Doubles M.L.B.
ran off four birdies in six holes for a Purse: $1.7 million Men
Rochester Institute of Technology in an First Round OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
4-and-3 victory over Chris Kirk. Yardage: 6,593; Par: 72
Omar Jasika and John-Patrick Smith, BASEBALL — Suspended Cincinnati minor
N.C.A.A. East Regional semifinal in Al- Third Round
Louis Oosthuizen, who eliminated Lydia Ko . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-67-67—202 Australia, d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, league RHP Jose Veras (DSL) 72 games
bany. The Bobcats (30-3-7) will face Sung Hyun Park . . . . . . . . 71-66-68—205 and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, 6-1, 5-7, following a positive test for metabolites of
Spieth, 4 and 2, in the morning, took ad- ERIC GAY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brittany Lang . . . . . . . . . . 67-68-70—205 12-10. Marin Cilic and Marin Draganja, Stanozolol and free agent minor league
Massachusetts-Lowell for a spot in the Croatia, d. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and RHP Tanner Kiest 50 games after a
vantage of Dustin Johnson’s blunders Jordan Spieth after missing a putt Jenny Shin . . . . . . . . . . . 69-65-71—205
John Peers, Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 12-10. David second positive test for a drug of abuse,
Frozen Four. The River Hawks (26-9-5) Inbee Park . . . . . . . . . . . 67-69-70—206
in the quarterfinals to win, 2 and 1. Rafa Saturday in the World Golf Cham- Jessica Korda . . . . . . . . . 70-67-70—207 Marrero, Spain, and Benoit Paire, France, both violations of the Minor League Drug
beat Yale (19-9-4) in overtime, 3-2. Suzann Pettersen . . . . . . . 70-72-66—208 d. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, and Joao Prevention and Treatment Program.
Cabrera Bello advanced to face Oos- pionship match-play event in Aus- Na Yeon Choi . . . . . . . . . 70-69-69—208 Sousa, Portugal, 7-5, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy American League
(AP) and Fabrice Martin, France, d. Jean-Julien CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP
thuizen in the semifinals by beating tin, Tex. He was eliminated. Haru Nomura . . . . . . . .
Mi Jung Hur . . . . . . . .
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68-71-69—208 Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (1), Austin Adams, OF Joey Butler and INFs
Ryan Moore, 2 and 1. (AP) Candie Kung . . . . . . . . . . 75-69-65—209 Romania, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4). Bob Bryan, United Erik Gonzalez and Giovanny Urshela to
States, and Mike Bryan (4), United States, Columbus (IL). Reassigned C Adam Moore
Æ Top-ranked Lydia Ko made three HORSE RACING Danielle Kang . . . . . . .
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67-71-71—209 d. Inigo Cervantes, Spain, and David Ferrer, to minor league camp.
In the women’s draw, Serena Wil- Spain, 6-3, 7-5. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Steven
straight birdies early on the back nine Hyo Joo Kim . . . . . . . . . . 70-66-73—209
Pakistan, and Gilles Simon, France, d. Moya and SS Dixon Machado to Toledo
liams, seeking her ninth title in Key Bis- Paula Creamer . . . . . . . . . 72-72-66—210
in the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif.,
cayne, reached the fourth round by
Chrome Wins Richest Race Shanshan Feng . . . . . . . . 71-69-70—210 Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Radek Stepanek,
Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.
(IL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned RHP
Ai Miyazato . . . . . . . . . . . 67-72-71—210
and finished with a five-under-par 67 to California Chrome won the Dubai Cydney Clanton . . . . . . . . 75-68-68—211 Women Deolis Guerra outright to Salt Lake (PCL).
beating Zarina Diyas, 7-5, 6-3. Third- First Round Optioned C Jeff Bandy to Salt Lake.
take a three-stroke lead. (AP) World Cup, the world’s most lucrative
Ha Na Jang . . . . . . . . . . . 71-72-68—211
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, MINNESOTA TWINS — Released OF Ryan
Æ Ian Poulter shot a four-under 68 to
seeded Agnieszka Radwanska reached Gerina Piller . . . . . . . . . . . 72-70-69—211
and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, Sweeney. Optioned C John Hicks and OF
race, in the United Arab Emirates on Carlota Ciganda . . . . . . . . 70-71-70—211
take the third-round lead in the PGA the round of 16 by beating Madison Minjee Lee . . . . . . . . . . . 69-72-70—211 d. Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens, Max Kepler to Rochesters (IL).
United States, 6-4, 6-2. Sara Errani, Italy, NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned LHP
Brengle, 6-3, 6-2. Petra Kvitova, the No. Saturday, adding it to his Kentucky Juli Inkster . . . . . . . . . . . 72-68-71—211
and Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, d. James Pazos and RHP Nick Rumbelow to
Tour’s Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande. Derby and Preakness Stakes victories.
Anna Nordqvist . . . . . . . . 72-68-71—211
Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Stefanie Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reassigned 1B
Tony Finau, Jonathan Byrd and Steve 8 seed and a two-time Wimbledon Felicity Johnson . . . . . . . . 69-75-68—212
Vogt, Liechtenstein, 6-1, 6-2. Ekaterina Chris Parmelee to minor league camp.
Sandra Gal . . . . . . . . . . . 71-70-71—212
champion, was eliminated by the No. 30 A 5-year-old, California Chrome had Ilhee Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71-71—212 Makarova, Russia, and Barbora Strycova, TEXAS RANGERS — Reassigned OF James
Marino were a stroke back. (AP) surprisingly taken second place in Du- Gaby Lopez . . . . . . . . . . 71-69-72—212 Czech Republic, d. Chan Hao-ching and Jones to minor league camp.
seed, Ekaterina Makarova. Rachel Rohanna . . . . . . . . 73-66-73—212 Chan Yung-jan (2), Taiwan, 7-6 (2), 6-4. National League
(AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) bai in 2015 behind Prince Bishop, but Brooke M. Henderson . . . . 73-70-70—213 Daria Kasatkina and Elena Vesnina, ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP
Stacy Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . 72-71-70—213 Russia, d. Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, and Ryan Weber and LHP Ian Krol to
TENNIS his trainer, Art Sherman, predicted that Eun-Hee Ji . . . . . . . . . . . 70-73-70—213 Liang Chen, China, 6-2, 6-3. Margarita Gwinnett (IL).
Gasparyan, Russia, and Monica CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms
he would be five lengths better this Q Baek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-72-71—213
Niculescu, Romania, d. Monica Puig, with RHP Ross Ohlendorf on a one-year
CYCLING Wei-Ling Hsu . . . . . . . . . . 71-70-72—213
Heat Too Much for Nadal year. He was proved right as the jockey Holly Clyburn . . . . . . . .
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Puerto Rico, and Heather Watson, Britain,
6-1, 2-6, 10-5. Kateryna Bondarenko,
contract.
Rafael Nadal, dizzy as he struggled to Victor Espinoza led the horse to victory Mo Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . 73-70-71—214 Ukraine, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, N.B.A.
Lead Unchanged in Catalonia by five lengths, going one better than 12 Catriona Matthew . . . . . . . 69-74-71—214 d. Caroline Garcia, France, and Kristina
Mladenovic (6), France, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-5.
cope with heat and humidity and fear- Mirim Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-73-72—214 DENVER NUGGETS — Signed F Axel
Nairo Quintana protected his lead in months ago. Lexi Thompson. . . . . . . . . 77-68-70—215 Toupane to a multiyear contract.
ing for his safety, retired from his sec- Pernilla Lindberg . . . . . . . 73-72-70—215 SOCCER NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed F
the Tour of Catalonia through the sixth (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) Jordan Hamilton to a 10-day contract.
ond-round match at the Miami Open in P.G.A. TOUR, PUERTO RICO
stage, won by Davide Cimolai, who Æ Gun Runner punched his ticket for M.L.S. STANDINGS
Key Biscayne, Fla. Nadal, the winner of N.F.L.
sprinted ahead of the peloton to get the the Kentucky Derby, pulling away for a Saturday
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CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with
first win of the season for his Lampre- commanding victory in the Louisiana Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Montreal 2 1 0 6 6 4
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94th-ranked Damir Dzumhur a 2-6, 6-4,

Purse: $3 million Philadelphia 2 1 0 6 5 3 S Chris Prosinski on a one-year contract.

Merida team. Quintana will enter Sun- Derby in New Orleans. Gun Runner Yardage: 7,506; Par 72 Orlando City 1 0 2 5 4 3 CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed DT
3-0 triumph when he stopped during a Third Round NYCFC 1 1 2 5 7 7 Brandon Thompson.
day’s final stage in Barcelona with a picked up 100 Derby qualifying points. Toronto FC 1 1 1 4 4 3 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Matched
match for the first time in six years. (AP)
Ian Poulter . . . . . . . . . . . 71-66-68—205
New York 1 2 0 3 4 8 Chicago's offer for TE Josh Hill. Signed LB
seven-second lead over his nearest Tony Finau . . . . . . . . . . . 69-70-67—206
Andy Murray defeated Denis Isto- Jonathan Byrd . . . . . . . . . 70-68-68—206 New England 0 1 3 3 4 7 Craig Robertson to a three-year contract.
chaser, Alberto Contador. (AP) Steve Marino . . . . . . . . . . 70-67-69—206 Chicago 0 1 2 2 4 5 PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Agreed to
min, 6-3, 7-5. Scott Brown . . . . . . . . . . 71-69-67—207 D.C. United 0 2 2 2 2 8 terms with LB Steven Johnson to a one-
Fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka was COLLEGE BASKETBALL Aaron Baddeley . . . . . . . . 66-72-69—207 Columbus 0 2 1 1 2 4 year contract.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with
Rafael Campos . . . . . . . . 64-71-72—207
ousted by Andrey Kuznetsov, 6-4, 6-3. COLLEGE HOCKEY Nick Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71-67—208 WEST
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against 37 unforced errors and went 0 North Dakota Advances Alex Richter scored 26 points, and Dan- Kyle Reifers . . . . . . . . . . . 67-70-71—208
Jorge Fernandez-Valdes . . . 72-69-68—209 Vancouver 2 2 0 6 6 6 NHL — Fined Anaheim D Josh Manson
for 8 on break-point chances. San Jose 2 1 0 6 4 4 $2,486.56 for an inappropriate gesture
Rhett Gardner broke a tie midway iel Jansen had 25 to lead Augustana of Rodolfo Cazaubon . . . . . . 70-70-69—209
Real Salt Lake 1 0 2 5 6 5 aimed at Toronto F Nazem Kadri during a
Graham DeLaet . . . . . . . . 70-69-70—209
Sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan through the third period, and North Da- South Dakota to the N.C.A.A. Division Derek Fathauer . . . . . . . . 70-68-71—209 Houston 1 2 1 4 11 8 March 24 game.
Mark Hubbard . . . . . . . . . 67-70-72—209 Portland 1 1 1 4 5 5 CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned D Tyler
advanced to the third round by de- kota beat Michigan, 5-2, in the N.C.A.A. II championship, 90-81, over top-ranked Alex Cejka. . . . . . . . . . . . 66-71-72—209 Colorado 1 1 1 4 2 2 Wotherspoon to Stockton (AHL).
feating the 107th-ranked French qualifi- Seattle 0 3 0 0 2 5 FLORIDA LIGHTNING — Assigned D Josh
Midwest Regional final in Cincinnati to Lincoln Memorial of Tennessee in Fris- Cameron Percy . . . . . . . . 69-71-70—210
Andres Romero . . . . . . . . 70-73-68—211 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point Brown from Portland (AHL) to Manchester
er Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 6-2, 7-6 (4). advance to the Frozen Four in Tampa, co, Tex. The Vikings (34-2) outrebound- David Toms . . . . . . . . . . . 73-69-69—211 for tie. (ECHL).
Twelfth-seeded Milos Raonic, coming ed Lincoln Memorial, 42-36, and made Tim Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . 71-71-69—211 SATURDAY TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled D
Fla. Scott Langley . . . . . . . . . 72-70-69—211 New York City FC 1, New England 1, tie Slater Koekkoek and F Joel Vermin from
off a second-place showing at Indian The Fighting Hawks (32-6-4) reached 21 of 27 free throws. Lincoln Memorial Kelly Kraft . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-69-70—211 FC Dallas 3, D.C. United 0 Syracuse (AHL) and F Brian Hart from
Greenville (ECHL) to Syracuse.
Erik Compton. . . . . . . . . . 71-70-70—211 Vancouver 1, Houston 0
Wells, Calif., beat Denis Kudla, 7-6 (4), the Frozen Four for the third straight (34-3) was only 9 for 18 from the line. Cameron Smith . . . . . . . . 72-69-70—211 WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Assigned F
Luke List. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-70-71—211 FRIDAY Caleb Herbert from Hershey (AHL) to South
6-4. year and the 22nd time over all. They (AP) Patrick Rodgers . . . . . . . . 69-70-72—211 New York at New England, 7 p.m. Carolina (ECHL).
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What to Watch Sunday
2 WCBS 60 Minutes “Make-A-Wish;” Nurses Madam Secretary “On the Clock.” > The Good Wife “Unmanned.” Elementary “Ready or Not.” A doc- NEWS Cindy Hsu hosts. (N) (CC)
Blue Bloods
in Appalachia. (N) (CC) (HD) A plane crash interrupts peace talks. Alicia defends a therapist’s privacy. tor goes missing. (N) (CC) (HD) (14) (HD) “Risk and Re- The third season of “Orphan Black,” the
(N) (CC) (HD) (14) (N) (CC) (HD) (14) ward.” (HD) (14)
binge-worthy thriller in which Tatiana
4 WNBC Little Big Shots “I’m Not a Prin- Little Big Shots “A One, Two The Carmichael Crowded “Rear- Hollywood Game Night “It’s My NEWS (N) (CC) NEWS (N) (CC) Sports Final
cess.” Twins in a brass band; young Punch.” Twin tap dancers; a ven- Show (N) (CC) viewMirror.” (N) Jane in the Box.” Party games with (HD) (HD) News, scores, Maslany plays more than five clones (and
dancer. (CC) (HD) (G) triloquist. (N) (CC) (HD) (PG) (HD) (PG) (9:01) (CC) (HD) (14) celebrities. (N) (CC) (HD) (14) highlights. counting), arrives on Amazon. And cele-
5 WNYW Grease: Live Summer lovers meet again at high school. (CC) (HD) (14) NEWS Christina Fox 5 Sports In Depth With The Closer “You Are Here.” The brate the holiday with Judy Garland and
Park, Antwan Extra Duke Cas- Graham Bens- death of a prominent judge. (CC)
Lewis. (N) (CC) tiglione. inger (HD) (14) Fred Astaire in the movie musical “Easter
7 WABC America’s Funniest Home Videos Once Upon a Time “The Brothers The Family “I Win.” Hank is at- Quantico “Turn.” Terrorists attempt NEWS Bookman, Torres, Smith, Castle “Den of Parade.”
A monkey refuses to give up a toy. Jones.” Hook and Emma try to de- tacked and blames the Warrens. (N) to invade Quantico. (N) (CC) (HD) Behnke. (N) (CC) (HD) Thieves.” (CC)
(CC) (HD) (PG) feat Hades. (N) (CC) (HD) (PG) (CC) (HD) (PG) (14) (HD) (PG)
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Your Mother (14) Your Mother (14) Theory (14) Theory Theory Theory ily (HD) (PG) ily (HD) (PG) (HD) (PG) ment (CC) (HD) ment (CC) (HD)
11 WPIX Person of Interest “The Crossing.” Elementary “The Adventure of the Elementary “End of Watch.” A po- NEWS (N) (CC) PIX11 Sports > Seinfeld (CC) > Seinfeld “The > Friends (CC)
(CC) (HD) (14) Nutmeg Concoction.” (CC) (HD) lice officer is murdered. (CC) (HD) (HD) Desk (HD) (10:45) (HD) (G) Beard.” (HD) (HD) (PG)
13 WNET Treasures of New York Secrets of Selfridges Selfridges in > Masterpiece Mystery! Masterpiece Classic “Mr. Selfridge Season 4.” Jimmy Dillon arrives. (N) Austin City Lim-
London. (CC) (HD) (PG) “Grantchester Season 2.” (N) (HD) (CC) (HD) (PG) its (CC) (HD)
21 WLIW This Old House This Old House Antiques Roadshow “Boise.” (G) 1916 The Irish Rebellion (CC) 1916 The Irish Rebellion (9:55) 1916 The Irish Rebellion (10:50) Murder Myster.
25 WNYE Voice-Armen Profiles Science Movies SciTech Now (G) NY Stories Roadtrip Nation $9.99 Travels to Edge Globe Trekker “The Netherlands.” Ms. President
31 WPXN NUMB3RS “Noisy Edge.” (HD) (14) NUMB3RS “Man Hunt.” (CC) (HD) NUMB3RS “Judgment Call.” (HD) NUMB3RS “Better or Worse.” (HD) NUMB3RS “Obsession.” (CC) (HD) NUMB3RS (HD)
41 WXTV Aquí y Ahora (N) (CC) Nuestra Belleza Latina (14) Sal y Pimienta Noticias (N) Noticiero República
47 WNJU Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (6:30) Gran Hermano (N) (CC) La Biblia (CC) Noticiero 47 Titulares Tele. The Detonator
48 WRNN Paid programming Easter in New York From the Brooklyn Christian Center. (N) Copper Fit Compression Wear Copper Fit Compression Wear Paid programming
49 CPTV Funding Your Future CPTV Secrets of Selfridges (CC) (HD) > Masterpiece Mystery! (N) (HD) O Masterpiece Classic “Mr. Selfridge Season 4.” (N) (CC) (HD) (PG) > Masterpiece
50 WNJN Due Process Classroom State of the Arts N.Y.C. Arts Antiques Roadshow “Charleston.” Front and Center (CC) (PG) An Evening With Sheila Johnson Time Goes By
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55 WLNY > Mike & Molly > Mike & Molly 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls NEWS (N) Judge Judy (HD) Judge Judy (HD) Family Guy (HD) Family Guy (HD) Bob’s Burgers
63 WMBC Paid programming Power Lecture Change-World Solomon New Life (G) Paid programming ORPHAN BLACK on Amazon. It seems that
68 WFUT . Dinosaur (2000). D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard. (PG) The Passion of the Christ (2004). Jesús soporta la agonía de sus “’ultimas 12 horas de vida. Narcos: Guerra Narcos: Guerra Hijacked (2012). every time the clone club sisterhood —
PREMIUM CABLE different characters all played by a versa-
ENC Spider-Man 3 (2007). Tobey Maguire, The Day After Tomorrow (2004). Dennis Quaid. Global warming leads . X-Men 2 (2003). Patrick Stewart. Wolverine and the gang fend for themselves after school tile Tatiana Maslany — gets closer to un-
Kirsten Dunst. (PG-13) (CC) (5:35) to new ice age. Odd how much is played for laughs. (PG-13) (CC) is invaded. Dexterous sequel, eye-poppingly true to its Marvel roots. (PG-13) (CC) (10:05)
covering the truth about its origins, a new
FLIX American Yakuza (1993). Viggo Evita (1996). Madonna, Antonio Banderas. Juan Peron’s wife achieves . Dick Tracy (1990). Warren Beatty, Madonna. Old comic-strip sleuth, The Gift (2000).
Mortensen. (R) (CC) (6:15) cult status, dies young. Naggingly slick. (PG) (CC) gloriously reinvented. (PG) (CC) (10:15) (R) (CC) layer of mystery creates complications that
HBO Vacation (2015). Ed Helms, Christina Applegate. Rusty Griswold and Vinyl “The King and I.” Richie and O Girls (N) (CC) O Togetherness Last Week Vinyl “The King and I.” Richie and throw the women’s lives into turmoil all
family take a road trip to Walley World. (R) (CC) (7:15) Zak travel to Las Vegas. (N) (CC) (MA) (10:02) (N) (CC) (10:32) Tonight Zak travel to Las Vegas. (CC) (MA) over again. At the end of the second season,
HBO2 Real Time With Bill Maher Former Vinyl “Cyclone.” Devon seeks ref- Max (2015). Josh Wiggins, Lauren Graham. Family adopts traumatized A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014). Liam Nee- they discovered that they weren’t the only
Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.). uge with old friends. (CC) (MA) military service dog. Max deserved better. (PG) (CC) son, Dan Stevens. (R) (CC)
MAX Banshee “Evil for Evil.” Lucas busts Banshee “Homecoming.” Job visits Banshee “Bullets and Tears.” Lucas . Get On Up (2014). Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis. James Brown’s rise to the pinnacle clones created in secret; there was a group
Proctor, but at a cost. (CC) (7:15) a priest with ties to Rabbit. (8:10) and Carrie prepare for a showdown. of soul music, thrillingly captured. (PG-13) (CC) of highly trained male clones made for a
SHO Shameless “Paradise Lost.” Sean The Circus: The Circus: Shameless “Sleep No More.” Frank Billions “Quality of Life.” Axe and Billions “Quality of Life.” Axe and The Circus: top-secret military initiative called Project
moves into the Gallagher house. (MA) Inside Inside offers to pay for the reception. (N) Wendy search their souls. (N) (CC) Wendy search their souls. (CC) Inside
Castor. The intrigue and breakneck pace of
SHO2 The Giver (2014). Jeff Bridges, Begin Again (2013). Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo. British singer bonds Margaret Cho: psyCHO (CC) (MA) Tooken (2015). Lee Tergesen, Don-
Meryl Streep. (PG-13) (CC) (6:15) with American producer. “Once” was enough. (R) (CC) nie Wahlberg. Taken. (R) (CC) this series lend themselves to binge watch-
STARZ Black Sails “XXVIII.” Silver de- Black Sails “XXVIII.” Silver de- . The Terminator (1984). Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ruth- . Big Game (2014). Teenage Finnish hunter helps U.S. Black Sails “XX- ing. Good thing the entire season is avail-
mands answers from Flint. (7:05) mands answers from Flint. (CC) less cyborg from future. Fast, vivid sci-fi. (R) (CC) (8:55) President evade killers. Irresistible fable-thriller. (CC) (10:45) VIII.” (12:15) able. (Image: Ms. Maslany, center)
TMC . W. (2008). Josh Brolin, Elizabeth August: Osage County (2013). Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts. Funeral re- St. Vincent (2014). Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy. Old grouch befriends Cold in July
Banks. (PG-13) (CC) (5:45) unites bickering clan. Like a cage match for famous actors. (R) (CC) sweet kid. Big sloppy wet kiss of a movie. (PG-13) (CC) (2014). (R) (CC)
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A&E Intervention “Kacy.” A businesswom- Hoarders “Maggie; Ann.” A hoard- Intervention: Codependent “Eric & Intervention “Anne; Digger.” Hus- The First 48 “Jacked; Fallen Idol.” Hoarders “Mag-
an becomes a binge drinker. (14) er’s partner has had enough. (N) Amy.” (CC) (14) band-and-wife heroin addicts. (N) (14) (CC) (14) (11:01) gie; Ann.” (12:01) FACE THE NATION 10:30 a.m. on CBS. John
AHC Who Was Jesus? “The Last Days.” The Bible’s Greatest Secrets (PG) Secrets of the Bible (CC) (G) Secrets of the Bible (CC) (G) The Bible’s Greatest Secrets (PG) Secrets, Bible Dickerson sits down with Secretary of State
AJAM Weekend News (N) (CC) Weekend News (N) (CC) Fault Lines (N) America Tonight Motley’s Law (2015). (CC) Weekend News (N) (CC) NEWS (N) (CC) John Kerry to discuss the American re-
AMC The Walking Dead “The Same The Walking Dead “Twice as Far.” The Walking Dead “East.” Some- Talking Dead Guests discuss, Fear the Walking Dead “Cobalt.” Comic Book sponse to the bombings in Brussels. Other
Boat.” (CC) (MA) (CC) (MA) one goes missing in Alexandria. (N) “East.” (N) (CC) (14) (10:02) The National Guard’s plan. (11:01) Men (N) (12:03) guests include Representative Michael
APL River Monsters “Lair of Giants.” Exploring Guyana’s Essequibo River. River Monsters “Amazon Apocalypse.” (CC) (PG) (9:04) River Monsters “Lair of Giants.” (CC) (PG) (11:06) McCaul, Republican of Texas, and John
BBCA . Ronin (1998). (R) (CC) (5:30) Casino Royale (2006). Daniel Craig, Eva Green. (PG-13) (CC) Casino Royale (2006). Daniel Craig. (PG-13) (CC) Miller, deputy commissioner of intelligence
BET Betty & Coretta (2013, TVF). An- The Family That Preys (2008). Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard. Two friends’ families battle greed and scandal. Tyler Perry’s Tyler Perry’s Paid program- and counterterrorism for the New York
gela Bassett, Mary J. Blige. (5:30) Crude fable. (PG-13) (CC) House of Payne House of Payne ming
BLOOM First Up With Angie Lau (N) (G) Trending Business (N) (G) Asia Edge (N) (G) Paid programming
City Police Department.
BRV The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Potomac Thicker Than Water “Still Thicker Watch What The Real Housewives of Atlanta THE OPEN MIND 3:30 p.m. on World. Becca
“Reunion Part One.” (Part 1 of 2) “Reunion Part Two.” (N) (Part 2 of 2) “Fifty Sense.” (N) (14) Than Ever?” (Season Premiere) (N) Happens: Live “Reunion Part Two.” (Part 2 of 2) Heller, a founder and the director of the
CBSSN College Basketball CIT Tournament N.C.A.A. March Madness 360 College Basketball CIT Tournament, UC Irvine vs. Coastal Carolina. N.C.A.A. March Bracket Breakdown International Refugee Assistance Project,
CMT Lethal Weapon 3 (1992). (R) (5:30) Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Crossroads (PG) discusses the global migration crisis.
CN We Bare Bears Wrld, Gumball King of the Hill Cleveland Show Cleveland Show American Dad Family Guy (14) Family Guy (14) Rick and Morty Robot Chicken Mr. Pickles (MA)
CNBC Undercover Boss “BrightStar Undercover Boss “Philly Pretzel Undercover Boss “Modell’s Sport- Undercover Boss “Rocket Fizz.” Undercover Boss “Massage Undercover
Care.” (CC) (PG) Factory.” (CC) (PG) ing Goods.” (CC) (PG) Robert Powells goes under cover. Heights.” (CC) (PG) Boss (CC) (PG)
CNN Race for the White House Lin- Race for the White House Televi- Race for the White House “Harry The Wonder List With Bill Weir Race for the White House Televi- Race for the
coln’s oratory gave him a chance. sion attack ads. Truman vs. Thomas Dewey.” (N) “Iceland: The Wedding Crash.” (N) sion attack ads. White House
COM . 50 First Dates Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). Jason Segel, Kristen Bell. Musician, his ex and her > South Park > South Park > South Park > South Park . Shaun of the
(2004). (5:25) lover at island resort. Judd Apatow’s Hawaiian vacation. (R) (CC) (CC) (MA) (10:09) (CC) (MA) (10:40) (CC) (MA) (11:11) (CC) (14) (11:43) Dead (R) (12:15)
COOK Carnival Eats (G) Carnival Eats (G) Rev’s Suppers Rev’s Suppers Unwrapped 2.0 Unwrapped 2.0 Tiffani’s Tiffani’s Carnival Eats (G) Carnival Eats (G) Rev’s Suppers
CSPAN Future of Space Exploration (6:30) Q&A with Robert Gordon Question Time Japanese-Americans Road to the Q&A Question Time
CSPAN2 Washington’s Monument Discussion on The Fight to Vote After Words “Nancy Cohen.” The Firebrand and the First Lady Book Discussion on Stand By Me After Words
CUNY Bouillon de culture (6:30) Study W/ Best The Open Mind The Clay Bird (2002). Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi. POTUS 2016 (G) Black America TimesTalks
DIS The Incredibles (2004). Holly Hunter. Family of erstwhile superheroes K.C. Undercover Stuck in the Backstage “The Liv and Maddie K.C. Undercover Austin & Ally Jessie Jessie
must take on a nerdy villain. Visually splendid, but falls short. (PG) (CC) (CC) (Y7) Middle (CC) (G) First Day.” (CC) (CC) (G) “K.C.’s The Man.” (CC) (G) writes a play. DES WILLIE/LOVELY DAY FOR ITV AND MASTERPIECE
DIY Barnwood Builders (G) Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs
DSC Naked and Afraid “The Darkest Naked and Afraid “Garden of Evil.” Naked and Afraid: Uncensored Naked and Afraid “Rise Above.” (N) Naked and Afraid “Surthrive.” Sur- Naked and Afraid GRANDCHESTER 9 p.m. on PBS. This mystery
Hour.” Survivalists in Namibia. (CC) Mexico’s Cayo Venado. (CC) (14) “Frozen in Fear.” (N) (CC) (14) (CC) (14) vivalists in Guyana. (CC) (14) (11:01) (14) (12:01) series returns for a second season of crime-
E! Khloe & Lamar Khloe & Lamar Khloe & Lamar Khloe & Lamar I Am Cait “The Great Debate.” (N) Hollywood Medium I Am Cait “The Great Debate.” (14) Hollywood M. solving with the vicar Sidney Chambers
ELREY Rendezvous With Death (1980). (6) The Trail of the Broken Blade (1967). Chin Ping, Yu Wang. My Young Auntie (1980). A fighting heiress and her grandnephew recover stolen family deeds. (James Norton) and his friend, the long-
ENCFAM Muppets From Space (1999). Jeffrey Tambor. (G) (CC) Muppets Most Wanted (2014). Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell. (PG) (CC) . The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). (G) (CC) (10:19) Miracle-34 St. time cop Geordie Keating (Robson Green).
ESPN SportsCenter (CC) 30 for 30 Duke’s lacrosse team throws a party. SportsCenter (CC) SportsCenter In the premiere, they find a dead 15-year-
ESPN2 30 for 30 Miami rebuilds after N.C.A.A. sanctions. (CC) Kickboxing Glory 28. From Paris. 30 for 30 Why the Duke star was so disliked. (CC) old girl and investigate her father, a photog-
ESPNCL 30 for 30 Murder of soccer player Andrés Escobar. (CC) 30 for 30 30 for 30 The rise and fall of Brian Bosworth. (CC) 30 for 30 Shorts S.E.C. Storied rapher and school friends. At 10 p.m., “Mr.
ESQTV NCIS: Los Angeles (CC) (14) NCIS: Los Angeles “Exposure.” NCIS: Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2) NCIS: Los Angeles (Part 2 of 2) Beowulf “Episode 110.” (CC) (14) Air Force One Selfridge,” in which Jeremy Piven plays the
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games (G) Guy’s Grocery Games (N) (G) All-Star Academy “Literature.” (N) Cutthroat Kitchen (N) (G)
Cutthroat Kitchen (G) Star Academy flamboyant entrepreneur behind Selfridges
FOXNEWS Fox Report (N) Killing Jesus The details surrounding Jesus’ death. (14) War Stories With Oliver North Fox News Sun- department store, returns for its fourth
“Fighting ISIS.” (PG) day
season. The first episode shows Mr. Piven’s
FREEFRM Up (2009). (5:30) . Frozen (2013). Animated. Princess traps country in eternal winter. Shakes up Disney formula. Hop (2011). Voices of James Marsden, Russell Brand. (PG) Joel Osteen (PG)
character, Harry, enjoying himself in the
FS1 Monster Jam U.F.C. Reloaded (CC) U.F.C. U.F.C. Unleashed Interactive/Cup
heart of the Roaring Twenties. (Image: Mr.
FUSE Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013). (R) (6) Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013). Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager. (R) Fortune Cookie Prophecies (2011). Emily Alatalo, John Maillet. Fortune Cookie
Norton, left, and Mr. Green)
FX Thor: The Dark World (2013). Chris Man of Steel (2013). Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. The origins of Superman. Sometimes poetic, sometimes Man of Steel (2013). Henry Cavill. The origins of Super-
Hemsworth. (PG-13) (CC) (5:30) crude. (PG-13) (CC) man. Sometimes poetic, sometimes crude. (PG-13) (CC)
FXM Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011). Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. Cuckolded husband meets pick- Date Night (2010). Guns and chases enliven stale FXM Presents Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011). Steve
up artist. Sane and smart. (PG-13) (CC) marriage. The movie, not so much. (PG-13) (CC) (9:20) (CC) (MA) (11:06) Carell, Ryan Gosling. (PG-13) (CC)
FXX > The Simpsons Despicable Me 2 (2013). Voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig. (PG) Despicable Me 2 (2013). Voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig. (PG) In Living Color In Living Color
FYI Flipping Vegas “Condo From Hell.” Flipping Vegas “Blackmail House.” Flipping Vegas (CC) (PG) Zombie House Flipping (CC) (PG) Zombie House Flipping (11:01) Flipping Vegas
GOLF L.P.G.A. Tour Golf Kia Classic, final round. From Carlsbad, Calif. (6) P.G.A. Tour Golf Puerto Rico Open vs. Coco Beach, final round. From Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Golf Central
GSN Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Baggage (CC)
HALL Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge Part 2 (2016, TVF). Wyatt Nash. (CC) When Calls the Heart (N) (CC) (G) Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls
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HIST American Pickers “Let’s Be Frank.” American Pickers “Everything Must American Pickers “The Numbers American Pickers “Beetle in a Hay- American Pickers “The Royal American Pick-
A trove of rare microcars. Go.” (CC) (PG) Game.” (CC) (PG) stack.” An ultra-rare VW beetle. Risk.” (CC) (PG) (11:03) ers (CC) (12:01)
HLN Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files
ID Dateline on ID “Miami Heat.” Wid- Dateline on ID “True Lies.” Sus- Unusual Suspects “End of the On the Case With Paula Zahn Dateline on ID “True Lies.” Suspects Unusual Sus- MGM
ow kills her husband’s partner. pects point fingers at each other. (N) Line.” (N) (CC) (14) “Tracks of a Killer.” (N) (CC) (14) point fingers at each other. (14) pects (CC) (14)
IFC Jaws the Revenge (1987). Lorraine . Jaws (1975). Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw. Spielberg’s beach-resort shark. You won’t Jaws 2 (1978). Roy Scheider, Murray Hamilton. For those who didn’t
EASTER PARADE (1948) 8 p.m. on TCM. Judy
Gary, Lance Guest. (PG-13) (6) doze. (PG) gasp the first time. Water fresher then, shark too. (PG) (10:45) Garland, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin — this
LIFE Double Daddy (2015, TVF). Mollee Gray, Brittany Curran. Two teen A Teacher’s Obsession (2015). Mia Rose Frampton, Boti Bliss. Teacher Double Daddy (2015, TVF). Mollee Gray, Brittany Cur- movie was made to please. More than that,
moms, one teen daddy. (CC) takes unhealthy interest in lacrosse star’s academic woes. (CC) ran. Two teen moms, one teen daddy. (CC) (11:02)
it immortalized the New York tradition of
LMN The Perfect Teacher (2010, TVF). Get Out Alive (2015, TVF). Beverly Mitchell, Steve Bacic. A couple have Mommy’s Little Girl (2016, TVF). Fiona Gubelmann, Emma Hentschel. Get Out Alive
David Charvet, Megan Park. (CC) (6) to put aside their problems to survive. (CC) Girl reunited with mom is determined to stay. (CC) (2015, TVF). (CC) donning bonnets and parading up Fifth
Avenue on Easter morning. As the Berlin
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LOGO Saturday Night Live Host Jon Saturday Night Live Scarlett Jo- Saturday Night Live Anne Hatha- Saturday Night Live Host Robert Saturday Night Live Host Paul Saturday Night song goes, “Oh, I could write a sonnet
Hamm; Rihanna performs. (CC) (14) hansson; Arcade Fire. (CC) (14) way; Florence and the Machine. (14) De Niro; Diddy-Dirty Money. (CC) Rudd; Paul McCartney performs. (14) Live (CC) (14) about your Easter bonnet/And of the girl
MLB M.L.B. Tonight M.L.B. Preseason Baseball Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates. M.L.B. Preseason Baseball Mariners vs. Cubs I’m taking to the Easter Parade.” (The
MSG Moments Moments Moments Moments Moments Moments Rang. Postgame The Game 365 Beginnings Rang. Postgame The AV Squad parade, which is still held, runs from 10 a.m.
MSGPL N.H.L. Devils Postgame World Poker Tour World Poker Tour: Alpha8 World Poker Tour U.F.C. Unleashed N.H.L. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.) The film, Thomas M.
MSNBC Caught on Camera Caught on Camera Caught on Camera “Blindsided.” Lockup: Raw “LOL.JK.” Lockup Wabash
Lockup Wabash Pryor wrote in his review for The New
MTV Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness . The Dark Knight (2008). Batman battles Joker. Ledger’s demonic valedictory performance. York Times, “may not strike the perfect
NBCS N.H.L. Live (6:30) N.H.L. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Rangers. N.H.L. Overtime (10:15) N.H.L. Sunday Cycling Criterium International. balance between song-dance interludes and
NGEO Wicked Tuna (14) Wicked Tuna (14) Wicked Tuna “Help Wanted.” (14) Wicked Tuna (14) Wicked Tuna “Help Wanted.” (14) Wicked Tuna story, but it’s an appealing show just the
NICK Henry Danger (CC) (G) School of Rock Thundermans Full House (CC) Full House (CC) Full House (CC) Full House (CC) > Friends (14) > Friends (14) > Friends (14) same.” (Image: Ms. Garland and Mr. As-
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NY1 NEWS On Stage NEWS In Transit (8:44) NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS Sports on 1 The Last Word. (11:35) GIRLS 10 p.m. on HBO. Marnie runs into
OVA Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). (5) Rachel Hunter Rough Draft . When Harry Met Sally (1989). Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan. (R) (CC) . Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Tom Hanks. (PG)
someone from her past while on a walk
OWN Super Soul Sunday “Joel Osteen.” Undercover Boss “Forman Mills.” Undercover Boss “Stella & Dot.” Undercover Boss (CC) (PG) Undercover Boss “Forman Mills.” Undercover after getting into a fight with her husband,
OXY Snapped “Cheryl Kunkle.” (CC) Snapped “Brenda Bratschi.” (CC) Snapped “Brynn Hartman.” (CC) Snapped “Michele Despain.” (CC) Snapped “Michele Williams.” (CC) Snapped (CC) Desi. “Togetherness,” at 10:30 p.m., has its
SCIENCE MythBusters “Antacid Jail Break.” MythBusters “Dumpster Diving.” MythBusters (CC) (PG) MythBusters “Superhero Hour.” MythBusters “Dumpster Diving.” MythBusters own blast from the past as Alex and Brett
SMITH Air Disasters (CC) (HD) (14) Air Disasters “Fire Fight.” (N) (HD) Alaska Aircrash Investigations (N) Aerial America (CC) (HD) (G) Air Disasters “Fire Fight.” (HD) (14) Aircrash Invest. get help from an unwelcome, familiar face.
SNY M.L.B. Preseason Baseball Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets. Mets Yearbook SportsNite SportsNite SportsNite SportsNite And Tina becomes more proactive, while
SPIKE Bar Rescue (PG) Bar Rescue (PG) Bar Rescue (N) (PG) Life or Debt “Distrust Fund.” (N) Bar Rescue “Muscle Madness.” Bar Rescue (PG)
Michelle challenges Anna at a school fund-

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Don’t try to Google these La dolce vida in a bottle of

holdouts. BY TEDDY WAYNE bergamot perfume.
6 MODERN LOVE 9 DAY OUT WITH SALLY FIELD
Male bonding over a dead At 69, she is moving to her

battery. BY MAX ROSS newest stage. BY RUTH LA FERLA
LIFESTYLE RELATIONSHIPS SOCIETY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
MALIN FEZEHAI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

TABLE FOR THREE PHILIP GALANES
On Purposeful Paths
Activism is a toned precisely one shirt button before ad- Louise” and “Dead Man Walking,” for Senator Cory
SUSAN SARANDON HOBBLED into the restau- mitting he didn’t have any. “I’m boring that which she won an Academy Award as best Booker and the
driving force in the rant in a cast boot and shiny Teamsters

jacket emblazoned with the name “Sue.”
way,” he said.
Ms. Sarandon, 69, had fractured her ankle
actress in 1996, her fifth nomination. Her lat-
est film, “The Meddler,” will be released
actress Susan
Sarandon at
lives of a senator But Senator Cory Booker’s first question for while hiking in Colombia. But the injury next month. Il Cantinori in
Manhattan.
the actress was about a tattoo that runs scarcely slowed her down, as befits a busy Ms. Sarandon has also spoken out on a
and an actress. down her back. (“It’s my kids’ initials — and actress and perhaps even more prolific ac- wide range of social, environmental and po-
my granddaughter’s,” she replied.) tivist. Her film career spans more than 45 litical causes, including hunger and home-
When she returned the favor, challenging years and includes “The Rocky Horror Pic- lessness, H.I.V./AIDS, sex trafficking, the
him to show his tattoos, Mr. Booker unbut- ture Show,” “Bull Durham,” “Thelma & CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Tinder’s Dating Pool Not All Shallow

While some use the website to drews walked her home, giving her a quick
kiss at her apartment doorstep. “No way
find one-night stands, others was he coming upstairs and he didn’t try —
have found spouses. that’s not why I was on Tinder,” said Ms.
Claudio, now 33. They went out again, and
By BROOKE LEA FOSTER they were engaged 10 months later. She is
now Mrs. Andrews.
Shana Claudio left the bar on the Upper
Yes, they swiped right and met the one —
East Side of Manhattan for her third Tinder
with hardly a cheap rendezvous in sight,
date of the day. She had already met a fi-
even though Tinder, the ubiquitous mobile-
nance type for brunch that Sunday in Octo-
ber 2013 through the dating app (he was a dating app, has been written off by some
bit superficial), and she found the second observers as nothing more than a vehicle to
guy, whom she met for a drink, forgettable. promote quick and easy hookups.
By now it was early evening, and Ms. In a 2015 article in Vanity Fair, Nancy Jo
Claudio, who now works in corporate com- Sales argued that Tinder is responsible for a
munications, was scheduled to go on a date “dating apocalypse,” with several 20-some- ALEX WELSH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
at a nearby bar with a guy named Ken. He thing New York men admitting they use it to
turned out to be Ken Andrews, a 33-year-old
surgeon in his fourth year of medical resi-
prowl for women to sleep with. They call
their conquests “Tinderellas” and pride
He’s Only Human
dency at N.Y.U., who thought Ms. Claudio KENDRICK BRINSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES themselves on getting women into bed after Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York sheds
was a “total knockout.” Rachael Honowitz and Jason Cosgrove met on a few texts.
After three hours of conversation, Mr. An- Tinder and are married and expecting a baby. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 his neutral stance. By Ruth La Ferla, Page 8
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FUTURE TENSE TEDDY WAYNE
KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS
Holdouts of the Social Media Age

face to the world,” the Reddit user sug- who I was, being on Facebook was so in-
WHEN OTTESSA MOSHFEGH published her gested another problem beyond Orwellian credibly tacky.”
debut novel, “Eileen,” last August, she did surveillance: We are now one another’s Big Ms. Moshfegh has the advantage, it must
so without an online publicity apparatus. Brother. Social media accounts further ex- be noted, of a professional team behind her
Vanity Fair noted that Ms. Moshfegh, 34, pose oneself to hackers or, via a single tone- to publicize her efforts. Likewise, it’s no
was an anomaly because she had neither deaf misstep, a global public shaming. great sacrifice when someone of George
social media profiles nor a website. There Yet even outside of these obviously dan- Clooney’s stature swears off social media,
wasn’t much personal information floating gerous waters, releasing an identity into the as he has little to gain and much to lose from
around about her, either. Ms. Moshfegh had digital world remains discomfiting to some. it. But for a person in the early stages of a
made herself (apart from her work) some- Once your data is online, it no longer be- career dependent on gaining attention,
what un-Googleable. longs wholly to you; subject to reposting whether one is a literary novelist or an en-
As distress and distaste swirl around is- and comments, the data you generate gets trepreneur, to do so is a genuine risk.
sues of privacy, exhibitionism and other oc- tossed into the Internet’s melting pot. Ms. Moshfegh, though, pointed to some of
cupational hazards of social media, a select Mr. Flanery, who joined Facebook in 2007 the pitfalls of being an active social net-
few holdouts of the tech-savvy age are fol- but now maintains only a public page, said worker. “I remember putting in my name to
lowing Ms. Moshfegh’s example. According he was initially unconcerned about what he see what people were saying on Twitter
to the Pew Research Center, in 2015, 90 per- posted because he was judicious about about me a lot, and occasionally finding
cent of American adults ages 18 to 29 used a whose friend requests he accepted. But as something negative and being really upset
social networking site; more than three- his roster of connections expanded, he be- by it,” she said.
quarters of those 30 to 49 did. (The percent- came more cautious. “I was posting willy-
And not being on social media can, in fact,
ages for those who have online access were, nilly and commenting and being quite free,
yield brand-building benefits, especially for
expectedly, slightly higher.) as if I was talking to a closed circle of
an artist.
This leaves a stubbornly resistant minor-
ity that isn’t focusing its energies on just one As hoi polloi shamelessly promote them-
or two social media accounts, as is custom- selves, bestow disingenuous praise upon
colleagues in hopes of receiving it in return
IF THE SHOE FITS...
ary for people who find the whole enter-
prise overwhelming or irrelevant. They are
Call them the and peck out snarkily hashtagged jokes
eschewing it completely: sharing zero vol-
untary personal information on the web.
Un-Googleables, during awards shows, the person who re-
mains offline accrues mystique and is
JIMMY CHOO
A main criticism of social media is its the online elusive viewed as nobly intentioned, an elusive ob-
ject of fascination rather than an accessible
vending of user data to interested buyers.
PRADA “All it does is provide a vulnerable attack ones. subject of self-glorification. Who knows
how they’re spending their time? Likely
MANOLO BLAHNIK surface to the world,” wrote a pseudony-
mous commenter on a Reddit thread asking working hard for some transcendent and
SAINT LAURENT people why they weren’t on Facebook. “Ev- friends,” he said. “It was only gradually that paradigm-shifting purpose, their online ab-
VALENTINO ery service it claims to provide, I already I began to realize the visibility of my posts sence suggests.
have, without me, my friends and family on other people’s pages, to a body whose But post a tweet, and everyone knows
AQUAZZURA
having our privacy compromised and sold makeup I couldn’t police.” what you’re doing at that moment: idly
LANVIN to every comer.” Not only can information circulate be- looking at a screen, chasing after notice.
& MORE Since one is barraged with hundreds of yond intended recipients, but people like Is-
online and offline advertisements a day, abel Howe, 33, the executive director of the CORRECTIONS
though, this may seem like a benign issue. Authors League Fund in New York, find the
An article last Sunday about Natasha Gregson
But something more pernicious may be one-size-fits-all approach to social net-
Wagner, the daughter of Natalie Wood, mis-
looming, said Patrick Flanery, whose forth- works too unwieldy for their personalities.
stated her age. Although she told the reporter
coming novel, “I Am No One,” deals explicit- “I wouldn’t call myself a secretive person,”
that she was 46, her husband pointed out to her
ly with surveillance and data collection. she said. “But I do want the freedom to vary
after the article was published that she was still
“We are betraying things about our loca- my level of self-exposure according to cir-
45.
tion and social relationships,” said Mr. Flan- cumstance.”
ery, 40. “Even if it may only be used for cor- One can, of course, activate stringent pri- The Night Out column last Sunday, about
porations to sell us stuff, then that’s also as- vacy measures, set up alternative accounts Debra Messing’s appearance on the “Late
suming that the corporations collecting that for specific relationships (like one that ex- Show With Stephen Colbert” and then dinner
data aren’t moving toward a different em- cludes co-workers) or not post anything afterward, misdentified the person who would
phasis — that they’re only engaged in a kind and simply “lurk.” But that’s a headache, be her fellow guest on “Watch What Happens”
of selling, rather than something that is a and not foolproof; another user can still tag later that evening. Although Ms. Messing had
government by proxy.” or refer to your avatar in a way that feels been told she would be appearing with Lisa
As for the genuine, not-by-proxy govern- more invasive than merely naming you. Rinna, of “The Real Housewives of Beverly
VALENTINO ment, our fears about its intrusion — which “It was making me hate everyone,” Ms. Hills,” another cast member, Kathryn Edwards,
reached their zenith after Edward Snow- Moshfegh, who closed her Facebook and joined her on the show.
den’s revelations about National Security Twitter accounts before her book came out,
Agency practices in 2013 — may have di- said in a phone interview. An article on March 13 about the 50th anniver-
verted attention from purely corporate “I don’t know anybody who comes across sary of Jacqueline Susann’s “Valley of the
oversight of our online habits. We are so fo- in any kind of positive way on social media,” Dolls” overstated what is known about the
cused on casting the N.S.A. as a modern- she said. “It made me feel bad, like there source of a quotation about Ms. Susann’s writ-
day Stasi that we have become less suspi- was a standard for living that I didn’t even ing. While the author Barbara Seaman attribut-
cious of Facebook, Twitter and the like, ex- know about, and that I hated so much that, if ed the line “she doesn’t write, she types” to
cept when news articles crop up about their I ever had to be in touch with that standard, Gore Vidal in her biography of Ms. Susann,
collaboration with the government. I was going to kill somebody.” “Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann,” it
With the phrase “vulnerable attack sur- The blatant desire for recognition is what is more commonly associated with Truman
most irritated her. “It seemed like every- Capote, who said it on a television talk show in
Teddy Wayne’s next novel, “Loner,” will be body wants to be a celebrity,” Ms. Moshfegh 1959 when dismissing the work of Jack Kerou-
published in September. said. “As soon as anybody started to know ac, the author of “On the Road.”
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ArenaHIGHLIGHTS FROM TMAGAZINE.COM
ON TOUR
Pop, and Art

This spring, Victoria Legrand and Alex
Scally of the dream-pop duo Beach House
have added a few dates to their regular
touring itinerary that are solely dedicated
to playing against the backdrop of a new
immersive installation. During these “in-
stallation shows,” they play without a break
between songs, behind a cascade of fog and
vibrant saturated lights: indigo, magenta,
deeper violets and pinks. Projections of
flowers are illuminated on a screen before
H O U SE TO U R
them; the audience sits on the floor, and the
installation is mapped out to take advan-
Living With Art tage of the confines of every gallery, com-
munity center and other unconventional
From Friends performance space booked for this series.

“It’s so intense to play the same show
every single night,” Mr. Scally says. “We
For the designer Kathryn Bentley, jewelry Set on a 5,000-square-foot lot and sur- Bentley’s bleached-white-oak bed, and
tried to change it up as much as we could. I
is as much about sculpture as it is fashion. rounded by walnut and lemon trees, the works from artists including Bari Ziper-
think somewhere along the line we thought,
Her brand and store in the Silver Lake house is filled with handmade pieces. stein and Lauren Spencer King. “I don’t
‘Wouldn’t it be so cool to play your normal
section of Los Angeles, Dream Collective, is “Everybody that I have art from is a buy things anymore, or at least, there’s no
show on tour, and then every couple of days
evidence of her magpie eye — as is her airy friend first,” Ms. Bentley says. “I don’t impulse buying,” she says. “I have the
play a different show with a different ener-
midcentury home in the city’s Montecito think I would connect with the work if I things I want. And it’s a nice place to be, at
gy entirely?’ ”
Heights neighborhood, where she lives and didn’t know the person.” That group in- least for now.”
HILARY HUGHES
makes ceramics, drawings and paintings. cludes the artist Sarah Ball, who built Ms. MELISSA GOLDSTEIN
LAURE JOLIET (HOUSE TOUR); ADAM ROBB (FOOD MATTERS); SHAWN BRACKBILL (ON TOUR)
SCENT NOTES
The Citrus Aroma of the Season

FO OD MAT TE RS Bergamot, a fragrant citrus fruit from Italy, are so marvelously clean”) inspired the
adds a fresh and slightly masculine note to tomboyish aroma of this new bottle of
French Cuisine Pops Up in Hong Kong women’s fragrance this spring — la dolce
vida in a bottle.
Vivaciously Bold.
In Atelier Cologne’s Bergamote Soleil,
Since the nomadic Australian chef James “The menu will feel more traditionally From left: A new twist on a Tom Ford lavender from Provence and oak moss from
Henry abruptly closed his acclaimed Paris French than the food I cooked at Bones, but classic, Neroli Portofino Forte, aims to Slovenia combine with the fragrant fruit to
bistro Bones last August, he has been wait- what is French food?” Mr. Henry says. “Is transport the wearer to a leisurely boat evoke youthful adventures in Italy.
ing for his next project to begin. And finally, it French product, or technique, or is it ride off the coast of Italy. CAITLIN KELLY
it has: in Hong Kong, at his new bistro, historical cooking?” Dishes include smoked In Malin & Goetz’s just released unisex
Belon, in the city’s Soho neighborhood. (He eel deviled eggs, and oysters served with scent, created exclusively for the Barneys
offered a preview of the menu during Hong champagne mignonette. Eventually, he will Chelsea location, the brightness of berg-
amot is countered with spicy cardamom,
Kong’s contemporary art fair, with a week- return to France, when his forthcoming
ginger and black pepper.
long pop-up, above.) Belon features the farm restaurant on the outskirts of Paris is
Diana Vreeland’s 1969 memo on perfume
first à la carte menu of his career, a chal- complete.
(“I think men’s scents are wonderful for
lenge for a chef who enjoys rewriting his ADAM ROBB
women . . . they have such character and
menus a half-hour before service.
On the Street
Bill Cunningham
PINK! The color is a fashion statement during these first

weeks of spring, most noticeably on coats. Although the
formal Easter parade (and its requisite flower-laden hats and
orchid corsages) has long disappeared, fashion has rejuve-
nated the color for today. An interesting note is the orchid
blossom: Originally the orchid was plucked from a plant and
worn on Easter on its own, but in the 1920s, florists started
adding ribbons, and by the late ‘30s and ‘40s, the single
blossom got mucked up with pink tulle and glitter. Today, the
beautiful orchid has returned to its natural state. The plants
shown here at the Union
Square Saturday Greenmarket
are from Silva Orchids, which
has been passed down through
three generations of growers,
who have grown many of the
same plants for decades.
COMMENTS
In last week’s This Life column, “Teenage Drivers? Be Very Afraid,” in the car, and didn’t allow friends I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES. Driving He never minded that I drove him SUSAN, LOS ANGELES
Bruce Feiler wrote about how helicopter parenting can reduce the high in the car until after high school. here is particularly harrowing, no and several friends to school
OUR 16-YEAR-OLD SON got his
risks of teen driving. Readers responded on nytimes.com/styles. The This article covers the subject matter what your age. When my three days a week. And picked
license and wanted a vintage
comments below have been edited for space. well. son was 16, he asked me, “When them up. And sat quietly as they
Camaro. So hot, right?
There is one rule that needs can I learn to drive?” He hap- relived their school day. I was a
We bought him an extremely
MY FATHER WAS AN INSURANCE asked, call-me-anytime policy if, emphasis: You will not drink and pened to ask while we were idling fly on the wall.
agent and saw his share of auto uninteresting older Volvo sedan.
for whatever reason, I was some- drive. We know you will go to at one of the busiest intersections He was not ready for the re-
accidents; wearing a seatbelt was He was sadly resigned to being
where and didn’t feel comfortable parties we don’t approve of and in our neighborhood. sponsibility, we could not afford
nonnegotiable in our house long totally uncool.
driving. I never took him up on you will drink. And when you I looked around and saw driv- the insurance, and we usually
before it became law. A few months later at a stop
this but it did shape my behavior. drink, you will call us and we will ers talking on their phones, peo- knew where he was and whom he
When I learned to drive, I had sign he was rear-ended. The
He was a hands-off dad in many drive you home. ple crossing the street with their was with. And we were just a
to drive 1,000 miles with my par- perp’s car had to be towed away,
regards, never commented on my Your punishment for drinking faces in their phones, harried phone call away.
ents in the car, under all types of but he and the embarrassing
grades, but he was very involved will be the same one responsible mothers pushing strollers out into Driving is a privilege, not a
conditions, before I was allowed Swedish Brick drove home with-
in my driving. adults face. The alarm will go off the oncoming traffic, and I said: right. Why must these children be
to drive alone. (This dropped to out a scratch.
SALLY, AUSTIN, TEX. at 6 a.m., and you will get up, and “Not for a while, honey; your allowed to hurtle through space in
800 miles for my siblings.) This Moral: Avoid cool.
you will do your chores. mother is not ready for that.” a tin can and put all of us on the
made me a better driver. WE DELAYED our son’s license a And he seemed relieved, and road (drivers and pedestrians) in SHARON B.E., SAN FRANCISCO
COLONELPANIC, MICHIGAN
He also had a no-question- year, spent a lot of time with him did not ask again for two years. jeopardy?
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In Kevin’s Workshop, a Guide to Manly Endeavors

I inherited a set of deficient
motor skills, but my stepfather
offered a steady arm.
By MAX ROSS
When my car’s battery died on a bitterly
cold January day, my father refused to come
to my apartment in south Minneapolis to
give me a jump.
He drives a Tesla and claimed (not quite
accurately) that using it to power a regular
car would cause it to short-circuit. “Plus, it’s
nasty outside,” he said, “and, as you know,
your father is a wuss.”
Luckily, my stepfather, Kevin, agreed to
help. He is bald, clean-shaven, slender,
friendly and handy. An agricultural engi-
neer, he has a master’s degree in weed sci-
ence and subscribes to journals such as
Wheat Life. He always knows what time it
is. “I’ll be there in 15 minutes,” he said. He
arrived at my apartment in 15 minutes.
I thought this would be my chance, fi-
nally, to impress him. The winter before, I
had called him in distress when my car had
blown a tire. I didn’t know how to change it,
and he had to do it for me, kneeling in the
cold on the side of a busy street.
He had also, at various points, fixed leaks
in my kitchen and helped me assemble (that
is, he assembled) a desk from Ikea. Around
him I felt inept, and although we are polite
to each other (kind, even), my sense is that
he views me as his wife’s hapless son, part
of the bargain of marrying her.
But I did know how to jump-start a car,
and now made a demonstration of setting
the cables in place. “The red clamp’s on the
positive terminal,” I said with authority.
Kevin fixed the corresponding clamps to his
truck’s battery and said, “Let’s give it a go.”
I prayed that the jump would work and
that my competence would be established
evermore. Outside my window, Kevin gave
a rather solemn thumbs-up. I turned the BRIAN REA
key. The engine sputtered, didn’t engage. I

tried again. Nothing. “Looks like you’ll need
a new battery,” Kevin said. in the locker room. how best to frame an illustration of a Dutch As I paid, the Vikings missed a field goal
He and my mother met seven years ago Now, I wondered how we might get my
car to a repair shop to have the battery re-
My sense is that trade ship. (“See, Son, you don’t want the
frame to overpower the picture. And the
that would have won the game, so they lost.
Many knowledgeable Minnesotans had
through a dating service called It’s Just
Lunch. They discovered common interests placed. Kevin made it known we would be
changing it ourselves.
he views me as backing should have a little color to it, but
again, you don’t want it to overwhelm.”)
predicted this, and in predicting it had se-
cretly hoped it would happen, which made
in hiking and wine. They went on trips to
vineyards, first in rural Minnesota, then to From the back of his truck he took out his his wife’s My father and I could have a picture
framed artfully, but we couldn’t replace a
the loss, in a backward way, a win. The clerk
looked up at the speaker. “Just like ’98,” he
Napa Valley and the Oregon coast. On their toolbox. “Yup, it’s always with me,” he said.
hikes, they wore clothes with many pockets The heads of wrenches and screwdrivers hapless son, car battery. If left to our own devices, those said. “The Atlanta Falcons,” Kevin said.
shone inside as if they had never been used. devices would break and would stay broken “Gary Anderson.”
and zippers. In the evenings, they visited
wineries. Within a year, they were engaged. No, it was as if they had been used often but part of the until we paid people to fix them. My in- “First field goal he missed all year.”
heritance was a moderate streak of dandy- I understood the game’s rules but could-
I was relieved when they married. My
mother had spent the previous several
cleaned extremely well.
We took off our gloves and set to work.
bargain of ism and a set of deficient motor skills. As I n’t participate. I was a spectator of my gen-
typed him a reminder that I was momen- der.
years in a muddle. A decade before, without
warning, my father told her that he was gay,
The temperature was below zero. Snot froze
in our noses. Our breath huffed up above us.
marrying her. tarily without transportation, my phone’s As we installed the new battery, the dy-
and their marriage dissolved. The future Kevin loosened the bolts that held the bat- screen went black. Its battery, too, had died. namic between Kevin and me didn’t shift. I
she had expected (simply, to be with him) tery in place. So we wouldn’t lose them, I The battery store, a rectangular building stood beside him, holding the mug of nuts
also dissolved. In its place was nothing. placed the nuts in a ceramic coffee mug that with a pair of chimneys, resembled a bat- and screws. Now and then he pointed, di-
had been in my car. This was my job, to hold tery. When my eyeglasses defogged, I saw recting me to shine a flashlight under the
I was 16 at the time, and for my last two
the mug. Our hands quickly became achy ONLINE: LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE batteries of all sizes gleaming on the hood. He worked quickly, seldom speaking.
years of high school, we lived alone. For her,
with numbness. When Kevin could no long- In the latest Modern Love shelves. I carried my dead battery in my He spoke so little, in fact, that he never
it was a time of bathrobes, insomnia, Sleep-
er feel his fingers, he suggested we warm podcast, the actor Jesse Tyler hands feeling a little silly about it, as if I spoke. But our quiet was relaxed; we were
ytime tea, Kleenex, rationalization (“every-
up in his truck. Ferguson reads “Mom/Not were taking my half-eaten croissant into a united by our task.
thing happens for a reason”), leftovers and
Mom/Aunt,” by Jerry Mahoney, pastry shop. When Kevin’s fingers went numb, he
worry. Kevin appeared as a steady arm. The truck’s interior, like Kevin’s toolbox,
about a gay couple who finds a The Vikings game was on the radio here, handed me the wrench. Without a word, he
My relationship with him has evolved was spotless. In the years he owned it, he
surrogate mother in a somewhat too. Six clerks stood around a counter, look- nodded. My hands were cold as well, nearly
slowly and sometimes awkwardly. We’re had made zero imprint upon the inside of
surprising place. A discussion ing toward a ceiling speaker. One men- useless. But I saw it was important to him
members of the same gym and sometimes the truck. But then I thought: No, tidiness
with the author follows. tioned how many rushing yards the that I finish the work on my own car. My
see each other in the locker room. If we’re was his mark. He is an orderly man and
nytimes.com/modernlove Vikings’ running back had accumulated brain told my fist to close around the
both naked, we make a point of speaking, as maintains his truck to his fullest expression. during the season. Another said how many wrench and not let go, lest my incompe-
if doing so will shield us from the mild em- The radio was tuned to the Vikings-Sea- he had two years ago. A third added how tence reveal itself. Soon the new battery
barrassment of our nudity, from the Oedipal hawks playoff game. Teddy Bridgewater close he was to breaking the season record. was in place.
drama once removed. Our talk is stilted, threw an incomplete pass. The Vikings, as They were playing a game of their own, I stepped into my car. Outside my win-
crisp: “Hey! How are you?” “Good.” ever, punted. as men often do: a game of information, to dow, Kevin gave a solemn thumbs up. He
“Good!” “O.K. Good to see you.” “Yes!” (Ex- “Not looking good,” I said. “I mean, not see who knew the most. Eventually one of didn’t smile when the engine started, but by
clamations are mine.) sounding good. Ha.” the clerks saw us and approached. not smiling, he did. “You’re all set,” he said.
But in truth, this is how we always are. If “Nope,” Kevin said. I explained, holding my dead battery, that We removed our gloves and shook hands.
we’re out to dinner or happen to meet in the Thus, our conversation reached its termi- I needed a new one. The clerk showed three Our hands were chilly and blocky, but we
grocery store, we still act as if we’re naked nus. that looked the same. He explained how had put them to good use. Through them,
My phone buzzed in my pocket — my fa- they weren’t. All I understood was that their we had communed and communicated.
ther. His message said: “Picture’s ready. Plz prices were different. Kevin suggested I get And our handshake, I sensed, had com-
MAX ROSS is a writer who lives in Minneapolis. pick up.” the second-cheapest one — just as I would pleted our conversation in the secret lan-
We had recently spent two hours in a pic- have done, applying the wine theory I use in guage of male intimacy, a language in which
EMAIL modernlove@nytimes.com ture frame shop consulting each other on restaurants. I am still struggling to gain fluency.
TABLE FOR THREE PHILIP GALANES
Choosing a Purposeful Path

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 off.
death penalty and mass incarcer- CB: That’s actually a good ques-
ation. She has served as a Unicef tion. What are you afraid of?
Goodwill Ambassador since 1999.
PG: The scale of the problem: the
Mr. Booker, 46, has also been a
number of inmates, the racial bias,
longtime activist for social justice.
the years in the making.
After Stanford University, where
he played tight end on the football CB: But mass incarceration has
team, he was awarded a Rhodes only been a problem since 1980.
Scholarship to Oxford University Since then, our prison population
and earned a law degree from Yale has grown about 800 percent, 500
in 1997. He moved to Newark, percent at the federal level. Before
where he first worked as an advo- that, we expected our prison pop-
cate for low-income tenants. ulation to shrink. This problem is
The following year, Mr. Booker the result of policies we made in
won a seat on the Newark City our lifetime.
Council, and in 2006 he was PG: The harsh drug laws?
elected to the first of two terms as SS: Not to mention privatizing
mayor. In 2013 he won a special prisons that let companies and
election to fill the seat of Frank R. lobbyists make money by round-
Lautenberg, who died in office, ing up a population without a
making Mr. Booker the first voice.
African-American to represent
CB: I don’t want people to think,
New Jersey in the United States
Senate. He went on to win the reg- “It’s such a huge problem, what
ABOVE LEFT, GABRIELLA DEMCZUK/THE NEW YORK TIMES; ABOVE RIGHT, TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
ular election the next year. can I do about it?” We can’t allow
Famous for engaging his
Senator Cory Booker with his mother, Carolyn Booker, and Vice President Biden at his 2013 swearing-in. Right, Susan Sarandon with her Oscar in 1996. our inability to do everything un-
constituents and others on Twit- dermine our determination to do
ter, Mr. Booker, a Democrat, has — and the word he used, “bas- failures — and realize we’re all PG: That reminds me of the char- ple who give me hope, who show something.
vowed to meet with all of his Re- tard.” It turned out that a white connected. acter in your new movie, “The me the goodness in human beings. SS: Well said.
publican colleagues in the Senate. doctor had impregnated his Meddler”: a “smother mother” PG: Let’s shift to an issue you’re CB: In California, they’ve gotten
SS: I knew Sister Helen [Prejean]
His best-selling book, “United,” mother when she was 14. That’s a whose little acts of kindness both involved with: the mass in- rid of “three strikes and you’re
for about a year before Tim [Rob-
about finding common ground in a common story in the twisted his- change her life after her daughter carceration of black men and out” laws that were giving people
bins] started working on “Dead
divided world, was published last tory of African-American families. tells her to back off. boys. Cory wrote a moving chap- life sentences for minor crimes.
Man Walking.” She didn’t come to
month. Skip Gates [Henry Louis Gates SS: I have to admit, it’s completely ter in his book about dispropor- And it’s saved California
the death penalty like Arnold
Over an early lunch at Il Canti- Jr., the host of “Finding Your self-serving. I do what I can to tionate arrests and sentencing, taxpayers millions of dollars. We
Schwarzenegger in an action
nori in Manhattan, the pair traded Roots” on PBS] explained to me help, mostly by drawing attention and the challenges of post-prison have states that have banned the
movie. She started by simply writ-
notes about what brought them that most African-Americans to issues. But the people I see life. It’s a scary problem. death penalty. We can make big
ing a letter to a man on death row.
both to genealogy television have some white blood in them. working in the grass roots, for differences. We just can’t surren-
It was a small act of kindness, SS: What are you afraid of? You’re
shows, the forces that led them to Same with white folks. There was
nothing heroic. years and years, they’re the peo- a privileged white guy. You’ll get CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
activism (as well as acting and lots of mixing in those family
politics) and their thoughts about trees.
“political correctness” in this elec- SS: And I had always been told that
tion year. my grandmother, my mother’s
PHILIP GALANES: Let’s start with mother, had been such a terrible
your creation myths. In high parent that her kids were taken
school, Cory sets up a whiteboard away from her and put into foster
in his bedroom and writes his care. But it turned out that she
goals on it. That’s drive! Mean- was knocked up at 12 by my grand-
while, Susan gets her first film by father, who was in his 20s and
accident, tagging along with her lived next door. She pretended to
then-husband to his audition. be 15 so they could get married.
True? Pretty amazing, right? Then she
SUSAN SARANDON: That’s a legiti- disappeared and got connected
mate explanation of how I got into with the mafia. She went to the
the business. I wasn’t interested track in limousines, and jazz
in acting. But it was the ’60s. I was clubs, and dated Frank Sinatra.
a seeker. And what acting de- But not a kind thought was given
pends on is imagination, which to the fact that she was just a kid.
creates empathy and also leads to PG: It’s a big moment in our rela-
activism. tionship with our parents, when
PG: You weren’t being demure, like we see how deeply affected they
Lana Turner, getting discovered were by their parents.
at the lunch counter? CB: And it shows how connected
we all are in ways we don’t under-
stand.
‘My father and [maternal] PG: Which brings me to the big
grandfather both grew up similarity between you: seeing
not knowing who their others with compassion, whether
they’re film characters, like pros-
fathers were. It left a stigma titutes or death-row inmates, or
on them.’ citizens held down by generations
CORY BOOKER of poverty.
SS: We’re all afraid of the same
things. We all need the same
SS: No. And it turned out that things, too. I’m lucky to be in a
acting was a good approach to be- business that’s almost forced
ing in my life. compassion. I get to show you that
PG: Tell us about that whiteboard. you can identify with someone
CORY BOOKER: That whiteboard you never thought you’d be able to
isn’t my origin story. That’s like feel for. That’s what “Dead Man
starting in the third act. My story Walking” is about. We all make
starts with my dad, a black boy mistakes. But by connecting with
born to a single mother in a small the divine in each other, we can be
town in North Carolina. It starts redeemed.
with my parents meeting in Wash-
ington, D.C., in the ’60s, at a time
of incredible activism. ‘My parents had no idea
PG: Fair enough. But why the what parenting was. I’m the
whiteboard? oldest of nine kids. My
CB: I wrote things down because I
mother was raised in foster
was a black kid from the first black
family to live in an all-white town care in an orphanage. And
[Harrington Park, N.J.]. My par- my dad’s father died when
ents had to fight to live there — he was young, and his
literally, physical fights. And they mother was crazy.’
were always pushing me to take
SUSAN SARANDON
advantage of my blessings.
SS: The whiteboard was his sys-
tem. You were externalizing CB: And as I get more decades un-
something that some people der my belt, I see how small acts of
would have said in prayers. decency ripple in ways we could
PG: Tell us one thing you wrote. never imagine. How could the civil
CB: I wrote down the grades I rights marchers in Selma have
wanted in every class. My parents predicted that by crossing the Ed-
were obsessed with my education. mund Pettus Bridge, they would
And I knew that sports would be trigger a bunch of lawyers in New
my ticket to opportunity. Those Jersey to fight for fair housing for
were my two main goals in high black families — one of them be-
school. ing mine? That connectivity in-
PG: Were your parents focused like spires me every day. I take my job
that on you, Susan? in the Senate very seriously. But
there’s an old saying: Change
SS: My parents had no idea what
doesn’t come from Washington, it
parenting was. I’m the oldest of
nine kids. My mother was raised comes to Washington.
in foster care in an orphanage. PG: Have you always felt the need
And my dad’s father died when he to speak up, no matter the cost?
was young, and his mother was SS: Even as a kid, I rotated my
crazy. So these two met and, dolls’ dresses so every one got a
thanks to Catholic indoctrination chance to wear the good one. I
on birth control, started having all think it’s innate. Or maybe it’s
these kids. Everyone did where I about being the oldest kid in the
grew up. And I had to take care of family, the caretaker? But I suffer
them. more from having an opportunity
CB: My parents may have criss- to speak up, and letting it pass,
than I ever have from losing a role
crossed the race lines, but there

was so much unfinished business. or being threatened or having

My father was not going to let me people say nasty stuff about me.
sit back and just consume my PG: Were you ever tempted to take
blessings. He wanted me to con- a high-priced job in a big law firm?
tribute, and to do that, you have to CB: I reject the idea that the guy
be mission oriented. who comes out of Yale and goes to
PG: Hence the whiteboard. Here’s work in the projects in Newark is
a weird coincidence: You both ap- good, and the guy who goes to
peared on TV genealogy shows, work for a white-shoe law firm is
looking for a missing ancestor. bad. We’re all mountain rangers.
CB: My father and [maternal] We all have peaks and valleys. I
grandfather both grew up not know a lot of people who work at
knowing who their fathers were. nonprofits with men and women
It left a stigma on them. I can still coming out of prison. But I also
remember my grandfather’s an- know lawyers at major law firms
guish when he confessed it to me who help tremendously through
. ................................................................... pro bono work. Let’s not judge.
This interview has been edited and Let’s draw inspiration from each
condensed. other’s stories — successes and
The Rapid Rise of a Reluctant Internet Star

A letter criticizing Donald J. and promise to ‘pay the legal fees’ of those
who commit violence on your behalf.”
Safe then to say that for this apparently
reluctant Internet star, life has taken an un-
Trump upends a blogger’s The reaction was explosive. Within eight foreseeable, and perhaps irreversible, turn.
carefully held neutrality. hours the post was shared 712,000 times, Mr. Stanton, who has 17 million followers
eventually garnering more than 2.2 million on Facebook (Mr. Trump has 6.7 million)
“likes,” 1,131,389 shares and 69,000 com- and two best-selling anthologies of his
By RUTH LA FERLA
ments, making it among the most-shared posts, had, for all that, chosen to largely re-
Brandon Stanton, the nimble shutterbug posts in the history of Facebook. In the main an inconspicuous figure, a camera-tot-
behind the immensely popular photo blog process, it turned Mr. Stanton, already a ing Everyman, his face all but obscured by a
Humans of New York, has worked hard to best-selling author, into a web sensation. hoodie and FDNY baseball cap.
filter politics and moral judgments out of his Shortly afterward, he was summoned by His decision to go public, embracing the
posts, intent on maintaining objectivity as Katie Couric, Yahoo’s global anchor, to ap- role of moral gadfly and guardian of the
he captures his subjects in words and on pear as a guest on her web talk show, an oc- public weal, came as something of a shock,
film, letting them speak for themselves. casion he welcomed, telling his host, “I want even to himself.
That changed last week when Mr. Stan- people to think of this as a moral question, “I saw my decision as a trade-off between
ton, 32, shed his sedulously cultivated neu- not a political question.” upsetting people and making a strong mor-
trality to take on Donald J. Trump, excoriat- The clamor had by no means subsided al statement,” he said.
ing the Republican presidential candidate when a boyish, tidily bearded Mr. Stanton The choice, Mr. Stanton said, did not
in a 300-word Facebook post presented as arrived the other day at the Starbucks at come naturally. “I was nervous,” he said.
an open letter to Mr. Trump. Ninth Avenue and West 59th Street. Pa- “But eventually I closed my eyes and hit
“I’ve watched you retweet racist images,” trons strained for a closer look; one, who ‘post.’”
the post read in part. “I’ve watched you re- identified himself only as Ben, sprang from It was the content, not the volume, of the
tweet racist lies. I’ve watched you take 48 his chair to approach Mr. Stanton and invite subsequent responses that took him aback.
hours to disavow white supremacy. I’ve him for coffee. (Mr. Stanton good-naturedly “I thought a lot of the feedback was going to
watched you joyfully encourage violence, declined.) be ‘Stay out of politics,’” he said, leaning for- Brandon Stanton, creator of the blog Humans of New York, with Katie Couric, discussing h
Social Q’s PHILIP G A LA N ES
A Beautiful Bind
I have a 6-year-old daughter who is very pretty.
She didn’t get her looks from her father or me, and
we would find her beautiful no matter what. But
people we meet love to point out how “gorgeous”
and “stunning” she is. I worry that she may begin
to internalize the message that her looks are her
most important attribute. But saying, “She’s really
smart, too,” seems like a bragging response to a
compliment. And I don’t want to chastise people
who mean well. Any thoughts?
ANONYMOUS
Well, I Facebook-stalked your soccer team) until we land in

family (from the info on your debtors’ prison. I don’t blame
note), and the bad news is that them for their exuberance. It is
your daughter is pretty adorable. probably not the meek but the
I also have enough experience on pushy who will inherit the earth.
the playground to know that little To minimize hurt feelings here,
boys are disproportionately asked I would pick up the phone. Say:
what they like to do, while girls “You know I am a supporter of
are more often reduced to their your work, but I don’t feel com-
clothes or hair or general pretti- fortable sharing the names of
ness. So I share your concern. friends for you to solicit. It seems
For starters, acknowledge the like a violation of their privacy.” If
compliments in the friendly spirit she disagrees, just repeat gently,
in which they were given. A smile “I’m sorry, I can’t.” If calling her
and thanks will do fine. Better to strikes you as too uncomfortable,
make this a teachable moment for try a note. But an email (even one
your daughter than for clueless that you think is warmly written)
adults who think it’s O.K. to com- may strike her as chilly.
ment on people’s looks. What’s Another possibility: Offer to
more, I know many adult women post about her project on social
who still feel traumatized by their media, inviting friends who are
mother’s scrutiny of their appear- interested to contact her. Her
ance as girls. Who knows how a feelings may still be hurt, depend-
6-year-old would hear her moth- ing on her emotional makeup. But
er’s quibbling with a stranger you will have done what you can
over her prettiness? by refusing a friend kindly.
Behind Closed Doors

I am a 38-year-old woman. For the
last 12 years, I have lived with my
older sister and younger brother
in a house my sister and I bought.
I now have a boyfriend, and
things are getting serious between
us. But even before meeting him,
my siblings insisted he could
never spend the night. So far, I
have respected their wishes. But
my boyfriend lives an hour away,
Then take one more step. “You
so we are spending far too many
know, we’re lucky, because Janie
hours in the car. We would also
is also very kind” (or “ . . . good at
like to have an adult relationship.
math,” or whatever quality you
How should I handle this?
want to emphasize). I don’t think
SARAH, DENVER
that sounds like a braggadocio.
Most people will understand that Have you tried that old standby of
you are only compensating for younger sibling assertiveness?
their statement about her gor- “You are not the boss of me!”
geousness. But even if they don’t, They aren’t, you know. I assume
it’s more important to give your that you and your sister did not
daughter a compass that’s based make ground rules about guests
on character and deeds than a before moving in together. (Note
looking glass that requires a to other prospective roommates:
constant stream of external ado- Please do. And also talk about
ration. Just take a peek at the chores, expenses and early exits.)
selfie-loving Kardashian culture: Also assumed: You have tried to
When we need validation from introduce your boyfriend pleas-
others, there’s never enough. antly at a delicious meal prepared
by you. If so, don’t let yourself be
Taming a Solicitous Friend pushed around any longer.
I have a friend who works in the What you do in your bedroom is
arts. I have donated to a few of your business. Invite your beau to
her projects and charities. Re- stay. (Discourage lazy afternoons
cently, I received an email from with him hogging the sofa.) Your
siblings will probably get used to
+1 604 278 4604
her asking not for a contribution

but for the names of 20 friends him. If they don’t, let them know
who may be willing to back her that you will accept a lump-sum
latest art project. I am uncomfort- payment of half the current value
able with this. It seems pushy and of the house and find lodging
intrusive. How do I refuse her elsewhere. As Joni Mitchell ad-
dressed a similar problem: “For
without hurt feelings? (She has
God’s sake, I’m middle-aged,
already sent a follow-up note.)

Mama, time moves swift, and you
C.A., NEW YORK
know, happiness is the best face-
lift.” Don’t let your siblings jeopar-
As the late Nancy Reagan warned
dize a loving adult relationship.
us would-be tokers in the ’80s,
. ...................................................................
“Just say no!” Being a good friend
For help with your awkward situation,
does not entail falling in line with send a question to SocialQ@nytimes
every request. Some pals, left .com or SocialQ on Facebook. You
unchecked, will solicit us (for can also address your queries on
their favorite museum or medical Twitter to @SocialQPhilip. Include a
research or children’s travel daytime phone number.
ward intently as the conversation picked up pearance on CNN last December as a pas- interviewed some 10,000 randomly selected New York does as a political act. Humaniz-
steam. In no way had he anticipated its im- sionate advocate for the refugees of Syria strangers, posting their photos and capsule ing Syrian refuges at a time when they’re
pact or the avalanche of commentary that and Iraq, and one in particular, identified life narratives on his blog. highly vilified is inherently political.”
followed, much of it echoing or expanding only as Aya. Mr. Stanton wept openly in dis- He is welcomed at times but just as often Mr. Stanton shrugged in acknowledg-
upon his own sentiments. (The Trump cam- cussing her plight with the host, Fareed Za- rebuffed. ment. “When you write about people whose
paign did not respond to a request for com- karia. “It’s impossible to do this job without a lives are infused by politics,” he said, “poli-
ment for this article.) At Starbucks, he projected a similar in- strong sense of humility,” he said. “That’s tics just naturally enters the work.”
It was the sort of validation Mr. Stanton tensity, reddening from time to time, de- what it takes to be able to intensely listen as In interviewing inmates of the Federal
said he has never chased. scribing his work with a missionary zeal. He if each person’s viewpoint was as valid as Correctional Institution in Cumberland,
“I’m not an activist,” he said. “But in grasped this reporter’s arm repeatedly to your own.” Md., he strove to maintain his detachment.
keeping silent about a moral problem, I be- hammer home a point, and from time to He interjected, with a kind of perverse At the time, “I never brought up issues re-
gan to feel a lot of guilt.” time clamped a hand over hers, lest she pride, “I’m the only person with a New York lated to the criminal justice system,” Mr.
Indeed, his post was strikingly at odds somehow misinterpret him. Times best seller that gets treated in the Stanton said. “They came up in conversa-
with his customary posture as all-but-in- “I think there was a power in speaking di- street like a homeless person every single tion just the same.”
visible observer. rectly to Donald Trump, rather than writing day.” He said he hoped eventually to return to
“On the blog I use very few words and no a think piece about him, ” Mr. Stanton said. The transition from faceless chronicler of his role as a somewhat inconspicuous out-
photos of myself,” said Mr. Stanton, who “It also gave people who I think feel very ordinary lives has been, from his perspec- sider.
draws his income from book sales and strongly about him a chance to speak di- tive, gradual and all but imperceptible. “Politics became my life for two days,” he
speaking engagements, and says he has rectly to him.” His political engagement became appar- said. “I’m trying to get down from that as
turned down millions of dollars in online ad- His decision arrived by degrees. In the ent to some when Mr. Stanton first visited soon as possible, so I can focus on my day-
vertising. “I don’t want to rent out the influ- half-dozen years since he left his job as a fi- the Middle East. to-day work.”
ence of ‘Humans of New York’ to any third nancial trader in Chicago (not quite volun- “I find it fascinating when people state He may or may not continue to monitor
party.” tarily, as he has made clear in past inter- that they ‘try not to be political,’ ” wrote Mr. Trump.
Still, he’s not a complete stranger to the views) to take up his camera on the streets Mike Riverso, a Canadian, on Twitter. “I’ve “Let’s see what happens,” Mr. Stanton
his open letter to Donald J. Trump. camera. Viewers may have caught his ap- of Manhattan, Mr. Stanton has snapped and always seen everything that Humans of said.
DAY OUT WITH

SALLY FIELD
AN RONG XU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sally Field at the Whitney Museum this month.
Interactive Installation?
She’s Living in One
At 69, the actress talks downtown theater on Ludlow
Street.
about fame, younger Among the guests were Mi-
men and her new film. chael Showalter, the film’s direc-
tor, and cast members, including
By RUTH LA FERLA Natasha Lyonne and Tyne Daily,
as well as Paul Rudd, Emily Morti-
If Sally Field nursed a hope of
mer and the columnist Cindy Ad-
dodging notice at the Whitney
ams, who flaunted her trademark
Museum of American Art this
beehive as she interviewed Ms.
month, that hope was crushed
Field in a dim corner, scribbling
when she stretched her 5-foot-3-
old-school style in a reporter’s
inch frame on an outsize ban-
notebook.
quette, its cushioned surface an
As the film’s title character, an
apparent invitation to relax.
endearing if slightly unhinged ac-
It was no such thing, as Ms.
countant in her 60s, Ms. Field
Field soon discovered. The outline
finds herself lusting obsessively
of her body had left a thermal im-
over a handsome co-worker
pression captured in Day-Glo
decades her junior. Left mostly to
green on a nearby video screen,
her own devices after her mother
part of an interactive installation
dies, she is surprised to discover
exploring mass surveillance by
an engagingly eccentric, adven-
the artist and filmmaker Laura
turous side.
Poitras.
Not only is Doris capable of en-
“This is seriously disturbing,”
tertaining humid fantasies about
Ms. Field murmured and moved
a much younger man, but of ven-
on. She was pretty well camou-
turing into uncharted terrain, pos-
flaged for her outing in a well-
ing for rock album covers and
worn plaid J. Crew shirt and Bot-
dancing at subterranean clubs
tega Veneta black leather jacket,
garbed in a garish caution-yellow
her garb a kind of youthfully un-
jumpsuit.
derstated urban armor.
Doris’s exotic escapade is “part
Ms. Field, who first captivated a
of becoming new, of coming-of-
mass TV audience in the 1960s in
age,” Ms. Field said. “But it’s hard
“The Flying Nun,” has been long
to be new and awkward and to
accustomed to a kind of informal
open up to your vulnerabilities.”
surveillance. Blithely ignoring the
At 69, she can relate. “I’m mov-
gapes of passers-by, she headed
ing on to the newest stage of my
toward the museum terrace, a fa-
life, my 70s,” she said gamely.
vorite retreat of the actress, who
“There are things waiting for me
routinely shuttles between her
that I couldn’t have found without
homes in Los Angeles and New
getting here.”
York.
Including the Harold-and-
And a refuge as well from pry-
Maude scenario suggested by
ing eyes. What do all those
Doris? Not out of the question, it
strangers make of her?
seems.
“I can’t tell,” Ms. Field said
Ms. Field, who has been mar-
evenly. “They don’t treat me like a
ried twice and had a much chroni-
human being. They’re giving me
cled long-term relationship with
different energy than if I had just
Burt Reynolds, said on “The Ellen
been some older woman sitting
DeGeneres Show” recently that
next to them on a bus or riding in
she wouldn’t object to acquiring a
an elevator.”
boy toy.
Her fame, she said, has left her a
“If he wants to step forward and
bit conflicted. “I’ve known some
say ‘How about me,’ I will judge
form of being celebrity my entire
the situation from that,” she said.
life,” said Ms. Field, who was the
She returned to the topic the
gamine surfer Gidget on the TV
other day at the Whitney. “Sex is
show of that name at 18. “But I still
in everybody’s relationships with
want to go to the market and have
everybody,” Ms. Field said, hop-
my little old lady cart behind me.”

ping good-naturedly onto her
During such routine excur-
soapbox. “It underlines human
sions, “I put blinders on,” she said.
beings. It’s part of a package, no
“I don’t want people to see me, or
matter where in life you are or
to not see me.”
who you’re with.”
All eyes were on her earlier that
“Sure, society sees as part of
week when Ms. Field stepped
that package being very, very
elastically from her car to attend
young and very, very thin,” she
the premiere of “Hello, My Name
added. “But I don’t think there is
Is Doris,” hosted by the Cinema
an expiration date, like on a carton
Society at the Metrograph, a new
of milk.”
FIRST PERSON TABLE FOR THREE PHILIP GALANES
Choosing a Purposeful Path

der to cynicism or feeling overwhelmed.
SS: It’s amazing that some of these guys,
who made a mistake when they were 16, are
getting out now. They’re telling their stories
in documentaries and articles. Boys who
learned to shave in prison. Because when
you take a person and turn him into a con-
cept, be it “the incarcerated” or “the
refugee” or whatever, you’re denying his
humanity. And that’s an act of violence.
These are people, just like us.
PG: Can we take a stab at “political correct-
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ness,” a popular topic lately? The idea that
people feel inhibited from saying what they
Cubans lined Havana streets last week in hopes of seeing President Obama. think because it’s not socially acceptable. Is
it better to have the ugly thing out in the
The Hope Lingers open?

SS: Give me an example.
PG: When I was in school, I was almost re-
After Obama Leaves lieved when someone called me a “fag.” I

mean, I hated it, but I knew exactly where
we stood.
An American student al discussions became more in-
tense with Mr. Obama’s visit ap-
SS: But that’s just normalizing hatred.
PG: But the hatred is already there. It’s not
gets a real-life lesson in proaching. going away because they’re not saying it.
U.S.-Cuba relations. “How do you pay for college if it
is not free?” a Cuban student SS: Words are powerful. And whether we’re
would inquire, shocked to learn of talking about kids in school or people run-
By FLORENCE RIVKIN
the student debt many of us were ning for president, slurs affect not only the
HAVANA — On Monday, the first incurring for a higher education. person they’re aimed at, but also the person
full day of President Obama’s his- On the day of his actual visit, saying them and the people who hear them.
toric visit to Cuba, the professor of hearing my national anthem When you had Trump being laughed at for
my class on Cuba-United States blasting across one of the most making fun of people at rallies — and not
relations wheeled a TV into our significant revolutionary places in
classroom in the José Martí build- Cuba solicited a strange feeling of
ing at the University of Havana,
‘I’m lucky to be in a business that’s
overwhelming pride in my coun-
the set looking like it dated from try, and complete disbelief that almost forced compassion. I get to
the 1970s. this was actually happening in the show you that you can identify with
“This is too big a deal for us to one I was visiting. As my profes- someone you never thought you’d be
miss for class,” she said in Span- sor sat staring at the television able to feel for.’
ish, turning on the old machine. screen in her own astonishment, I SUSAN SARANDON
Within seconds, a fuzzy screen lit looked around at my handful of
up showing the image of Mr. American peers, and we knew PHOTOGRAPHS BY MALIN FEZEHAI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Obama. He was in La Plaza de la what we had to do. Both Susan Sarandon and Cory Booker believe in speaking out against injustices.
Revolución, and the American na- We decided to Obama chase. ‘I reject the idea that the guy who
tional anthem was playing. We ran to the main street, comes out of Yale and goes to work
We had been waiting for this caught a taxi speeding by and in the projects in Newark is good,
day for weeks. piled in. The driver immediately and the guy who goes to work for a
In February, when the presi- knew what we wanted.
dent made the surprise announce- As was expected, after trying
white-shoe law firm is bad.’
ment that he planned to make an CORY BOOKER
three different routes, we got no-
official visit to Cuba, the first sit- where close to the president,
ting president to do so since though we did get a brief glimpse
Calvin Coolidge, Havana was in of the tail end of his motorcade in being called on it for months — I blame our
shock. No one could believe that Old Havana, the shiny black mod- corporate media for a lot of that. It should
the visit was happening, and ev- ern cars a sharp contrast to the have been talked about.
eryone wanted to talk about what vintage vehicles that typically CB: There are always going to be people with
it signified. travel the city roads. hateful words in their mouths, and worse.
And I, as an American college Finally defeated, we retreated Between 20 and 30 transgender Americans
student spending a semester to the house we are staying in to were killed last year for who they were. We
abroad in Cuba, was a natural per- watch his news conference with
had a church in South Carolina where some-
son to ask. President Raúl Castro on our own
one walked in to kill black people
The normally taciturn taxi driv- fuzzy TV. We were riveted, as
ers in their 1950s cars suddenly specifically. But what concerns me more are
were the Cubans working in the
were eager to discuss everything all the good people who sit silent in the face
house.
concerning Mr. Obama and of what’s going on. We all have a choice. We
Although Mr. Obama’s speech
United States-Cuba relations: was dubbed into very fast Spanish can do nothing and accept things as they
“What do you think of the embar- and ended with an incredibly awk- are, or we can stand up and take responsi-
go?” “How should we deal with ward handshake with Mr. Castro, bility for changing them.
Guantanamo?” “Socialism verses we felt pretty content with what SS: “Politically correct” is almost as good an
capitalism?” “What do you we had seen. expression as “right to life.” There’s nothing
think?” But many of our Cuban friends political about hatred, and there’s nothing
This city itself was going wanted more — some fearful that correct about it, either. We need to have a
through a rapid transformation the president’s visit might “legiti- dialogue about where the hatred comes
that was impossible to miss. mize” the Castro regime, others from.
Within days of the announce- arguing it was hypocritical of Mr. CB: To me, being silent in the face of injustice
ment, scaffolding appeared across Obama to speak of democracy and is the greatest threat we have.
the city. Sidewalks, previously human rights when the United
PG: O.K., last question: As you may know,
crumbling, were suddenly being States had so many of its own is-
Susan is the co-founder of Spin, a Ping-Pong
efficiently resurfaced. In short, sues.
club in New York City and elsewhere.
Havana was being Obama-fied. Waking up Wednesday, know-
The landscape was not the only ing Mr. Obama had left, I still felt CB: What?
thing changing. Although debates happy. Not only was I pumped SS: You have to come. It’s fun.
over capitalism versus socialism that my morning commute would PG: But in a matchup with Cory, without a
occur on a daily basis between us no longer take triple the time be- cast on your foot, would you beat him?
and the Cuban students, our casu- cause of cleanup construction and
SS: Probably not.
presidential motorcades, but I
Florence Rivkin is a junior at the also believed that the impact of CB: You sure?
University of Michigan. this visit was just beginning. SS: Maybe if we drank some tequila first.
Evening Hours
Bill Cunningham
March 10: The Young Fellows Ball was held in the Gilded Age rooms and galleries of the Henry Clay Frick House,
which is now a museum. For this night, it became a fantasy world of ravishingly dressed young women in gowns
borrowed from the archives of CAROLINA HERRERA (1, lower right corner), who sponsors the party and shows her
collections in the garden court twice a year because of the elegance of the setting. The young guests viewed the
Frick collection and its current exhibition, which features portraits of European aristocrats by Anthony van Dyck.
March 20: The annual Macy’s

Flower Show, which features
American landmarks this year,
had its opening. The highlights
of the show are the Broadway
windows and the first floor. The
show will run through April 3.
6. Visitors were greeted by a
replica of the torch of the Statue
2 3 of Liberty made entirely of 8
flowers. 7. One of the March 21: Castle Connolly handed out the National
March 18: The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare had an awards dinner at installations: a covered bridge.
the Rainbow Room. 2. From left, BARBARA and DONALD JONAS, the co-founders who sold a 6 Physician of the Year Awards. 8. From left, DR. SUZANNE
OPARIL, DR. EVA FELDMAN and DR. WILLIAM CATALONA,
portion of their art collection to establish the organization; DR. STANLEY CHANG; and LT. GEN.
honorees. 9. DR. W. GERALD AUSTEN, left, and DR. RICHARD
PATRICIA HOROHO, retired. 3. From left, WENDY LEHMAN LASH, LORRAINE FRAZIER and SYDNEY
O’REILLY. 10. DR. JOHN CONNOLLY, left, and JOHN CASTLE,
HAFFKINE. 4. DR. GEORGE CIOFFI, left, and DR. LEE GOLDMAN. 5. From left, LESTER MORSE, LAURA
founders.
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LINNEA SANDERSON and ROBERT DAVIDSON
A Leap That Required Two Trips Down the Aisle

By BETH JONES
shire. And soon, the couple began spending
every weekend together, sometimes at the
As a child, Linnea Sanderson always had a lake, where they fished and cooked togeth-
basketball in her hand. When at age 14, her er.
steady rise as a player was cut short by a While cooking, Dr. Davidson revealed his
serious back injury suffered during a meticulous nature. Ms. Sanderson said,
pickup game, she bounced back, becoming “The first time my mother met him, she was
a competitive tennis player and swimmer. struck by the uniformity of his vegetable
Ms. Sanderson is also said to be a crack cutting, saying she thought the squash and
fisherwoman. As with so many of her other carrots looked machine-chopped.”
activities, she is typically good at it without Everywhere they went, including regular
seeming to try hard. visits to Rhode Island and New York, they
“She’s one of those people who are lucky doted on Ms. Sanderson’s rescued terrier,
to be born athletic, and persistent,” said her Penny. “Penny is the center of her uni-
mother, Helena Sanderson of Nashua, N.H. verse,” said Patricia Lomando, Ms. Sand-
“I’ve told her I hope she lives long enough to erson’s friend since seventh grade. “I knew
use all of the God-given gifts.” Rob was the one for Linnea when she sent
A stable relationship was one thing that me a photo of Rob napping on the bed with
Linnea Sanderson, now 32 and a third-year Penny tucked under his arm.”
medical student at Brown in Providence, David Watts, Dr. Davidson’s friend from
R.I., had not excelled at. During the years graduate school, said: “He started making
she spent living and working as a high decisions and sacrifices I’d never seen be-
school teacher in Manhattan, she had spent fore. He became generous with his time,
plenty of time dating, but nothing endured. thoughtful about his career and more care-
“In New York, there were fantastically in- ful as a listener. He felt strongly enough
teresting and attractive men around every about Linnea to buy a condominium in
Providence so she would have a safe place
to live.”
A can-do bride finds love It was on the basketball court that Ms.
online and later across Sanderson most surprised Dr. Davidson’s
the miles. friends. She could “execute an up-and-un-
der move that could result in a college-level
basketball player looking quite foolish,” Dr.
corner,” she said. “But the relationships Davidson said with pride.
were always so fast and fleeting.” “I’m not someone who loses well or easi-
Then she looked farther afield. ly,” he said. “But Linnea is naturally good at
It was late and cold on Feb. 23, 2013, when a lot of things I pride myself at being good
Ms. Sanderson finished celebrating her at, so I have to learn the lesson of humility.
29th birthday with friends in the Morning- PHOTOGRAPHS BY KIERAN KESNER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES She can play competitively at just about any
side Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. sport you want to try to pick up: Ping-Pong,
She had trudged toward her studio apart- ON THIS DAY croquet, darts, pool. However, she really
ment on West 109th Street and run into an takes tremendous pride in none of it. She’s
When Feb. 29, 2016 much more proud of her artistic abilities
old flame on the wintry street. They de- .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
toured to a bar, where the former lovers Where Annisquam Village
and of attaining knowledge and mostly of
shared a few drinks, and nothing more than the relationships she’s built.”
Church, Gloucester, Mass.
a kiss. She arrived home in the wee hours of .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A year after they began dating, Dr. Da-
the morning, tired and alone. Details The bride, who insisted vidson surprised her with a marriage pro-
Before turning off the lights, she logged on getting married on Leap Day, posal at exactly 2:23 p.m. — just as she was
on to OkCupid and decided to look for men stepping off the Boston train to meet him.
which fell on a Monday —
in New Hampshire, where she had grown The couple had wanted to wed before
inconvenient timing for their their friends and family at the Annisquam
up. She knew it to be a place where life and friends and family — had a
relationships may not be so hurried. Village Church in Gloucester, Mass., on
religious ceremony on Jan. 2 in Leap Day, Feb. 29, “because it’s magical,
She soon found a profile for Robert Da-
vidson. “He seemed outdoorsy and also in- the same church. The church’s with physics, astronomy, time and history
telligent,” she said, “and I knew that if he organ was designed and built by melting together to give the world a bonus
lived on 109th Street, we’d probably already a direct descendant of John day,” Ms. Sanderson said.
be dating.” Adams. For both events, Ms. But because it fell on a Monday, “it didn’t
Dr. Davidson’s profile indicated that he Sanderson wore a silk bias-cut work with my school schedule, or anyone
lived in New Hampshire, 223 miles to the else’s work schedules,” she said.
dress with a Swarovski crystal
north. As a woman who appreciated math Instead, on Jan. 2, the groom and grooms-
belt, cowl neck and a drop back men began the day with a polar plunge be-
and symmetry, the fact that his distance
with train. Like her owner, fore the nonbinding ceremony at the
matched her birthday seemed a plus. She
sent a message that said only, “Isn’t it a co- Penny, the bride’s rescue dog, church. A reception for 135 followed at
incidence that we live 223 miles apart?” repeated the walk down the Cruiseport, a large event space in Glouce-
At the time, Dr. Davidson couldn’t fathom aisle. ster.
the significance, numerical or otherwise. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “We wanted to celebrate with friends and
Faith in Leaps “I’ve always family during the holidays when I had a
“I messaged her back and our conversa- Top, Linnea Sanderson and Robert Davidson, with the terrier Penny, before the wedding. Helena
tion was definitely interesting,” said Dr. Da- loved Leap Day,” the bride said. break from school and our guests could
Sanderson, the bride’s mother, left. Above, ringing the church bell after being married. spend a long weekend,” she said.
vidson, 42, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics “I think we’ll have a really big
from Duke and works as a principal scien- party every four years. Many Nevertheless, he said, they remained
tist at Avitide, a firm in Lebanon, N.H., that On the appointed night, they looked Before the date, Sean Love, a medical couples almost forget their committed to “legally solemnize on Leap
purifies pharmaceuticals. “She seemed across a chilly Boston Harbor as lightning school colleague of Ms. Sanderson’s and a Day.” Besides the wedding couple, in at-
anniversaries and say, ‘Here’s a
kindhearted with absurd humor, but the dis- darted across the sky and a stream of devotee of “The Millionaire Matchmaker,” tendance were the Rev. Deirdre Greenwood
planes took off from Logan Airport. Ms. offered advice about finding Mr. Right. “I in- card.’ But every four years calls
tance just seemed too far,” he said. “And she White, the Presbyterian minister who had
Sanderson, who has an abiding interest in sisted she stick to one of my cardinal rules for a big celebration.” led the earlier ceremony; the bride’s
didn’t have a car. I eventually decided it just
wasn’t worth my time replying.” aeronautic design, surprised him with her on their first date, no more than two drinks mother and younger brother Jeff; and
Things changed a year later when OkCu- ability to identify the model of every plane. and no getting physical,” he said. “Faithful Penny, the bride’s dog, who, like her owner,
pid’s location algorithm let him know that After dinner, he offered to drive her back Linnea adhered to this.” walked down the aisle for the second time.
Ms. Sanderson had moved to Providence, to Providence so she wouldn’t have to rush More than once, Dr. Davidson took a After they exchanged their vows, the
150 miles away. He sent a note asking how to the last train. “She was so striking, but a chance and drove three hours to Provi- doubly married couple rang the church’s old
she was doing in medical school. And al- total nerd,” he said. “She knew all about cy- dence just to see if she could squeeze in brass bell to announce their wedding. Ms.
though she didn’t remember him, after pe- tokines and seemed obsessed with airplane brunch with him. “At first I wasn’t sure if it Sanderson, wearing her silk bias-cut wed-
rusing his profile again, she agreed to take a mechanics and engineering. I’d never been was creepy or not,” she said. ding gown for the second time, announced,
train and meet him for a January dinner in to Providence and thought it was as good a Eventually, Ms. Sanderson spent a week- “We’re going to get married again on April
Boston. time as any to get to know Rhode Island’s end at Dr. Davidson’s house on the shore of Fools’ Day, because as long as the dress fits,
capital.” Mascoma Lake, in western New Hamp- I want to get married monthly.”
WEDDINGS
Julie Dennis-Litinger, Ann Henstrand,

David Warren Stephen Broadie
. ................................................................................ . ................................................................................
Julie Victoria Dennis-Litinger and Da- Ann Mary Henstrand and Stephen
vid Wertheimer Warren were married William Broadie were married on March
on March 26 at 1 Hotel South Beach in 26 in Danville, Calif. John Henstrand, the
Miami Beach. Rabbi Gary Glickstein of- bride’s brother, who became a Universal
TRACEY BUYCE ficiated. Life minister for the occasion, officiated ELI ELIJADI - CADENCE & ELI PHOTOGRAPHY
Mrs. Warren, 30, is a national account at Swain House, a community center in

Rebecca Corwin, manager focusing on travel partner- Jessica Rosenthal, Hap Magee Park. Nathan Soland,
Jared Mesznik ships for Celebrity Cruises in Miami. Jonathan Amoona The bride, 56, manages the growth of Joseph Wehri
She graduated from the University of international membership for the Soci-
. ................................................................................
Michigan. . ................................................................................ ety of Actuaries, an organization of finan- . ................................................................................
Dr. Rebecca Allyn Corwin and Jared Gil She is a daughter of Renee D. Litinger Jessica Morgan Rosenthal, the daughter cial-risk professionals in Schaumburg, Nathan Bruce Soland and Joseph Carl
Mesznik were married March 26 at the and Bruce H. Litinger of Short Hills, N.J. of Faith S. Rosenthal and Lewis Rosen- Ill. She graduated from the University of Wehri were married March 26 at Aria, an
Tribeca Rooftop, an event space in New Mr. Warren, 31, is a recruiter of finan- thal of Hewlett Harbor, N.Y., was married California, Santa Barbara, and received event space in Minneapolis. Cristina Ri-
York. Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove officiated. cial personnel in the Miami office of March 26 to Jonathan Joseph Amoona, a master’s degree in international affairs vard, a friend of the couple who became a
The bride, 30, will continue to use her Robert Half International, the Menlo the son of Naomi B. Usdan of Woods- from Columbia. Universal Life minister for the event, of-
name professionally. She is a fellow in Park, Calif.-based firm. He graduated burgh, N.Y. Rabbi Lev Herrnson officiat- She is the daughter of Marion L. Hen- ficiated.
neonatal and perinatal medicine at from Tufts. ed at the Pine Hollow Country Club in strand of Alamo, Calif., and the late Verle Mr. Soland (left), 34, is the director of
Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She East Norwich, N.Y. C. Henstrand. The bride’s mother retired development and fund-raising for the
He is the son of Lisa G. Warren and
graduated from Williams College in Wil- Mrs. Amoona, 25, is pursuing a Master as a sales associate at the Macy’s store in Hennepin Theatre Trust in Minneapolis.
Robert N. Warren of Miami Beach. of Science in physician assistant studies
liamstown, Mass., and received a medi- Walnut Creek, Calif. The bride’s father He graduated from St. Olaf College in
The couple met in January 2010 at Pace University. She graduated with was the dean of students at Diablo Valley
cal degree at the Sackler School of Medi- through a mutual friend at a birthday Northfield, Minn.
high distinction from Penn State Univer- College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. He is a son of Cheryl A. Hanson and
cine at Tel Aviv University in Israel. party in New York. sity. The groom, 63, is a lawyer and vice Bruce W. Soland, both of Vergas, Minn.
She is the daughter of Anne P. Corwin Her parents own and manage mixed- president of the Property Casualty His mother is a vice president who han-
and Paul M. Corwin of New York. The use and residential properties in Manhat- Insurers Association of America in Chi- dles insurance matters at the Vergas
bride’s father is a partner in the New ONLINE: MAKING SENSE OF DIVORCE

tan and Brooklyn. Her mother is also an cago, for whom he represents member State Bank. His father, who is retired,
York law firm Goldberg Corwin. Her Unhitched, a column appearing in the owner of Coterie Interiors, a design firm
Vows pages, tells the story of a relationship, insurance companies before govern- worked in technical support at Arvig, a
mother is an independent human re- in Hewlett Harbor. ment regulatory agencies and legisla-
from romance to marriage to divorce to life telecommunications company in Pelican
sources management consultant in New Mr. Amoona, 31, is an associate in the tures. He graduated from Wheaton
afterward. Rapids, Calif.
York. sports practice at the law firm Winston & College in Wheaton, Ill., received a law
Strawn in Manhattan. He graduated Mr. Wehri, 32, works at the Target Cor-
The groom, 33, is a managing director, We are interested in couples of all ages and degree from the University of Southern
magna cum laude from Cornell and re- poration as a senior consultant and exec-
specializing in the trading of bonds, at backgrounds. California and also holds a Master of
ceived a law degree cum laude from utive leadership-development coach in
Morgan Stanley in New York. He gradu-
The column allows both of the former spouses Laws degree in taxation from George Minneapolis. He graduated from the
ated from Brown. Georgetown.
to discuss how their lives have changed and Washington University. University of Michigan and received a
He is a son of Lynne G. Mesznik and In the 1990s, his mother was in charge
what they have learned. of sales at Mrs. Adler’s Gefilte Fish, a fam- He is a son of the late Helen Broadie leadership-coaching certificate from
Joel R. Mesznik of Miami. The groom’s and the late William R. Broadie, who Georgetown.
father is an independent financial con- Did the divorce represent a failure or a ily-run business begun by the groom’s
maternal great-grandparents, Hanna and lived in Granger, Iowa. The groom’s He is a son of Marleen K. Wehri and Dr.
sultant there. healthy restart? Was it bitter or amicable?
Joseph Adler, in the early 1900s, and then mother was a secretary at The Des Carl S. Wehri of Delphos, Ohio. His
The couple’s introduction didn’t ex- Are there things that could have been done to sold to Rokeach, now owned by the Mani- Moine Register. His father was a sales- mother owns the Personal Wellness Day
actly provide a love-at-first-sight mo- save the marriage or make divorcing easier? schewitz Company. The groom’s mother man for Roxane Laboratories, a pharma- Spa in Lima, Ohio. His father is a family
ment. Mr. Mesznik, a friend of Dr. Cor- also does fund-raising for Child Abuse ceuticals company in Chicago. physician in private practice in Delphos.
If you and your ex are willing to be
win’s brother, was at a sleepover at the interviewed, please go to the online form: Prevention Services in Roslyn, N.Y. The bride and groom, whose previous The couple met in December 2013,
Corwin house. She was 7 years old at the The couple met in 2012 at a Memorial two marriages ended in divorce, met at when Mr. Soland was also working in the
time and he was 9. nytimes.com/weddings Day gathering. an insurance conference in 1992. corporate offices of Target.
Vows
Tinder’s Dating Pool Isn’t All Shallow

The article set off a firestorm on the Twit-
tersphere, with Tinder going on the defense
— at one point tweeting out 30 responses in
just a few minutes. Tinder acknowledged
that some users just want to hook up, but
said that a vast majority were looking for
meaningful connections
Tinder users can swipe right if they think
someone is attractive, or swipe left if they
don’t. And if the right-swiped person ap-
proves, then the duo has the ability to mes-
sage, and perhaps get to know each other.
There’s no lengthy profile. On Tinder, us-
ers see nothing but a photo, a short tagline,
someone’s profession and perhaps an alma
mater. It’s why the app is sometimes called
shallow: You’re pretty much judging some-
one on their picture alone.
But despite its critics, the app has cata-
pulted to the top of the dating scene in
places around the country, from Miami to
Manhattan, thanks to its ease of use. You
sign up, you swipe, you maybe land a date.
And what may surprise some cynics is
that Tinder is also landing spouses for more
than a few of its users, including a number
who have been featured in the Vows section
of The New York Times.
“Three years ago, Tinder was considered
a hookup app,” said Julie Spira, an online
and mobile dating coach based in Los Ange-
les, who advises her clients to go on three
dating sites, including Tinder, if they’re seri- PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANN MARIE COLLINS (ABOVE AND ABOVE RIGHT); BLUE ELEPHANT PHOTOGRAPHY (INSTAGRAM WEDDING PHOTO)
ous about meeting someone. “Now people
are joining Tinder because it’s efficient and
easy to use, and everyone seems to be on it.” Above: Slice left or right? The hours.”
Thanks to Tinder’s lowbrow reputation, wedding cake for Shana “I think Tinder is what you make of it,”
some couples have lied to friends and fam- Claudio and Ken Andrews (who said Mr. Schleicher, 25. Sure, there are peo-
ily members about how they met. Mrs. An- are shown at right) had a ple looking for casual sex, he said, but then
drews admits that she and her husband told Tinder theme. Left: Eric and there are people who really want to meet
people they met at a bar when they first Caitlin Schleicher in the someone. “You just have to sift through,” he
started dating. “We worried they wouldn’t Instagram post that he created. said.
take us as seriously,” she said. He’d go out of his way to seem normal
Janie Egan, a 21-year-old living in Salt when he approached women on the app,
Lake City, met her husband, Chris George, knowing that many of them were hurled in-
on Tinder as a freshman at the University of sulting pickup lines like, “Do you have any
Utah. Her parents had forbidden her to use bikini shots?” His opening line was always
the dating app, but she thought it was fun; plain vanilla: Hey, how are you?
Mr. George, 29, was the second guy she met Mr. Cosgrove thinks of Tinder as an ice-
on the app. breaker, since it can ease the stress of ap-
When she took Mr. George, who works in proaching a woman. “If I saw my wife in a
advertising, to a college basketball game bar, I would have been too intimidated to ap-
with her parents, her father asked him, proach her,” he said. Knowing that she had
“You’re not one of those Tinder boys, are already swiped right reassured him that
you?” Mr. George shook his head no. (They she found him attractive, which he said
came clean a few weeks later, and it became gave him more confidence on their first
a running joke that Mr. George had lied to date.
his father-in-law the first time they met.) Aimee Denaro, a real estate broker who
a bit awkward later.” ing on Tinder. I’m a smart, educated girl
Still, the app has become so popular that lives in the East Village, never thought
Mr. Cosgrove and Ms. Honowitz went out from a great family. Jason is, too.”
couples are shedding some of the shame she’d meet a husband on Tinder in 2013. “I
for sushi for their first date. They clicked. “And we’re having a tinderbaby,” Mr. Cos- had tried Match.com and eHarmony, but I
associated with meeting on it. Many are
“You just know if it’s going to work after one grove announced proudly. never found any normal guys there,” she
proudly incorporating Tinder into their en-
date,” she said. “And it did.” In 2015, Eric Schleicher posted a wedding said.
gagement or wedding ceremonies. A
spokesman for Tinder said that the com- Mr. Cosgrove, 38, decided to propose us- photo of himself and his new wife, Caitlin, on Ms. Denaro signed up for a Tinder ac-
pany has received wedding invitations via ing Tinder messages while sitting with Ms. Instagram with an attention-grabbing count at the same time as her best friend,
email and regular mail, and that Sean Rad, Honowitz on a bench in Central Park during “Straight Outta Tinder” graphic stamped on and they’d both scroll through the guys, like
the chief executive, and other members of a trip to New York. When he ran into techni- the front. “We #SwipedRight!,” Mr. Schlei- it was a game. They were encouraged. “On
the Tinder team are often asked if they cal difficulties on Tinder (they couldn’t get cher, the marketing manager for events at Tinder, I felt like I’d found a larger pool of
would like to attend. their profiles to “match” in a different city), the BOK Center arena in Tulsa, Okla., cap- guys, guys I would have been friends with,”
One couple were engaged using Tinder he sent his “Tinder message” via text, ex- tioned the photo. she said. (There were definitely creepers,
messages. Rachael Honowitz, 35, lived in cerpted here: “Here we are. Back in the He’s one of hundreds who have posted to too, like the guy who asked if she liked mas-
Manhattan for 12 years, working as an event place where it all began — a little app inside the hashtag. “People are always surprised sages, or the one who asked her to describe
planner for People magazine, before decid- your phone. But things have changed a bit when I tell them how we met,” he said. “I her feet.)
ing to move to Los Angeles in 2014. She since we first met here . . . I suppose after thought this was a fun way of sharing it.” When she met Rob Becker, she had an in-
moved with the hope that men on the West saying some sweet stuff to a girl on Tinder, it Mr. Schleicher joined Tinder in the fall of stant crush, but she didn’t take him seri-
Coast weren’t as noncommittal as the ones would be time to ask her out. . . . But I’ve got 2013, shortly after moving to Dallas. He ously at first. “I had written him off, think-
she met in New York. another question instead.” wasn’t looking for a hookup (he says that’s ing ‘Come on, I’m not really going to meet
She met her husband, Jason Cosgrove, a Ms. Honowitz put the phone down; Mr. not his thing). He just wanted to get to know my husband on Tinder,’” she said. But he
digital media executive who was growing Cosgrove got down on one knee and pro- people. was exactly her type, and they were en-
tired of the online dating scene, on Tinder posed. He met Ms. Schleicher at 11 p.m. at a bar gaged a year later. He gave her a T-shirt
six weeks later. “I was embarrassed by how we met at called Three Sheets for their first date; it that night: “Yeah, we met on Tinder,” it
“I was probably chatting with 10 guys at first and didn’t tell people, but now I see it as was her idea. “Looking back, the late time read.
the time,” said Ms. Honowitz, who now runs my civic duty to let people know,” said Ms. could have given him the wrong impres- And Ms. Denaro’s best friend? She was
a company that prepares gift bags for Honowitz, who agreed to let Tinder post sion,” said Ms. Schleicher, a labor and deliv- engaged a month later to one of her Tinder
award shows and celebrities. “I was even their love story on the “success stories” part ery nurse, “But he wasn’t in a rush that beaus as well. Says Ms. Denaro: “We were
talking to one of his best friends, which was of their website. “There’s no shame in meet- night, about anything. We just talked for in each other’s bridal parties.”
Vows
FIELD NOTES
13 Questions to Ask Before the Wedding

whether he or she expects you to keep your
To ensure a good fit with your resources separate, said Frederick Hertz, a
partner, talk now, especially if divorce lawyer. Disclosing debts is very im-
portant. Equally, if there is a serious dis-
the subject is touchy. crepancy between your income and your
partner’s, Dr. Scuka recommended creating
By ELEANOR STANFORD a basic budget according to proportional in-
When it comes to marriage, what you don’t comes. Many couples fail to discuss sharing
know really can hurt you. finances, though it is crucial, he said.
Whether because of shyness, disinterest 10. How far should we take flirting with
or a desire to preserve romantic mystery, other people? Is watching pornography
many couples do not ask each other the dif- O.K.?
ficult questions that can help build the foun- Dr. Klein said couples should discuss their
dation for a stable marriage, according to attitudes about pornography, flirting and
relationship experts. expectations for sexual exclusivity. A cou-
In addition to wanting someone with ple’s agreement on behavior in this area
whom they can raise children and build a most likely will change down the line, he
secure life, those considering marriage now said, but it is good to set the tone early on so
expect their spouses to be both best friend both partners are comfortable discussing it.
and confidant. These romantic-comedy ex- Ideally, sexual exclusivity should be talked
pectations, in part thanks to Hollywood, can about in the same way as other day-to-day
be difficult to live up to. concerns, so that problems can be dealt
Sure, there are plenty of questions cou- with before a partner becomes angry, he
ples can ask of each other early in the rela- said. Dr. Pearson suggested asking your
tionship to help ensure a good fit, but let’s partner outright for his or her views on
face it, most don’t. pornography. Couples are often too scared
“If you don’t deal with an issue before to ask about this early in the relationship,
marriage, you deal with it while you’re mar- but he has frequently seen it become a point
ried,” said Robert Scuka, the executive di- of tension down the line, he said.
rector of the National Institute of Relation-
ship Enhancement. It can be hard to keep 11. What do you admire about me, and what
secrets decade after decade, and reticence are your pet peeves?
before the wedding can lead to disappoint- ILLUSTRATIONS BY JULIA ROTHMAN
Can you imagine the challenges ever out-
ments down the line. weighing the admiration? If so, what would
The following questions, intimate and you do? Anne Klaeysen, a leader of the New
sometimes awkward, are designed to spark York Society for Ethical Culture, said that
honest discussions and give couples a
a couple at risk for divorce and lower mari- 7. Can you handle my doing things without ‘If you don’t deal with couples rarely consider that second ques-
tal quality. (This can be because someone you? Having different friends or hobbies? an issue before
chance to spill secrets before it’s too late. tion. Ideally, marriage is a life commitment,
has more experience with serious Going into marriage, many people hope to
1. Did your family throw plates, calmly dis- breakups or compares a partner unfavor- marriage, you deal with she said, and it’s not enough to just “click
keep their autonomy in certain areas of
cuss issues or silently shut down when dis- ably with past ones.) Raising these issues their life at the same time they are building it while you’re married.’ together,” as many couples describe their
early on can help, Dr. Wilcox said. Dr. Klein relationship. A marriage must go deeper
agreements arose? a partnership with their spouse, according than that original “click.”
A relationship’s success is based on how dif- said people are “hesitant to explicitly talk to Seth Eisenberg, the president of Pairs
ferences are dealt with, said Peter Pearson, about their past” and can feel retroactively (Practical Application of Intimate Relation-
a founder of the Couples Institute. As we are jealous or judgmental. “The only real way ship Skills). This means they may be unwill-
all shaped by our family’s dynamic, he said, to have those conversations in an intimate ing to share hobbies or friends, and this can
this question will give you insight into and productive way and loving way is to lead to tension and feelings of rejection if it
whether your partner will mimic the con- agree to accept that the other person had a isn’t discussed. Couples may also have dif-
flict resolution patterns of his or her parents life before the couple,” he said. ferent expectations as to what “privacy”
or avoid them. 4. Do you know all the ways I say “I love means, added Dr. Klein, and that should be
you”? discussed, too. Dr. Wilcox suggested asking
your partner when he or she most needs to
Gary Chapman’s 1992 book, “The 5 Love
be alone.
Languages,” introduced this means of cat-
egorizing expressions of love to strength- 8. How important is sex to you?
en a marriage. Ms. Martinez hands her Couples today expect to remain sexually
premarriage clients a list of the languages: excited by their spouse, an expectation that
affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, did not exist in the past, according to Mr.
acts of service and physical touch. She Eisenberg. A healthy relationship will in-
asks them to mark their primary and sec- clude discussion of what partners enjoy 12. How important is religion? How will we
ondary languages and what they think is about sex as well as how often they expect
their partner’s, and discuss them. Mr. celebrate religious holidays, if at all?
to have it, Dr. Klein said. If people are look-
Eisenberg said a couple needs to work out ing to experience different things through If two people come from different religious
how to nurture the relationship, in a way sex — pleasure versus feeling young, for ex- backgrounds, is each going to pursue his or
specific to them. ample — some negotiation may be required her own religious affiliation? Dr. Scuka has
to ensure both partners remain satisfied. worked with couples on encouraging hon-
5. Do we like each other’s parents?
2. Will we have children, and if we do, will est discussion around this issue as the exec-
As long as you and your partner present a utive director of the National Institute of
you change diapers?
united front, having a bad relationship Relationship Enhancement. Spouses are
It is important not to just say what you think with your in-laws can be manageable, Dr.
your partner wants to hear, according to especially likely to experience conflict over
Scuka said. But if a spouse is not willing to
Debbie Martinez, a divorce and relationship religious traditions when children are add-
address the issue with his or her parents, it
coach. Before marrying, couples should ed to the mix, according to Dr. Wilcox. The
can bode very poorly for the long-term
honestly discuss if they want children. How health of the relationship, he said. At the couple must ask how the children’s religious
many do they want? At what point do they same time, Dr. Pearson said, considering education will be handled. It is better to
want to have them? And how do they imag- the strengths and weaknesses of your par- have a plan, he said.
ine their roles as parents? Talking about ents can illuminate future patterns of at- 13. How do you see us 10 years from now?
birth-control methods before planning a tachment or distancing in your own rela- Keeping the answer to this question in mind
pregnancy is also important, said Marty tionship. can help a couple deal with current conflict
Klein, a sex and marriage therapist.
6. What’s the most you would be willing to as they work toward their ultimate relation-
3. Will our experiences with our exes help spend on a car, a couch, shoes? ship goals, according to Mr. Eisenberg.
or hinder us? Make sure you are on the same page in Dr. Wilcox said this discussion could also
Bradford Wilcox, the director of the Na- terms of financial caution or recklessness. be an opportunity to raise the question of
tional Marriage Project at the University of Buying a car is a great indicator, according 9. Is my debt your debt? Would you be will- whether the partners will consider divorce
Virginia, pointed to research his organiza- to Mr. Hertz. Couples can also frame this ing to bail me out? if the relationship deteriorates, or whether
tion has sponsored that indicated that hav- question around what they spend reckless It’s important to know how your partner they expect marriage to be for life, come
ing had many serious relationships can put amounts of money on, he said. feels about financial self-sufficiency and what may.
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Vows
WEDDINGS
Talya Bock,
Raphael Cohen
. ................................................................................
Talya Rahel Bock and Raphael Saadya

Cohen are to be married March 27 at
Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud
Torah in Potomac, Md. Rabbi Elie Kaun-
NANCY BOROWICK fer is to perform the ceremony. SARAH MERIANS - SARAH MERIANS PHOTOGRAPHY
The bride, 32, works in Washington as

Sydnie Henkin, a vice president for wealth management Corey Briskin,
Alexander Fogelson advice with Bank of America Merrill Nicholas Maggipinto
Lynch. She received two bachelor’s de-
. ................................................................................ grees, both magna cum laude, one in eco- . ................................................................................
Sydnie Laura Henkin, a daughter of Su- nomic history from Barnard and the Corey Michael Briskin and Nicholas
san L. Henkin and Edward R. Henkin of other in Talmud from the Jewish Theo- James Maggipinto were married March
Amagansett, N.Y., was married March 26 logical Seminary of America in New 26 at the Lighthouse, an event space in
to Alexander Isaac Fogelson, the son of York, from which she also received a New York. United States Representative
Linda B. Fogelson and Stephen L. Fogel- master’s in Jewish education. Kathleen M. Rice, Democrat of New
She is a daughter of Aviva Bock and
son of New York. Rabbi Judith Kempler York, who became a Universal Life min-
Geoffrey Bock of Newton, Mass.
officiated at Il Mercato, an event space in ister for the occasion, officiated.
DENISE GAMBOA The groom, 34, also works in Washing-
New Orleans. The couple met in November. 2011 at
ton, where he is a political scientist spe-
Anna Stetsovskaya, The couple met at Tulane University, cializing in military and national security Brooklyn Law School, from which each
John Hamilton from which they graduated, and where policy at the RAND Corporation, the re- received a law degree.
Mr. Fogelson also received a master’s de- search and policy organization in Santa Mr. Briskin (left), 27, is an assistant
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gree in finance. Monica, Calif. He is also an adjunct as- district attorney in Mineola, N.Y., with
Mrs. Fogelson, 25, is the head sistant professor of security studies at the Nassau County District Attorney's
An Airman’s New Flight Path prekindergarten teacher at the Kaplan

Nursery School of the Sutton Place Syna-
Georgetown, from which he received a
master’s degree in that subject, as well
office, which Ms. Rice oversaw from 2006
to 2014. He graduated from Tufts Univer-
Anna Stetsovskaya and John Wesley Hamilton were married March gogue in New York. She received a dual as a Ph.D. in government. He graduated sity.
26 at the Holman Ranch in Carmel Valley, Calif. Alan C. Schoen, a master’s degree in special and general magna cum laude from Harvard. The He is the son of Deborah W. Briskin
friend of the couple who was appointed a temporary deputy mar- early-childhood education from the Bank groom is also a major in the United and Randall J. Briskin of Westport, Conn.
riage commissioner by Santa Clara County, officiated. Street College of Education. States Army Reserve who is stationed at Mr. Briskin’s mother is a senior vice
The bride, 30, is a product-marketing manager at Alphabet in Mountain View, Her father is the president of Edge Hill Fort Belvoir, Va., on weekends. president for global wealth and invest-
Calif., for Google Fiber, its broadband and television unit. She graduated cum Homes, a residential developer in the He is a son of Judith Cohen and Dr. El- ment management in the Stamford,
Hamptons, Miami and Palm Beach. Her iot Cohen of Silver Spring, Md. Conn., office of the Merrill Lynch unit of
laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received an M.B.A. from Har-
mother is a trustee of Gulliver Schools, a The couple met in 2011 in Washington Bank of America. His father is the vice
vard. She is the daughter of Diana and Vladimir Stetsovsky of Princeton, N.J. through their synagogue, DC Minyan,
Miami-based group of private coeduca- president for leasing at the Feil Organi-
The groom, 31, is studying for a law degree and an M.B.A. at Stanford, from tional day schools. and began dating in September 2014 af- zation, a commercial real estate firm in
which he graduated, and also has a master’s in diplomacy from Norwich Uni- Mr. Fogelson, 26, is a co-founder and ter reconnecting on JDate. New York.
versity. He was an Air Force captain, parting in 2014 after being stationed at the the managing partner of Taste Beauty, a Mr. Maggipinto, 30, is a freelance regu-
R.A.F. station at Mildenhall, England. He is the son of John E. Hamilton of company in New York that develops and latory and litigation strategy consultant
Oklahoma City and the late Pamala V. List, and the stepson of Leonard L. List of sells beauty products. in New York. Until last March he was a
Mount Airy, Md. ABOUT WEDDINGS
Until 2007, his mother was an owner of litigation strategy consultant in the New
The couple met in September 2012, when the England-based captain made a Penny Auntie 5 & 10, a candy and toy The Times’s reports on weddings and cele- York office of the Huron Consulting
surprise entrance at a San Francisco house party and was quickly mobbed by store that was in Chappaqua, N.Y. His fa- brations remain available all week on the Group, a company in Chicago that pro-
the house guests. Ms. Stetsovskaya, wondering about the fuss, soon engaged ther, who is also retired, was the founder Web at nytimes.com/weddings. vides domestic and foreign companies
him in a conversation that was still going strong three hours later. and chief executive of Lotta Luv, a New These reports are based on information with management and operations ad-
She awoke the next day to find that Mr. Hamilton was texting her from an York cosmetics company, now known as from the couples or their families, as verified vice. He graduated cum laude from Tu-
GBG Beauty and part of Li & Fung, the by the Styles staff. This section went to press lane.
airport runway. When he returned to San Francisco the following month, he
Hong Kong trading company. on Friday, and the families were asked to Mr. Maggipinto is the son of Susan
took along Ms. Stetsovskaya to a friend’s wedding. Despite being half a world
notify The Times at (212) 556-1828 if any Maggipinto and James F. Maggipinto of
away, Mr. Hamilton said, “We were determined to try and make it work.” last-minute change required a correction in Wheatley Heights, N.Y. His mother owns
On New Year’s Day, 2013, they got together for a second date at the Rose Section 1. Madison Salon and Spa, hair salon and
Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., where they rooted for Stanford, as its team beat Wis- To submit an announcement for considera-
day spa in Woodbury, N.Y. Mr. Maggipin-
consin. The following year, she became an even bigger Stanford fan when Mr. Everything you need to tion, go to the Web site and follow the posted
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Hamilton re-enrolled at the university. instructions. Information can also be ob-
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PARIS national radio and warned that his country faced a Windows at
After yet another terrorist attack in
W
HEN I moved to Europe 12 years ago, my “credible and imminent” threat of attack. Brussels Airport
Europe, can life return to normal? biggest concern was whether I’d ever
speak decent French. Practically every
The next morning, Islamic State operatives deto-
nated bombs in a departure hall at Brussels Airport, and
after suicide
on one of the city’s main metro lines. The bombs killed at bombings on
American I knew came to visit, many say-
ing they dreamed of living here, too. I didn’t worry much least 31 people and injured about 300 more. Tuesday.
OPINION about far-right political parties, or the European Union. A 47-year-old woman told the French newspaper
I certainly didn’t fret about terrorism. Libération that, after seeing the explosion on the metro,
BY PAMELA DRUCKERMAN That now seems like a long time ago. she closed her eyes and told herself, “This is it, I am in
The author of “Bringing Up Bébé: One American One of the most upsetting facts about the bombings in the attack that we’ve been talking about for months.”
Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting” Brussels on Tuesday was how unsurprising they were. A Belgian friend said that at dinner that night, her 14-
and a contributing opinion writer. One day earlier, Belgium’s interior minister had gone on Continued on Page 6
THE UPSHOT NATE COHN

Trump’s Secret Weapon: Blue-State Voters

WASHINGTON
A surprising show of strength in plain. It’s well established that he fares best among less- Nate Cohn is a
T
HE Republican establishment typically has a de- educated voters. Yet his strongest performance so far Washington
historically Democratic areas.
pendable ally in the primaries: the blue-state Re- wasn’t in Mississippi, where he got 47 percent of the Re- correspondent for
publicans. They’re relatively affluent, well edu- publican vote, but in Massachusetts, a famously liberal The New York
cated, moderate and secular, which usually Obama in 2012, with the exception of John Kasich’s home state, where he won 49 percent of Republican voters. Times.
makes them a natural partner to offset the more populist, state, Ohio. Mr. Trump is expected to win in California and His appeal in historically Democratic areas is a reflec-
religious and conservative outsider candidates who often along the Acela Corridor, which vote in the second half of tion of strength among new Republicans — whether they
rally the party’s Southern base. the primary season. If he eventually gets a majority of be white Southerners or white Roman Catholics and
But this year, blue-state Republicans have abandoned delegates to the Republican convention, it will be because working-class voters in the North who would have had no
the establishment for Donald J. Trump. So far, Mr. Trump of the 15 or so most reliably Democratic states. place in the Republican Party a half-century ago.
has won every primary in a state carried by Barack But Mr. Trump’s blue-state appeal is a little hard to ex- Continued on Page 2
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Christopher Catrambone
mary voters, either — they may not even tendance, like Western Michigan or
From Page 1 consider themselves Republicans. Mr. Utah. When he draws voters who are Christopher
Mr. Trump’s strength among those Trump fares best among people who both working class and less religious — Catrambone is an in-
voters, who decades ago represented the identify as Republicans but nonetheless as in Massachusetts — he can really run surance magnate
base of the Democratic Party, helps ex- remain registered Democrats or have a up the score. with who has used
plain the resilience of his candidacy. It’s history of voting in Democratic prima- Another important factor is race. So his personal wealth
no surprise that they are not offended by ries — a legacy of their previous political far, there has been a strong relationship to found the Migrant
his unorthodox policy views, like his em- allegiances — according to data from between Mr. Trump’s share of the vote by Offshore Aid Sta-
brace of entitlement programs or his op- Civis Analytics, a Democratic firm. state and measures of racial animosity or tion, or MOAS,
One result is that Mr. Trump’s strength bias. While no one suggests that all of Mr. Kate Murphy which rescues migrants and refugees
position to free trade. They may have
mirrors that of the Democrats in the mid- Trump’s supporters are racist, surveys is a journalist adrift in the Mediterranean, Aegean and
moved to the Republican side, but they
dle part of the last century. It may seem show that they are particularly likely to in Houston Andaman Seas.
still have moderate views on economics. odd to see Massachusetts paired with
There is evidence both anecdotal and express explicit racial prejudice. And the who writes READING Currently I’m reading “Sapiens”
Mississippi as the top two states for Mr. Northeastern states often sit alongside frequently for
statistical that racism was another factor by Yuval Noah Harari, which gives you a
Trump, but it’s something the Democrats the South at the top of these indicators,
in the shift of some of these voters to the The New York history of mankind and really makes you
pulled off quite regularly from 1928 until despite the Northeast’s reputation as a
Republican Party. And that helps explain Times. understand where we came from and who
the passage of the Civil Rights Act. bastion of liberalism.
why he’s withstood controversy after we are as a people and how we are not any
Take Massachusetts, where Catholics There’s a remarkably strong correla-
controversy over racially charged re- different from our brothers and sisters
made up a majority of the Republican tion, for example, between Mr. Trump’s
marks. anywhere around the world.
electorate and provided Mr. Trump with support and the number of racist Web
Mr. Trump’s success is the culmination I’m also reading “The Screwtape Let-
a big primary victory. He drew 53 per-
searches by state. Nate Silver of ters,” by C.S. Lewis, for the second time.
of electoral changes that have erased cent of Catholics in Massachusetts, while
FiveThirtyEight said that the measure The story line is a senior devil teaching a
and even reversed the political divides of Mr. Kasich and Mr. Rubio combined for
was the single strongest correlation of junior devil how to corrupt their victims. It
support for Mr. Trump that he could find. will ring a bell for anyone who has faced
Survey data point toward the same temptation.
finding. For instance, support for Mr. LISTENING I’m currently living onboard
Trump was strongly correlated with the MOAS ship M.Y. Phoenix in the Anda-
higher levels of resentment about racial man, so I listen to the sound of the sea, the
issues — like the belief that black people salty wind blowing and the sound of the
don’t work hard enough and yet receive Phoenix propulsion system. As far as mu-
special favors — in an analysis of the sic, I grew up in Louisiana, where music is
American National Election 2016 Pilot part of the culture — Cajun, rap, country
Study. — but I miss the jazz the most, so listen to
Mr. Trump’s strength among voters a lot of John Coltrane and Kermit Ruffins.
with higher levels of racial resentment WATCHING I’m watching drone footage
helps explain his strength among the shot from our Schiebel S100 camcopters,
new Republicans, many of whom shifted which fly six to eight hours a day from our
allegiance during moments when race vessels. And we often have embedded
journalists onboard so I get to see their
His strongest primary showing wasn’t in video as well. Some of it is very shocking,
like when the Turkish Coast Guard re-
Mississippi but in Massachusetts. cently was trying to deter a migrant ves-
sel in the Aegean, risking capsizing it.
For fun, I’ve been watching “Family
was particularly salient in politics, the Guy” in the ship’s galley at lunchtime with
1960s, the 1980s and even during the the crew. We are represented by 13 nation-
Obama era. alities onboard, so it’s a challenge to find
Of course, not all of the new Republi- something everyone will like and enjoy.
cans left the Democrats because of racial Most of them were skeptical about watch-
resentment. The Democrats’ leftward ing an animated TV show, but now they’re
shift on other cultural issues — like abor- all asking for it.
tion and gay marriage — undoubtedly
alienated many Catholics and Southern FOLLOWING: I follow some journalists
Evangelicals. The rising affluence of we’ve had onboard like Chris Miller from
these same groups likely diminished the Mashable and Ian Birrell with The Guard-
economic appeal of the Democratic mes- ian and Independent. And since I live in
sage over the last century as well. Malta, I read Daphne Caruana Galizia’s
But Nixon’s famous “Southern strat- blog on Maltese politics. She’s kind of our
egy” had a Northeastern component, watchdog digging up the latest scandal. To
and it drew plenty of old Democrats into balance things out, I read Pope Francis’
the Republican Party. In his influential tweets. He brings spirituality into social
book “The Emerging Republican Major- media.
ity,” the Nixon adviser Kevin Phillips PRANKING I’m very childish in my sense
noted the declining Democratic strength of humor and love to make people laugh.
among Northeastern Catholics in the So I’m always pulling practical jokes. Oh,
1960s, in part because of the view that man. You don’t want to know. Let’s just say
“Negroes or other minority groups are I recently bought something that looks
taking over the Democratic Party.” His like dog poo. It’s started out in the refriger-
prediction that the Republican Party ator, and then someone picked it up and
would become more Catholic and popu- put it somewhere else, recycling the joke,
list has been borne out. and eventually it ended up on everybody’s
The trend continued in the 1980s. The bed. It gets boring out here so you have to
term “Reagan Democrat” was coined by do something to keep everyone laughing.
SELMAN DESIGN
the Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg And like I said, there are 13 nationalities on
in Macomb County, Mich., where au- board, but everyone can laugh about fake
the post-Civil War and New Deal eras. just 35 percent. The story was the oppo- toworkers saw the Democrats as work- poo.
Today, Republicans draw more than two- site among mainline Protestants — the ing for the benefit of minority groups. Mr.
thirds of white Southern voters, and traditional Republicans — who sup- Trump won 48 percent of the vote in Ma-
nearly three-quarters of white ported Mr. Kasich and Mr. Rubio over Mr. comb County in early March. Corrections
Southerners outside Florida and Virgin- Trump. A similar pattern resurfaces in 2008,
ia. They win nearly two-thirds of white There’s more to Mr. Trump’s advan- when Hillary Clinton defeated Mr. An opinion essay last Sunday about
voters without a college degree. They tage in the blue states than the new Re- Obama among white voters across teenage girls and sex misstated, in two
even win white Catholics in the North- publicans. His main opponent, Ted Cruz, nearly this same area. instances, the name of the school where
east and Midwest. fares best among voters of the religious It is in the Midwest and West where some of the research it described was
Early in the campaign, Marco Rubio right who identify in polls as “very con- Mr. Trump has struggled. There, the tra- conducted; it is Indiana University, not
warned that “the party of Lincoln is on servative,” which makes him a bad fit for ditional Republicans — white the University of Indiana.
the verge of being taken over by a con the more moderate blue states. Protestants — still reign. They have bled
artist.” In a sense, the party of Lincoln is But Mr. Trump’s weak opposition is in support to the Democrats in many An opinion essay last Sunday about po-
on the verge of being taken over by the part a product of his own strength in the places, like Iowa or Oregon, but the Re- litical violence in American history mis-
voters of Stephen Douglas and George C. blue states. It helped block the emer- publicans have not replaced them with stated the circumstances surrounding
Wallace. gence of a mainstream candidate, like an influx of new voters as they have in the death of an abolitionist newspaper
Many of these voters have been voting Jeb Bush, leaving conservative states to the South or the industrial North. editor; the editor, Elijah Parish Lovejoy,
Republican in presidential elections for elevate Mr. Cruz, a candidate with little And those who remain in the party was white, not black, and he was shot to
years or even decades. For that reason, appeal to the blue states, as Mr. Trump’s have not taken to Mr. Trump. Perhaps it’s death, not burned to death.
Mr. Trump’s strength among them may principal rival. just that the region posts far lower scores
not augur any great risk to the The less religious Republican voters in on measures of racial animus. Aphoto essay last Sunday about Iranians
Democratic nominee in the general elec- the Northeast might be a factor in Mr. Or maybe it’s just because these are referred incorrectly to the Iran nuclear
tion. Trump’s strength, as well. Mr. Trump traditional Republican voters, with tradi- accord reached last summer. The docu-
But they’re not typical Republican pri- does worst in areas with high church at- tional conservative values. ment was not signed by the parties to it.
THE STRIP BRIAN McFADDEN

THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 SR 3
FRANK BRUNI
Lose With Cruz: A Love Story

I
T was clear to me weeks ago, even Both Ryan and Romney have stepped
before Marco Rubio threw in the forward with high-minded soliloquies
towel, that the G.O.P. was getting about the G.O.P.’s values and future, and
ready to cuddle with Ted Cruz. while that may well be a reflection of con-
But I never expected a love quite like science, mightn’t it also be a fig leaf over
this to bloom. ambition?
It’s a singularly tortured love, one that And at least a few of those canoodling
grits its teeth, girds its loins and pines for with Cruz see him as a bridge to Kasich.
a contested convention. In this convoluted scenario, endorsing
It’s hate worn down into resignation, Kasich now serves no purpose: He has
disgust repurposed as calculation. Stop- too few delegates to compete with, and
ping a ludicrous billionaire means sub- foil, Trump. But if the convention turns
mitting to a loathsome senator. And so into a free-for-all, then Republicans will
they submit, one chastened and aghast be free to realize what polling has repeat-
Republican leader after another, mur- edly told them, and what is almost indis-
muring sweet nothings about Cruz that putably true: Kasich would be their best
are really sour somethings about Donald bet against Hillary Clinton, if only they
Trump. could see his sex appeal.
Will they still respect themselves in Poor Kasich. He governs the crucial
the morning? battleground of Ohio, has high approval
I’m not sure we’ve ever witnessed a ratings there, has made a stand for de-
capitulation this grudging, a cynicism cency in an indecent age, and is out there
this grotesque, a reversal of regard this on the campaign trail wrapping his arms
fraudulent and flat-out hilarious. While around every last American who will
politics is an impure arena in which yes- BEN WISEMAN stand still long enough to let him. Even so
terday’s enemies routinely become to- he’s spurned.
morrow’s allies, the transmogrification told Trevor Noah, but when Noah Few of the Cruz converts actually “Does Kasich have a following?”
of Cruz goes beyond that, proving that in pressed him about the charms of that think he can amass a majority of dele- wrote the conservative columnist John
the right circumstances, with the right particular mode of transportation, he gates and win the nomination before the Podhoretz just days ago. “Yes, he does, of
motivation, you can see just about any- confessed that he would have preferred convention. For that to happen, their en- people who still cry when they listen to
one in a newly flattering light. another — possibly an Edsel, maybe dorsements of Cruz would have to scare ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and its invocation of ‘all
Attila the Hun? True, he was truculent, even a tricycle with a wobbly front off John Kasich and turn the contest into the lonely people’ and who want a hug
but what a can-do spirit! Torquemada? A wheel. “He was my 15th choice. What can a two-man race, and Kasich doesn’t seem because their Aunt Minnie has the shin-
tad rigid, yes, but that’s what righteous- I say?” to be scaring. gles.”
ness sometimes looks like. Not much that’s laudatory, apparently. The real goal is to buck up Cruz to a So the answer, at least for now, is Cruz?
Cruz has gone from the insufferable Cruz is the love that chokes on its own point where he prevents Trump from get- In this bitter season, yes. Sixty percent of
nemesis of Republican traditionalists to words. ting that majority and either passes him Republicans are embarrassed by their
their last, best hope, and the likes of Mitt It’s a surprise-every-second love. On in the delegate count or draws close. Ab- party’s presidential race, according to a
Romney, Lindsey Graham and Jeb Bush Friday, Cruz made public reference to — racadabra: a contested convention. recent survey by The Times and CBS
have now given him endorsements — or Some of the new Cruz devotees indeed News, and a Gallup poll released on Fri-
approximations thereof — that will go hope that he would be the beneficiary of day revealed that only 30 percent of Re-
down in political history as some of the Behold the many that and the ultimate victor. They expect publicans and Republican-leading
most constipated hosannas ever ren- Cruz to lose the presidency. But then independents think that the election
dered. Republicans in a faux they also expect Trump to lose it — and to process is working properly. Cruz is the
They hardly mention Cruz’s name.
They barely manage to assign him a sin- swoon for a far-right loon. lose it in an uglier, more divisive fashion
that drags down Republicans running for
pinup for pessimistic times.
Even John McCain, who once dis-
gle virtue. the House and Senate too. This lose- missed him and Rand Paul as “wacko
“Consistent,” Jeb Bush called him — in and furiously denied — a National En- with-Cruz faction figures that a reset of birds,” said last week that Cruz has what
a Facebook post. He apparently couldn’t quirer story that accused him of affairs. the party after a Cruz defeat would be it takes to manage the mess of the Middle
rouse or debase himself to a proper news It’s also a love that makes no promises possible, whereas Trump might not leave East. He hastened to add that he would
conference. of its endurance. In fact, many of the Re- them with much of party to reset. feel obliged to work with, and support,
He was following the lead of his young- publicans in a faux swoon for the far- Others who have crawled into bed with any Republican who is elected president,
er brother Neil, who had signed up with right loon don’t really want to see him fly Cruz are also after a contested conven- and “to put aside my anger.”
Cruz a few weeks earlier and explained, all the way to the White House — or, for tion, but would use it to crawl out of that That’s the way Republican leaders fall
“I commit this from my head, not my that matter, to the nomination. bed and into the arms of some Republi- for Cruz — with apologies, asterisks,
heart.” There’s a sentence you won’t find There’s a tangle of mind-sets at work can Romeo waiting in the wings. Maybe angst. The terms of endearment are
on a Valentine’s Day card. and strategies in play. They all involve Paul Ryan, though he’s playing Hamlet: teary ones, because this isn’t the rela-
Graham professed his devotion during thwarting Trump, but with different out- to be drafted or not to be drafted? Maybe tionship they wanted. It’s the only rela-
an interview on “The Daily Show.” comes in the end. Bear with me. This re- Mitt Romney, who seems readier to com- tionship that’s left. He gets their love be-
“I’m on the Ted train, absolutely,” he quires a bit of explanation. mit. cause someone must. Isn’t it romantic?
Naked Lady Politics

Since they were old
enough to understand
words, I’ve been trying to
teach my daughters the
nature of permanence, as
it relates to the World Wide
CAMPAIGN STOPS Web. The Internet is forever, I tell them;
BY JENNIFER
the public is brutal, and they need to keep
WEINER their clothes on whenever a camera-
equipped device is around. Those spring
The author, most break pictures on Facebook will be the
recently, of the first thing the Senate Judiciary Commit-
novel “Who Do tee sees when it’s deciding whether to ap-
You Love,” and a prove their nomination.
contributing At least, that’s what I grew up believ-
opinion writer. ing. After all, Miss America Vanessa
Williams was forced to give up her crown
in 1984 after nude photos of her appeared
in Penthouse. Nudity had consequences
and, for women, they weren’t good ones.
But now, in the worlds of politics and
pop culture, boudoir shots and even sex
tapes have gone from guaranteed embar-
rassments to occasional assets to, some-
times, barely mattering at all. Watching
A G.O.P. candidate fight shows that, to

them, women are objects, to ogle or protect.
the events of the past few weeks unfold, I
wonder if maybe I’ve gotten it wrong.
When is a naked picture a problem for a
woman? Maybe never — so long as she’s
the one wielding the camera, and she
looks good, and her husband’s not upset.
As the world knows, last week, our Re-
publican presidential contenders quit
tussling over whose private parts are big-
ger, and moved on to the equally compel- KIERSTEN ESSENPREIS
ling question of whose wife is hotter.

roots touched up and I’ve had it with my They can be the currency with which you claiming that she has subverted the male
To briefly recap: Before last Tuesday’s
kids. “No need to spill the beans,” text buy voters’ belief in your machismo and gaze because she’s the one creating the
primaries, a “super PAC” called — you re-
with the photos said. “The images speak alpha-maleness, or they can be the sand image and she’s the one sharing the shot.
ally can’t make this stuff up — Make
for themselves.” you kick in the face of a “New York bully.” When a collection of naked celebrity
America Awesome ran ads on social me-
And what do those images say, ex- In every case, whether they are assets or pictures were spirited out of the cloud,
dia targeting Mormon voters in Utah. liabilities, they are objects. In no case are
actly? Oh, right: Mr. Trump is obviously then leaked to the public in 2014, it was
The spots showed images of Donald J. they people.
better qualified to run our country, be- the hacking that shocked people, not the
Trump’s wife, from a 2000 photo shoot What’s the political significance of a
cause his wife is a professional model. existence of the pictures. Not even a Dis-
with British GQ. “Meet Melania Trump. naked lady? When the Utah ad went pub-
Mr. Cruz was swift to defend Heidi ney princess like Vanessa Hudgens had
Your Next First Lady,” read the text, over lic, it wasn’t long before the predictable
Cruz’s honor, tweeting, “Donald, real men her career derailed by repeated leaked
a shot of a sultry, nude Mrs. Trump, don’t attack women. Your wife is lovely, calls to leave candidates’ families out of
curled up on a fur. “Or, You Could Support nudes.
and Heidi is the love of my life.” It the fray were joined by charges of slut- The would-be first ladies will survive
Ted Cruz on Tuesday.” (Ted Cruz was not sounded chivalrous, until Mr. Cruz kept shaming, and the insistence that a grown
pictured.) nudity, and mockery, but both of them
talking. He called Mr. Trump a “sniveling woman can pose as she wishes; that as
Even though the ad didn’t come from have been diminished, stripped of their
coward” and a “New York bully,” and long as it’s her choice, it’s empowering.
the Cruz camp, Mr. Trump was furious — personhood and reduced to objects. They
praised Heidi as “an unbelievable mom.” Melania Trump might have chosen to
which was more than a little ironic, given have been flattened into human baseball
Mr. Cruz denied that his wife was the ob- pose for GQ, but there’s nothing em-
the vigor with which he’s been posting powering about the way her husband’s cards, to be rated and traded, compared
ject that Trump supporters were calling
provocative shots of his nemesis, the Fox opponents have repurposed her mod- and assessed, and their worth depends
her — an unattractive woman — by say-
anchor Megyn Kelly, who posed for GQ in eling portfolio as revenge porn. Which is not on who they are or what they do, but
ing that, in fact, she was a different kind
a short black slip dress and red high precisely what Mr. Trump has done with on how good they look and how much
of object: the love of his life, important
heels. Mr. Trump has retweeted one of his and valuable primarily in terms of her re- Megyn Kelly’s GQ shots. Neither woman their husbands love them.
supporters, who called Ms. Kelly a lationship to him, and “off bounds,” and in deserves to suffer for having made the Never mind that Melania Trump
“bimbo,” and has said she lacks the gravi- need of protection, just like their children. choice to get in front of a camera. speaks multiple languages and is a suc-
tas to question the candidates. Evidently, By Friday, Mr. Cruz had moved from cessful businesswoman, or that Heidi
Cruz has an M.B.A. from Harvard and
M
in Trumplandia, being scantily clad defending his wife’s honor to defending Y guess is that neither one
had made a name for herself in the worlds
means you’re no longer qualified to be a his own, calling a tabloid report that ac- will. Twenty years ago — or
journalist, but being naked means you’re cused him of extramarital affairs even as recently as 2004, of both politics and finance. What matters
perfectly qualified to be first lady. “garbage” and blaming the Trump camp when the Federal Communi- is that Melania is hot and that Heidi is be-
And on it went. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump for the story. Which means that soon the cations Commission fined CBS $550,000 loved.
slammed “Lyin’ Ted” for being behind the Twitter mob will probably stop scrutiniz- after Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl half- It’s enough to make a liberal feminist, a
Melania ad, and threatened to “spill the ing Heidi Cruz and start in on the ru- time “wardrobe malfunction” — to be fe- mere spectator to the Republican de-
beans” on Mr. Cruz’s wife, Heidi. The next mored mistresses. male and naked was to be afraid. But now, bates, long for the days of Carly Fiorina.
day, no beans were spilled, but Mr. Trump According to Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz, our biggest reality TV star is Kim Kar- At least then the Republican primary
retweeted a meme of a picture of Mela- women can either be beauties or beasts dashian, a woman who spun a sex tape could boast one woman who was a candi-
nia, looking appropriately model-rific, or “the love of my life.” They can be into gold, a woman who posts nude date, not just a wife and a mother, or a
juxtaposed beside Heidi Cruz, looking “crazy” or “losers,” “fat pigs” or “dogs.” selfies, then twirls on her haters, while face and a figure — a person, instead of a
probably a lot like I do when I need my They can be mothers and daughters. her fans come roaring to her defense, thing.
impress the outside world can be. The A scene in

subway, which goes one stop, has chan- Kaesong,
deliers that Louis Comfort Tiffany would North Korea,
have deemed too baroque. In our hotel,
one of the clear pillars in the lobby had a
punctuated by
sad shark swimming in it. a propaganda
The secretiveness of North Korea has billboard.
made it an easy target for America to
project various stereotypes, about
Asians and about dictators. American
tourists often don’t take the country seri-
ously; reports of “drunken high jinks” on
tours are becoming more common. The
travel agency Mr. Warmbier used adver-
tises itself as “tours to destinations your
mother would rather you stayed away
from,” mentioning “fun, thrill-seeking
and adventure at a great price!”
When I was in North Korea, I, too, was
tempted to break the rules. We were in-
structed daily not to take pictures with-
out explicit authorization. But once,
when our bus had stopped in the middle
of the countryside without explanation, I
noticed a bicycle leaning forlornly
against a tree and felt that would make a
compelling photo. Our tour guide had left
the bus along with another of our
minders; the bus driver was not looking
behind him. It would be easy to squeeze
off a shot. But just as I was thinking that,
the bus was stormed by soldiers with the
tearful guide in tow. “They said someone
took a picture!” she cried. “Who took the
picture? This is a military installation!”
A student was taken off the bus and
disappeared with the guide for a hair-
DAVID GUTTENFELDER/ASSOCIATED PRESS raising hour.
What kept our group from a possible
My North Korean Vacation Otto Warmbier situation was that the

student was a Chinese citizen, and China
is one of North Korea’s few allies. Many
of us deliberately left our cameras in the
N
ORTH KOREA recently sen- portunity to visit North Korea with mouth any of the regime’s leaders, past bus at the next stop, terrified of making
tenced Otto Warmbier, an teachers and students from my univer- or present, even in private. another mistake.
American college student and sity. My Korean background obscured by Once your Russian-made Air Koryo jet Like Mr. Warmbier, I wanted a propa-
tourist, to 15 years of hard labor. our group visa, I also brought my mother lands and you are in the Democratic Peo- ganda poster to take home. There was a
Not surprisingly in the surveillance state along. ple’s Republic of Korea, you lose control. funny “12 months of Communism” calen-
to end all surveillance states, there are You hand over your passport “for securi- dar hanging in our hotel room — pictures
It is slightly easier to travel to North
security camera images of Mr. Warmbier ty reasons.” You are taken where the gov- of people in full uniform engaging in sea-
Korea now than it was in 2009, but the
OPINION trying to steal a propaganda sign from an ernment wants you to go, you eat what’s sonal activities, done in that florid Soviet
United States State Department still style, with stagy smiles. I thought for a
off-limits area of the hotel. In photo- given, you are not allowed to seek out un-
BY MARIE “strongly recommends against” it. Last moment how perfect that calendar
graphs from the trial, he seemed utterly scripted encounters. The 47-story Yang-
MYUNG-OK LEE year, the warning was updated to “reiter- would look in my office. Instead, at the
shocked that he was being prosecuted. gakdo Hotel, the one place where all the
A writer who I was not shocked. gift shop, I bought a replica of a propa-
teaches at I have an idea of the brutality of the re- Americans don’t get foreigners stay, is on an island, physi-
cally separated from the rest of the capi-
ganda poster, a color copy painted by
Columbia. hand.
gime my parents fled as teenagers. Over
the years, my father communicated by dictatorships. tal. Safely back in China, our group met to
letter with someone claiming to be his But even so, there is a warping effect debrief. I took the poster out to show it
younger brother. In the pictures the man ate and highlight the risk of arrest and that being an American gives you. My off.
sent — to show how rosy life was there — long-term detention” because of North mother, who suffers from anxiety, in- “Was that always there?” someone
he looked decades older than my father. Korea’s “inconsistent application of its sisted that I call my brother to make sure asked, pointing to a splotch. Apparently,
He asked for money. My father sent it. criminal laws.” she’d locked her door back home. When I even though the gift shop had packed my
My father tried several times to return Our group was briefed several times told her we were in North Korea and poster in a sealed tube, at the Pyongyang
to visit his homeland, including with a about the things we could and couldn’t couldn’t call, she suggested email — and Airport, someone had opened the tube
medical group bringing in supplies, and do. We were not allowed to bring Bibles, I had to remind her that we couldn’t use and unrolled the poster. On the unpaint-
he, the lone Korean, was always denied satellite phones, cameras with telephoto the Internet either. ed border was the single smudgy finger-
entry. North Korea rarely grants visas to lenses, notebooks, pornography. We North Korea is also kitschy in a way print of an anonymous North Korean, the
Korean-Americans. But in 2009, almost a were told to expect that our group would that only a country that has little contact hand of the surveillance state reaching
decade after my father died, I had an op- probably be spied on and to not bad- with the outside world and yet wants to out, still.
The Future for Flint’s Children

FLINT, MICH.
T
HE World Health Organization’s “action level”
for lead contamination in drinking water — indi-
cating the need for intervention — is 10 parts per
billion. The Environmental Protection Agency’s
action level is 15 parts per billion.
In tests of tap water in Flint., Mich., over the last six
months, some 1,300 homes exceeded the E.P.A. action lev-
OPINION el. Thirty-two had levels above 1,000 parts per billion. And
just this month, a sample showed a concentration as high
BY MONA
HANNA-ATTISHA as 11,846 parts per billion.
To understand the contamination of this city, think
A pediatrician at about drinking water through a straw coated in lead. As
Hurley Children’s you sip, lead particles flake off into the water and are in-
Hospital and an gested. For almost two years, Flint’s children have been
assistant professor drinking water through lead-coated straws.
at Michigan State There are so many things wrong with this that it’s diffi-
University’s College cult to know what to address first. But since I called atten-
of Human tion last year to an increase in children with elevated lead
Medicine. levels after the city changed its water supply, I’ve known
that my focus had to be on the kids. One of my patients, a
2-year-old girl, recently came to the clinic for her
checkup. Running around the room with her colorful
gown flapping, she hopped onto the exam table, grabbed
my stethoscope and placed it on her chest. I gently
nudged it over her heart. “Can you hear anything?” Her
eyes lit up, and she nodded.
Her mother turned to me, trying to hide her tears. She
thought the water was safe, and why not? The authorities
told her it was. She mixed her daughter’s baby formula
Thousands drank lead-contaminated

water and need long-term help.
with warm tap water. She got a filter only when the Na-
tional Guard came to her door this year. Now she won-
ders, will her daughter be O.K.?
The same question can be asked about the more than
8,000 other children here under the age of 6 who drank
lead-contaminated water.
Numerous epidemiologic studies of lead exposure in
children, particularly those under the age of 6, indicate an
increased risk for damage to cognition, behavior and em-
ployment prospects, also lower I.Q.s, poor impulse con-
trol and decreased lifetime earnings. Epigenetic research
suggests that lead exposure in women can lead to DNA
changes in their grandchildren. Their grandchildren.
And yet my little patient may be all right. Not every
child exposed to lead will suffer the most severe conse-
quences. Some will be fine, though the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention warns that there is no safe ARIANNA VAIRO
level of lead in a child.
Families here are traumatized; faith and trust in gov- ble children need these interventions, but kids in Flint wide. This is not a partisan issue; it is a humanitarian one.
ernment have evaporated. State and federal agencies re- need them now, not next month or next year. Some will say we can’t afford it. But our nation has
sponsible for protecting them failed miserably. Much has At the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, created by never been reluctant to aid victims of hurricanes, torna-
been written about the roots of the Flint water crisis: mis- Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospi- does, floods or earthquakes. Shortsighted cost-cutting
guided fiscal austerity, inequality, racism, environmental tal in response to this crisis, we are aiming to help Flint and willful bureaucratic blindness may have caused the
injustice, poverty, deindustrialization. These are all im- not only recover, but thrive. Flint is proud and resilient (it calamity in Flint but the effect is no less than a huge
portant and nationally relevant issues, but the focus now helped put America on wheels), but we can’t do this alone. natural disaster.
needs to turn to the future, and to healing. Unfortunately, not enough money has been allocated When I turn back to my patient’s mother, I give her a
We cannot wait to see the potential cognitive and be- for the long-term child development initiatives we need. hug. I remind her to keep using the water filter, give her
havioral consequences; we must act. Developmental Gov. Rick Snyder recently proposed a budget that would daughter great nutrition, sign her up for preschool, read
neurobiology has taught us that adverse childhood expe- spend $195 million on the lead problem here, including $63 to her, sing to her, love her and be there for her. Her daugh-
riences and toxic stress change the trajectory of a child’s million for health-related programs and $15 million for ter has been exposed to lead-contaminated water for al-
life in predictable ways. food and nutrition initiatives. I am hopeful that the State most her entire life, during her most critical brain devel-
But science also gives us hope. We can reduce the im- Legislature will enact these measures. But even this sup- opment. I don’t have a magic pill that can take that away,
pact of these adversities, including lead exposure, when port would not address the full magnitude of this problem, but I do have a prescription for hope.
we wrap these children in evidence-based interventions which will continue throughout these children’s lives. We As she reaches for my stethoscope again, I tell her mom
to promote their development. These include maternal in- must make a yearslong commitment. that she is going to be O.K. No, she’ll be great. With the
fant support and early literacy programs; universal pre- We also need federal help, and much more than the nation’s help, we will heal. Because we are not a nation
school; school health services; nutrition programs; and $220 million Congress is considering for water infrastruc- that can accept 11,846 parts per billion of lead in drinking
primary medical care and mental health care. All vulnera- ture and health-related services to communities nation- water. Or the consequences for the children of Flint.
Don’t Grade Schools on Grit

PHILADELPHIA
T
HE Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. once observed, “Intelligence
plus character — that is the goal
of true education.”
Evidence has now accumulated in sup-
port of King’s proposition: Attributes like
self-control predict children’s success in
OPINION school and beyond. Over the past few
years, I’ve seen a groundswell of popular
BY ANGELA interest in character development.
DUCKWORTH As a social scientist researching the im-
The founder and portance of character, I was heartened. It
scientific director of seemed that the narrow focus on
the Character Lab, standardized achievement test scores
a professor of from the years I taught in public schools
psychology at the was giving way to a broader, more en-
University of lightened perspective.
Pennsylvania and These days, however, I worry I’ve con-
the author of the tributed, inadvertently, to an idea I vig-
orously oppose: high-stakes character as-
forthcoming book
sessment. New federal legislation can be
“Grit: The Power interpreted as encouraging states and
of Passion and schools to incorporate measures of char-
Perseverance.” acter into their accountability systems.
This year, nine California school districts
will begin doing this.
Here’s how it all started. A decade ago,
in my final year of graduate school, I met
two educators, Dave Levin, of the KIPP
charter school network, and Dominic Ran-
dolph, of Riverdale Country School.
Though they served students at opposite
ends of the socioeconomic spectrum, both
understood the importance of character
development. They came to me because LILLI CARRÉ
they wanted to provide feedback to kids
on character strengths. Feedback is fun-
damental, they reasoned, because it’s For instance, the character strength of mind-set” about learning (that is, believ- I published last year, we found that eighth
hard to improve what you can’t measure. self-control is assessed by questions ing that their abilities are malleable rather graders at high-performing charter
This wasn’t entirely a new idea. Stu- about whether students “came to class than fixed). schools gave themselves lower scores on
dents have long received grades for be- prepared” and “allowed others to speak This is exciting progress. A 2011 meta- conscientiousness, self-control and grit
without interrupting”; gratitude, by items analysis of more than 200 school-based than their counterparts at district schools.
like “did something nice for someone else programs found that teaching social and This was perhaps because students at
The scientist behind character assessment as a way of saying thank you.” The fre- emotional skills can improve behavior and these charter schools held themselves to
quency of these observed behaviors is es- raise academic achievement, strong evi- higher standards.
says this is not what she meant. timated using a seven-point scale from dence that school is an important arena I also worry that tying external rewards
“almost never” to “almost always.” for the development of character. and punishments to character assess-
havior-related categories like citizenship Most students and parents said this But we’re nowhere near ready — and ment will create incentives for cheating.
or conduct. But an omnibus rating implies feedback was useful. But it was still falling perhaps never will be — to use feedback Policy makers who assume that giving ed-
that character is singular when, in fact, it short. Getting feedback is one thing, and on character as a metric for judging the ef- ucators and students more reasons to care
is plural. listening to it is another. fectiveness of teachers and schools. We about character can be only a good thing
In data collected on thousands of stu- To encourage self-reflection, we asked shouldn’t be rewarding or punishing should take heed of research suggesting
dents from district, charter and independ- students to rate themselves. Thinking schools for how students perform on these that extrinsic motivation can, in fact, dis-
ent schools, I’ve identified three corre- you’re “almost always” paying attention measures. place intrinsic motivation. While carrots
lated but distinct clusters of character but seeing that your teachers say this hap- and sticks can bring about short-term
M
pens only “sometimes” was often the Y concerns stem from in- changes in behavior, they often under-
strengths. One includes strengths like
wake-up call students needed. timate acquaintance with the mine interest in and responsibility for the
grit, self-control and optimism. They help
This model still has many shortcom- limitations of the measures behavior itself.
you achieve your goals. The second in-
ings. Some teachers say students would themselves. A couple of weeks ago, a colleague told
cludes social intelligence and gratitude;
benefit from more frequent feedback. Oth- One problem is reference bias: A judg- me that she’d heard from a teacher in one
these strengths help you relate to, and ers have suggested that scores should be ment about whether you “came to class of the California school districts adopting
help, other people. The third includes cu- replaced by written narratives. Most im- prepared” depends on your frame of refer- the new character test. The teacher was
riosity, open-mindedness and zest for portant, we’ve discovered that feedback is ence. If you consider being prepared ar- unsettled that questionnaires her stu-
learning, which enable independent insufficient. If a student struggles with riving before the bell rings, with your dents filled out about their grit and growth
thinking. “demonstrating respect for the feelings of notebook open, last night’s homework mind-set would contribute to an evalua-
Still, separating character into specific others,” for example, raising awareness of complete, and your full attention turned tion of her school’s quality. I felt queasy.
strengths doesn’t go far enough. As a this problem isn’t enough. That student toward the day’s lesson, you might rate This was not at all my intent, and this is
teacher, I had a habit of entreating stu- needs strategies for what to do differently. yourself lower than a less prepared stu- not at all a good idea.
dents to “use some self-control, please!” His teachers and parents also need guid- dent with more lax standards. Does character matter, and can charac-
Such abstract exhortations rarely ance in how to help him. For instance, in a study of self-reported ter be developed? Science and experience
worked. My students didn’t know what, Scientists and educators are working conscientiousness in 56 countries, it was unequivocally say yes. Can the practice of
specifically, I wanted them to do. together to discover more effective ways the Japanese, Chinese and Korean giving feedback to students on character
In designing what we called a Character of cultivating character. For example, re- respondents who rated themselves low- be improved? Absolutely. Can scientists
Growth Card — a simple questionnaire search has shown that we can teach chil- est. The authors of the study speculated and educators work together to cultivate
that generates numeric scores for charac- dren the self-control strategy of setting that this reflected differences in cultural students’ character? Without question.
ter strengths in a given marking period — goals and making plans, with measurable norms, rather than in actual behavior. Should we turn measures of character
Mr. Levin, Mr. Randolph and I hoped to benefits for academic achievement. It’s Comparisons between American intended for research and self-discovery
provide students with feedback that pin- also possible to help children manage schools often produce similarly para- into high-stakes metrics for accountabil-
pointed specific behaviors. their emotions and to develop a “growth doxical findings. In a study colleagues and ity? In my view, no.
The Most Delusional War Criminal

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND A Bosnian
T
o the last, there was no contrition, no plea for for- Muslim woman
giveness, no scintilla of regret for the 100,000
lives lost and tens of thousands of families
as she searched
crushed in the blood bath in Bosnia that his ob- coffins at the
sessions unleashed nearly a quarter of a century ago. Potocari
When Radovan Karadzic stood to hear the verdicts of Memorial
the International Criminal Court last week, he might as Center, near
NEWS ANALYSIS well have been back in Sarajevo as the psychiatrist he Srebrenica.
once was, listening to a seriously delusional patient, pon-
BY JOHN F. dering how to deal with such mad abandonment of a reali-
BURNS ty that only he could see.
A former New York His wavy white hair fashionably trimmed, his natty
Times dark suit not quite meeting at the waist, his televised
correspondent and countenance seemed beyond impassive as the court re-
recipient of a turned guilty verdicts on 10 of 11 counts encompassing
Pulitzer Prize for genocide, persecution, extermination, murder, deporta-
coverage of the tion, unlawful attacks on civilians, hostage-taking and
Balkan wars. other crimes against humanity.
It was the most damning judgment of its kind since the
Nuremberg trials of Nazi Germany’s leaders after World
War II, and the 40-year sentence suggested that the 70-
year-old Mr. Karadzic, barring appeal, will die in prison.
But the verdicts stirred barely a flicker of the eyelids
from Mr. Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader whom
historians have blamed for the overwhelming preponder-
ance of the war’s casualties, including 8,000 Muslim men
and boys slaughtered in July 1995 in Srebrenica. At the DADO RUVIC/REUTERS
trial’s outset, Mr. Karadzic had called Srebrenica “a fic-
tion.” Now, the downturned set of his mouth, his baleful
stare, suggested contempt, even pity, for those sitting in soning that poured forth as we sipped Turkish coffee at a standing a pass signed that day by Mr. Karadzic. We re-
judgment on him. table overlooking a shopping mall’s splashing fountains turned indignantly to Pale, where we were placated by a
“I am astonished,” he was heard to tell his lawyers — a and modish boutiques. night of sharing a bottle of hair-curliing slivovitz with Mr.
reaction familiar to those of us who came to know Mr. Ka- He sketched the idyllic future he planned to create with Karadzic.
radzic during the Bosnian killing. His perplexity echoed separate homelands for Bosnia’s Serbs, Muslims and His concern that night was with articles I had written
the alarming state of denial he often displayed when Croats. He embellished his vision with snatches of his ex- about ethnic cleansing, a term I’d first heard when Bosni-
questioned about the gut-wrenching cruelties committed ecrable poetry, which had been widely mocked in the in- an Serb gunmen took me captive during the killing and
by Bosnian Serb forces. tellectual salons of prewar Sarajevo. But large-scale displacement of Muslims from the picturesque town of
From the start of the war, I was among a few Western killings and displacement of Muslims by Bosnian Serb Zvornik. I’d seen the militiamen herding hundreds of
reporters commuting regularly across the siege lines the militias had already begun at Bijeljina and Zvornik, women and children at gunpoint into the mountains with
Bosnian Serb paramilitaries had thrown around Sarajevo pitiable bundles of possessions, with many of their men
and teenage sons left lying dead along streets and
to his headquarters at an old skiing lodge in Pale, a moun-
tain village. There we came face to face with Mr. Karadzic embraced killing, and riverbanks.
Karadzic’s casual indifference to the killing. never showed regret. Mr. Karadzic rebuked me, saying I’d misrepresented
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ethnic cleansing as a policy of forcing Muslims from their

It was hardly a novel experience for a foreign corre-

spondent to encounter political leaders with appalling homes. The essence of the practice, he said, was to open
records of repression and brutality, and find them, often alongside the murderous artillery bombardment of Sara- the way for them to “go home” to their rightful habitat in
enough, genial, good-humored, even gracious. Talking in jevo. I had witnessed both. other Muslim-majority areas. That was his description of
the 1970s to John Vorster, prime minister of apartheid Still, Mr. Karadzic disavowed any malice. “Hatred re- a journey by foot of as much as a week. Many died along
South Africa, or to Zhou Enlai in China, I had to make an ally damages the one who hates, not the one who is the way. But he insisted that Muslims would in time build
act of will to remember that these were men with the hated,” he said. statues to him in his honor. “They will love me,” he said.
grimmest of histories, with the facade of civility. Much later, when my reporting had made me deeply About the same time, he began propagating another
But few were ever as unsettling as Mr. Karadzic, who unpopular in Pale, senior American intelligence officers theory: Bosnia’s Muslims were not Muslims at all, but
appeared to live in a parallel universe — sealed off en- in Europe warned me that an intercepted message sug- Serbs who had lost their way when they converted to Is-
tirely from the ghastly realities lived by those outside his gested that Bosnian Serb forces on the mountain road be- lam under Ottoman occupation. In that, too, he could help
political and ideological thrall. He was ever the welcom- tween Pale and Sarajevo had discussed a plan to arrange them “come home,” he said, shedding a “false faith” for
ing host, eager to persuade visitors of his generosity of a fatal accident for me. When I told Mr. Karadzic of the the Serbs’ Orthodox Christianity.
purpose. That fed a sense that he was perhaps the weird- American warning, he laughed and promptly offered It was ideas of this kind, denying Muslims an identity
est of all the unsavory leaders I have known. guarantees of safe passage through Serb-held territory that had defined them for centuries, that translated in the
I first glimpsed the extent of the disaster he presaged for the duration. minds of gunmen at Sarajevo and Srebrenica and a host of
for Bosnia when we met in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, But perhaps the most telling encounter came one bit- other killing grounds into a conviction that the Muslims
six weeks after the first shots were fired in Sarajevo. terly cold night after Bosnian Serb gunmen turned me were worthless apostates and non-persons, for whom
Nothing I’d seen of him in Sarajevo and Pale prepared me and other reporters back at gunpoint from a mountaintop death under Serb guns constituted the proper verdict of
for the frightening world of disconnected, madcap rea- roadblock outside a besieged Muslim enclave, notwith- history.
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Je Suis Sick of This

French people said they’d like to hold a referendum
From Page 1 here, too.
year-old daughter explained: “At school we knew that And while governments are claiming worrying new
Brussels would be the next target. The terrorists just powers to stop terrorism, they haven’t agreed on how to
waited for us to let down our guard.” share intelligence, they aren’t sure how members of
The most emblematic photograph of the aftermath Franco-Belgian terrorist cells communicate with one
showed survivors walking in a dark tunnel, along the another, and they don’t even agree on how to transliter-
ate foreign names, to track people across borders. Salah
tracks of the metro. The image incarnates the current
Abdeslam, who helped orchestrate the attacks on Paris,
European nightmare: You’re buying groceries, com-
managed to slip out of the country afterward. Four
muting to work or checking in for a flight — and then
months later, he was found hiding in Molenbeek, the
suddenly you’re not. Brussels neighborhood where he grew up.
It’s hard to adjust to this new reality. An emergency- That’s one of the hardest facts to reconcile: These are
room doctor told me that before the November attacks Europeans attacking their own homelands. Roughly
on Paris — in which teams of men exploded suicide belts 5,000 European Union citizens have fought in Syria, and
and fired Kalashnikovs on people in cafes and at a con- most come from four countries: France, Germany, Brit-
cert — many of his colleagues had rarely if ever seen a ain and Belgium. Their lives sound very familiar: Mr.
Abdeslam was apparently caught after the police no-
“Are they praising him? Are they ticed a suspiciously large order for a pizza delivery. The
three men who planned to bomb the Brussels Airport
saying he was a lion?” were briefly stymied when a Brussels taxi company
sent the wrong type of car to take them there.
gunshot wound. The few they had encountered were Even their motivations are recognizable. According
usually suicides from hunting rifles. to ProPublica, a Belgian militant who was training in
To Europeans, Brussels was supposed to be a dull Syria called his mother to ask what people in Molenbeek
place that you didn’t have to think much about until you were saying about a 20-year-old friend who blew him-
had to change planes there. There’s a parlor game in self up outside the Stade de France. “Are they talking
which you stump people by asking them to name 10 fa- about him?” he asked. “Are they praising him? Are they
mous Belgians. “Brussels, the anti-fanatic attacked by saying he was a lion?”
the fanatics,” French journalist Laurent Joffrin wrote in Europeans are becoming more vigilant. A friend in
Wednesday’s Libération. “Brussels, a cousin whom one Berlin said that on a recent train to Düsseldorf, the pas-
is content to know is there.” sengers and crew got nervous when no one claimed a
Right after an attack it’s easy to say that everything suitcase left by one of the doors. A bomb squad met the
feels different. People are horrified. Parents keep their train at its next stop and told passengers they’d be
kids home from school. Newspapers run headlines like herded into a secure area. Just then, the older Turkish
“Europe at War.” There is the sad, familiar search for a man who owned the suitcase woke up and revealed its
slogan: This time, I prefer the Belgian frites arranged to contents: a pile of clothes.
make a rude gesture resembling a finger, and the ban- Despite the inevitable false positives, it’s hard not to
be on guard. I’m constantly making a series of mundane
ner reading, “Je suis sick of this” followed by an exple-
existential calculations: Is it worth it to risk going to a
tive.
movie? Should I let my kids ride the metro to soccer
But soon, for most of us, life returns to normal. A spate
practice? Daily life has a chiaroscuro quality: One
of juice bars just opened in my Paris neighborhood. The
minute you’re riding a bus and enjoying a view of the
department store Le Bon Marché is staging an ex- river; the next you’re wondering about the fellow with
hibition on the kooky American fashion icon Iris Apfel. an unusually large backpack.
Europe still has lots of pretty capitals with rivers run-
ning through them.
T
HIS has made it a terrible time to be a dark-
The French seemed especially determined that noth-
skinned European man in his 20s. Discrimina-
ing should change too much. Late last year, alarmed by
tion was a problem before terrorism. Now the
news reports saying that schools could be targets of fu- bad deeds of a few people have made life worse
ture attacks, I emailed the parents’ committee at my for millions. I heard about an exasperated passenger in
children’s school. I suggested that, in light of the threat, Paris who got so many suspicious looks in the metro, he
we meet to discuss how to improve security. slowly emptied the contents of his bag, to reassure the
When almost no one replied, I wondered if I was hav- other riders that he wasn’t carrying a bomb.
ing an American overreaction. One father lectured me As the European fantasy has dimmed, I hardly get
The Short L
on the sidewalk about how schools ought to be open any foreign visitors anymore. A relative who came from
places. The school’s director initially told me that he did- New York recently told me that her trip to Paris was an
n’t think any changes were necessary. A few months lat- act of solidarity. My mother wants me to leave France
er, a group of parents did organize to deal with a sepa- altogether.
rate crisis: Their second graders hadn’t learned to con- The French are learning to live with more security.
jugate the verb “être.”
I
Guards now search bags — or at least glance into them T was my first year as a scholarship stu-
But Europe does feel like a different place than it did a — at the entrances to theaters and department stores.
year ago. And it’s not just the threat of bombs in suit- dent at a school that prized itself on teach-
High school students are allowed to take their cigarette ing the skill of dispassionate debate. I
cases. It’s also the related crises that are hitting the Con- breaks on school grounds; it’s too risky to let them
tinent all at once. More than a million migrants and quickly learned that the best thing you
gather outside the school gates. There’s been a big fuss could bring to an argument was “objectivity.”
refugees have arrived here in the past 15 months, mostly about a government proposal that seems unlikely to de-
from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Never mind that We practiced this objectivity in our current
ter attacks: being able to strip convicted terrorists of
these refugees are fleeing far worse violence than what events class. It was never explicitly tied to
their French nationality.
we’re now seeing in Europe, and that it is often carried OPINION identity, but it was implied. I learned that the
Since the bombings in Brussels, Europeans are de-
out by the Islamic State, too. Europe’s far-right parties manding more practical measures. Israeli security ex- best person to talk about wealth and class was
BY KAITLYN
are getting stronger by demonizing them. perts are being consulted. There’s talk of more intelli- GREENIDGE
an upper-middle class person because she
All this is testing whether the European Union — gence-sharing between governments. The headline on supposedly could look at it dispassionately.
The author of the The best person to talk about race was a white
which most people here could once safely ignore — will the cover of Thursday’s Le Parisien was, “What must be novel “We Love
hold together. Britons will vote in June on whether to changed now.” But the truth is that, for everyone here, a person, for the same reasons. The best person
You, Charlie to talk about gender was a boy.
stay in the union. In a recent survey, a majority of lot has changed already.
Freeman.” When people affected by issues spoke for
themselves, they got too angry, too weepy, too
The Brussels irrational.
metro after In the mid-1990s, the biggest threat to Amer-
explosions on ica continued to be the welfare queen. Or at
least that’s what the news and many poli-
Tuesday, March
ticians all said. My school was far too genteel
22, 2016. to name the welfare queen outright, but she
haunted our balanced class discussions. The
welfare queen was worse than disease and
death and the destruction of the icecaps. She
was worse than that because she was all those
things in one, perpetually pregnant with pa-
thologies, birthing out criminals and addicts
and losers and apparently eating $50 steaks
and driving gleaming Cadillacs while doing so.
I was acutely aware that, on the surface, I
could potentially fit all the stereotypes of the
welfare queen: I was black, the daughter of a
single mother, on welfare and food stamps and
living in the projects.
I would sit in class and listen to the sons and
daughters of doctors and lawyers and policy
makers — people who had never needed and
would most likely never need welfare —
earnestly advocate the dismantling of the wel-
fare state, and I would shake and shake and
shake with something I couldn’t name.
I told myself it did not matter that my class-
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Irish Martyrs
H
E was very old, in his 90s, but looking ing this year with programs and parades the is- of human life.” shattered city of 1916 is to be thrown, inescap-
sturdy, like the truck driver he once land over. It does so gingerly, knowing that its The Rev. Seamus Murphy, a Jesuit who ably, into the present day, when martyr-armies,
was. He was a distant cousin by mar- path from 1916 to the present day is strewn with teaches philosophy at Loyola University Chi- bombed rubble and bystander corpses are sick-
riage, on the branch of the family that agonies: years of civil war and terrorist blood- cago, wrote in January in The Irish Times that eningly abundant. Every new attack — every
had stayed in Ireland. When I visited him there shed. And though there has been courageous he found the commemoration “deeply disturb- Paris, Istanbul, Brussels — makes it harder to
last summer, in a nursing home in Kilrush, peacemaking, sectarian hatreds still smolder, ing.” While it’s fair to acknowledge the “bravery feel anything but remorse about urban holy
County Clare, I was not sure he knew who I was, buried, like a coal-seam fire. and discipline” of the Rising’s rank-and-file vol- warfare.
OPINION but we connected over an old rebel song we both The awkwardness is evident in the official unteers, he said, we should also admit their Yet the 1916 Rising has been retroactively
remembered. program of events, many of which are strenu- leaders’ “irresponsibility” in knowingly provok- sanctified, for many in Ireland and in Irish
BY LAWRENCE
DOWNES “You’ve read in history’s pages the heroes of ously forward-looking and upbeat. The governing the slaughter of innocents. America anyway — squeezed into a tidy narra-
great fame,” he sang, in a breathy brogue. ment produced a widely mocked video with pop As for the belief that the Rising was a brutal tive to fit a tidy, lovable nation. Sometimes the
A member of The music playing over images of Irish heroes like necessity, Father Murphy rejects that claim ut- reverent nostalgia bleeds into kitsch. Irish tele-
New York Times The deeds they’d done, the battles won,
Samuel Beckett and Bob Geldof, plus Queen terly. And besides, he said, it is a terrible tem- vision recently aired a reality show in which the
Editorial Board. and how they made their name.
Elizabeth II and David Cameron, and many grooms in a 1916-themed gay wedding dressed
But the boys who made the history
smiling Irish, but no mention of anyone involved in khaki and drove to the reception in a jeep.
for the orange, white and green
were the boys who died in Dublin town in 1916.
in the rebellion, no explanation of what the na-
tion was commemorating, or why.
Where I once saw romance, I Organizers of this month’s St. Patrick’s Day Pa-
rade in New York took special note of the 1916
I grew up in Hawaii, two oceans and two gen- Leave it to Sinn Fein, the political party now feel remorse. anniversary with the usual mix of revelry and
erations removed from Ireland, so most of what closely associated with the Irish Republican kitsch.
I knew of the Easter Rising came from listening Army, to bring things back to bombs and bullets. The real event was a calamity. More than
to a record album of my father’s: “The Irish Up- One of its videos about the Rising has a sound- plate for a true democracy. Consider its hal- 1,200 took part in the Rising, mostly in Dublin.
rising,” released by CBS in 1966, with sonorous track of gunshots. Another opens with — what lowed document — the independence proclama- Britain flooded the city with troops and artillery.
narration by Charles Kuralt and peppy songs by else — a bomb blast, a ball of orange flames cation, read aloud outside rebel headquarters in After six days of bombardment, about 450 were
the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. ressing the date, “1916” — followed by the faces Dublin’s General Post Office, commonly called dead and 2,500 wounded. The bulk of the casu-
To me it was a thrilling tale of doomed of Padraig Pearse, Tom Clarke, Thomas Mac- the G.P.O., that Monday. It claimed its authority alties were civilians.
courage. A handful of rebels rose up in arms to Donagh and the other rebel leaders, and their not from any living Irish men or women, but But if the public did not support the Rising at
demand independence while Britain was dis- dates of execution. from the dead generations, who could not de- the beginning, the merciless British reaction, in-
tracted by the Great War. Though the rebellion “They delivered a blow to Britain’s global mur. cluding the executions of rebel leaders, quickly
was swiftly crushed and its leaders executed, it domination from which it never recovered,” a ti- “A group of unrepresentative gunmen,” Fa- fixed that. Irish yearning coalesced in Dublin’s
catalyzed Ireland’s transformation from op- tle card reads. ther Murphy wrote, “can only create a pretend- rubble; all changed utterly; the martyrs won.
pressed colony to independent republic. How The wisdom of that blow was debatable then, republic.” The Irish historian Diarmaid Ferriter, in a
this happened, exactly, was unclear to me. But and is debated still. So, too, is the Irish republic’s Ireland eventually became a real republic, of newspaper column last December, listed the 50
like anyone raised Roman Catholic, I under- inability to disentangle itself from political vio- course, after first gaining independence in 1921. things Ireland needed in the new year. No. 8 was
stood triumph in humiliation, the worship of lence. The head of the Roman Catholic Church But I side with Father Murphy. “a narrative of 1916 that is honest, evidence-
sacrificial death. in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has Bells on Easter Sunday tolled the risen based and complicated.”
The part that seems odd now, but did not warned against a “false glorification” of the Ris- Christ. On Monday the shooting began. The An honest account would begin with the rec-
then: martyrs with guns. ing and urged that the commemoration’s main doomed volunteers brought many in Dublin ognition that the Rising was, militarily, a fiasco
Ireland is marking the centenary of the Ris- focus be on its victims, and on the “terrible loss down with them. To watch old footage of the — a lot of confusion followed by vast destruction
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Life of My Mother’s Garden

mates and teachers described a reality that She had a hoarse voice with a strong Boston windows, in a dark corner of my mother’s smart and quirky, and most of all objective,
was not mine, was never mine, was so far re- accent, and her green eyes blinked up at me room, a ghost of our need. like all my classmates.
moved from mine as to be a fiction. Their fic- from behind a pair of blue plastic glasses, the My mother is radically honest, one of the When I came home from school in the after-
tion was the truth because they didn’t live in lenses clouded with finger grease. few people I know who is incapable of lying. noons, I remembered what was said about us,
my reality. That’s what made them objective. I “Who?” I said. But it was an impossible choice: Obey the about the projects, about our poverty. My
wanted to be objective, too. I longed for that “The lady,” the girl repeated. “She works in housing project’s rules, don’t go back to school, mother asked me if I wanted a plot for my pan-
voice and the authority that came with it. the garden. We want to work in the garden,” certain that path would mean no upward mo- sies in her garden and I said no. I wasn’t brave,
My objective classmates did not know, for which to my ears sounded like “gah-den.” bility and thus, no way to leave public housing. like her and those kids. I was ashamed to claim
As soon as the ground thawed in this Or break the rules, work quiet and quick and any part of this, to make it my own, to love it so
strange new place, my mother started plan- hard, hoping the path she hacked in secret hard as to seed it with flowers and patiently
We weren’t homeless, but the ning a garden. She’d chosen a circle of lawn would allow some sort of escape. hope for them to bloom.
along the parking lot, in the no man’s land be- That spring, my mother got up at 5 every The garden lasted a few months. Then, an
housing project wasn’t home. tween the project and the street behind it, morning to work in the garden before she agent of the town’s housing authority found
where the middle-class homes resumed. She drove to her full-time job and then to class. out about it and told my mother it was against
planted cherry tomatoes and cucumbers and When she finally came home, in the dusk, she the rules. “But no one’s using the land,” I re-
instance, about the garden. The housing marigolds. worked in the garden again before coming in- member her arguing. “The kids in the neigh-
project we lived in had been built just before A garden was my mother’s way of holding side to make my sister and me dinner and then borhood play there.” The response was clear:
the war on poverty, probably intended for G.I.s on, as tightly as she could, to any scrap of our staying up to study and write papers. Get rid of the garden or be evicted. Here was
returning from World War II. They were sub- former middle-class life. In our homes before All this time, the children of the projects had another one of those impossible choices of pov-
urban-style tract houses, two units to each poverty, before the divorce, we had always had watched her weed and water and seed with in- erty. This was what my classmates would
trim building. a garden. When I was younger, my mother terest. And now they were here to join her. never understand, as they earnestly debated
No one came to visit us there in the bad part would give me my own small plot. I always They came every afternoon, ringing the welfare fraud and the grasping desperation of
of town. We had arrived not that long before, chose to plant pansies. back doorbell. “Is the lady home? Is she going the undeserving poor.
when we were a month away from homeless- My mother had decided to go back to school work in the garden? Tell us when she gets My mother stopped tending the garden and
ness, but I did not look at this as a place of shel- for a master’s degree. She did not want us to home, O.K.? We want to work in the garden.” the next weekend a maintenance worker came
ter. The other people in these projects were stay in this housing project forever. But, as she I teased my mother about her fans, imitat- and poured something onto the soil that made
nearly all white. We were one of the few black told me, the housing project administrators ar- ing their accents. She’d laugh a little and then all the plants die and turned the grass brown.
families. gued that her scholarships to graduate school she’d invite me to join them outside. But I In September, I was back at that prep school,
The project’s tract houses stood behind should count as her income and that even would always say no. I stayed indoors, in the still obviously a scholarship student no matter
green lawns and weeping willow trees and though she was also working, being a full-time rooms we kept dark (the air-conditioning of what disguises I secured. The earnest debates
generous blacktopped driveways. To an out- student meant she could not live in public the poor — heavy shades and high-powered in the halls had moved on to other topics be-
sider, there was little distinction between housing. fans) and listened to Björk. cause at that moment, poverty was no longer
where we lived and the middle-class homes There were other strange rules, too. My fa- news. But I was still shaking with rage. I didn’t
across the street. But everyone in our town ther unexpectedly sent a desktop computer in- know what to do with it; I didn’t even know yet
M
knew which side of the street was which, stead of back payments for child-support. But Y whole life, at that point, was fo- that it was rage that made my voice quiver and
which side was where the real people lived and the housing project forbade personal cused on proving that I did not become out small when I had to speak in class.
which side was to be avoided. computers, because they used up too much long to the poor. I doubled down on Every morning, I passed the big floral ar-
So when I answered the doorbell one spring electricity. My mother made a quick calcula- outsiderness. The weirder the af- rangements that sat on the chestnut tables
afternoon when I was 14, I was very curious. I tion — hours and gas spent driving back and fectations I adopted the better. I saved for outside of the sleek, walnut-lined school office.
could see four children, smaller than me, the forth to the university computer lab to work on months to buy heavy men’s Oxford shoes and I’d sneak a hand underneath their leaves,
oldest probably no more than 8, the youngest papers versus the cash she could get if she sold wore only overalls and became the most de- break the heads off the heaviest blooms and
barely 4. it. She decided to keep it. The computer sat voted They Might Be Giants fan I could possi- ball the petals up until my fists smelled like
“Where’s the lady?” the oldest one asked. hidden under piles of bedsheets, far from any bly be — all signifiers, I hoped, that I was roses.
s With Guns
and unconditional surrender. A nationwide re- In that theatrical spirit, Sinn Fein was plan- A republican
bellion that had been called for Easter Sunday ning this year to project a sound-and-light show guard of honor
was called off, but not everybody got or heeded on the Post Office exterior, to carry out a virtual with the Irish
the message. Witness statements in the military Rising, in the middle of Dublin, seemingly for
the morbid thrill of it.
flag during com-
archives capture the chaos: memorations in
“With this technology we’ll be able to bring
Beresford Place was full of Citizen Army the G.P.O. back under shellfire,” a Sinn Fein 2000 of the
men and women. Everything was bustle spokesman, Bartle D’Arcy, told the press. Easter Uprising
and excitement. We formed up in front “You’ll see rebels arrive at the G.P.O. and break of 1916.
of and our backs to Liberty Hall, and the windows.”
Margaret Skinnider, whom I knew, The government, thankfully, withheld per-
rushed over to me and said, “It’s on.” I mission.
asked, “What’s on?” She said, “The Father Murphy, at Loyola, told me that he
rebellion, of course.” This was the first wished that those commemorating this anni-
positive information I had that action versary were as eager to honor leaders, like the
was to be taken that morning. 19th-century member of Parliament Daniel
O’Connell, who “worked for Irish freedom but
Seoirse gave his company the order to left didn’t shoot anybody.”
turn, charge, and as some of the men “In many ways 1916 has a grip, I call it a
could not believe their ears, he had to spiritual grip, on us,” Father Murphy said. He
say, “Take the G.P.O.” One of them gave likened its organizers to “dramatists, poets, al-
such a whoop of delight that something most like priests of a certain cult.” He sees their
was actually going to happen that successors in Sinn Fein politicians today:
threatened to disorganize the whole “When you ask, ‘What do you think about na-
plan. Some thought it was a joke. tional debt or housing policy?’ they have a
strange glazed look in their eyes,” he said.
The long, brutal British suppression of the “They’re not really interested in that stuff at
Irish people was no joke, of course. The 1916 all.”
proclamation is eloquent on this point. But To Father Murphy, the pivotal year in 20th-
whether the poet-soldiers behind it were suicid- century Irish political history is not 1916 but
al, deluded or brilliant is much-discussed in the 1998, when the Good Friday Agreement put
extensive literature of the Rising. Professor North and South on a path to reconciliation and
Ferriter quotes another historian, F. X. Martin, power sharing. “That should be the agenda
explaining the rebellion this way: “It was we’re pushing,” he said: “Democracy, plural-
imaginatively planned with artistic vision and ism, tolerance, the rule of law.”
with exceptional military incompetence. The re- “Don’t be thinking through the wild romantic
volt was staged consciously as a drama by its dreams. It’s a lot of smoke and mirrors. Behind
principal actors.” them all is a lot of terror and blood.”
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PRINCIPAL
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el “The Stranger,”
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not really listen to the other side of con-
versations, and they are too ready to
impose their views on others. It is im-
dhism, or any of the vast array of
teachings and practices that the
world’s religions have to offer. Such
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Position Available: July 1, 2016 priest who offers him Bertrand Russell was once asked belief in God, or it may not.
The Nassau BOCES Department of William Irwin is a comfort in the face of his impending what he would say to God if it turned This proposal should be taken in the
Special Education seeks an experienced professor of execution. Meursault, who has not out there was one and he met him at other direction as well: There should
special education administrator with cared about anything up to this point, judgment. Russell’s reply: “You gave
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supervision and evaluation and be able to Without disagree about his existence. We
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groups within the school community.
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of the Judeo-Christian tradition, then a wager. Rather than consider it as a bet
doubt. Some of us will approach reli-
God of some kind. Nathaniel on whether God exists, which has
Hawthorne said of Herman Melville, tremendous consequences on one side gious certainty at one extreme and
“He can neither believe, nor be com- and relatively trivial consequences on others will approach atheistic cer-
fortable in his unbelief; and he is too the other, we should consider it as a bet tainty at the other extreme. Many of us
honest and courageous not to try to do on whether to embrace a “doubt of in- will slide back and forth over time.
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unpleasant consequences that can value to human existence. As Mr. Gut- can and should expand that dialogue to
arise from decisions or conclusions, ting sees it, the choice is obvious. include atheists and agnostics, to rec-
and one must take responsibility for Of course, nonbelievers will object ognize our common humanity and to
them. that there are various secular alterna- stop seeing one another as enemy
Anyone who does not occasionally tives for finding meaning and value in combatants in a spiritual or intellectu-
worry that he may be a fraud almost life. Additionally, there is an assump- al war. Rather than seeking the securi-
certainly is. Nor does the worry ab- tion built into Pascal’s wager that we ty of an answer, perhaps we should col-
solve one from the charge; one may are talking about the God of the Judeo- lectively celebrate the uncertainty of
still be a fraud, just one who rightly Christian tradition. Nonbelievers may the question.
worries about it on occasion. Likewise, see no reason to favor that particular This is not to say that we should
anyone who does not occasionally deity. So Mr. Gutting’s “doubt of de- cease attempts to convince others of
worry that she is wrong about the ex- sire” needs to be more explicitly con- our views. Far from it. We should try to
istence or nonexistence of God most ceived as an openness to the question unsettle others as we remain open to
likely has a fraudulent belief. Worry in which the nonbeliever explores being unsettled ourselves. In a spirit of
can make the belief or unbelief genu- what various religious traditions have tolerance and intellectual humility, we
ine, but it cannot make it correct. to offer. The nonbeliever might em- should see ourselves as partners in a
People who claim certainty about brace the ethical teachings of Christi- continuing conversation, addressing
God worry me, both those who believe anity, the yogic practices of Hinduism, an enduring question.
LOOSE ENDS ALISON LEIBY
About Those Specials . . .

W
OW, everything sounds menu? We’ve never met and I don’t Chad’s my boyfriend. He’s not dining
delicious. I just have a know anything about your tastes, but with us tonight because he’s having a
few questions about the I’d love your suggestion of what to or- drink with his college buddy. Again.
specials, even though der. I’m not going to take it, but I want So, I think I want to go with the pork
you described them in great detail. I you to feel like I might. tenderloin, but can I get the steamed
have several dietary restrictions I need Now, the Dover sole. What kind of oil broccoli instead of the creamed spin-
to bring up. Don’t worry, they’re en- is that cooked in? Is it olive oil? Vegeta- ach as one of the sides? For the other
Alison Leiby is a tirely self-enforced and in no way or- ble oil? Canola oil? Peanut oil? Palm side, can I have the creamed spinach
comedian and dered by a medical professional. If my oil? Is it coconut oil? You know, I’ve instead of the rice pilaf? I’m not eating
writer in New York boyfriend were here, he’d back me up. heard that coconut oil can do every- carbs. And did you say that you will be
and the host of the I really like the sound of the orecchi- thing. It’s good for your skin, you can able to bring us more of these pumper-
monthly comedy ette and broccoli rabe, but I’m cur- use it to wash your hair, I heard it will nickel rolls? They’re wonderful.
show “It’s a Long rently on the Paleo diet. Well, most The soy-ginger marinade you men-
Story” at the days I’m on it. I alternate between Pa- tioned for the pork, is that good? I
Upright Citizens leo, juice cleanses and eating like the Just a few dietary rules I mean, I’m sure it’s good, but what I
world is going to end tomorrow. But to-
Brigade Theater.
night I’m sticking to Paleo, so no carbs! need to bring up. mean is I assume that I won’t like it but
don’t want to sound picky. Does that
Pretty sure early man didn’t have pair well with riesling? That’s what I’m
handmade orecchiette, so I shouldn’t even whiten your teeth. I need to shave drinking now and also have been since
either. Can I substitute that for some- my legs later, is there some in the I woke up this morning.
thing else? Do you have any ancient kitchen that I could just have? Maybe Now that I’m thinking about it, may-
grains in the kitchen? Or perhaps you in a to-go cup? be I want to get the filet after all. It
could just swap out the pasta for a pile Could I get the broccoli rabe from the sounds like those cows had nice lives,
of sticks you found in the woods? pasta dish with the Dover sole instead roaming free. They weren’t trapped in
The filet — is that free-range, grass- of the mixed grilled vegetables you some tiny little space they had to share
fed beef? I saw one food documentary mentioned it’s served over? I’m ex- with another cow that doesn’t even
in 2009 and now I feel like it’s important pecting to pay the lowest possible price want to commit to them. And they got
to know where the meat you’re eating for this combination, too. to eat their favorite food instead of
comes from, you know? Also, is it hor- The seafood linguine doesn’t have sticking to a confusing diet just to stay
mone-free? I don’t want to ingest any any shellfish, does it? I’m allergic. Well, hot so their boyfriend won’t leave them
hormones. I mean, I do take hormones not allergic like my throat will close up for his 23-year-old assistant and now I
every day, but that’s just because my and I’ll die. Allergic like I don’t like the wish I were one of those cows it sounds
boyfriend hasn’t proposed to me yet taste of it and would rather not look like like they really had it all figured out.
even though we’ve been living together a picky eater in front of my friends. Oh, I didn’t even think about an appe-
for six years. Does it contain any Chad — I mean tizer. Could you go over everything
What’s your favorite dish on the cod? Sorry, must be a Freudian slip! once more from the beginning?
GRAY MATTER CRAIG R. FOX, JEFFREY A. LINDER AND JASON N. DOCTOR

Me
How to Not Prescribe Antibiotics And My
A
NTIBIOTICS are an indispensable
weapon in every physician’s ar-
senal, but when prescribed un-
necessarily for nonbacterial in-
prescription of antibiotics increased over
the course of four-hour clinical shifts,
whether or not it was called for.)
Over the last few years, our research
For our latest study, published last
month in JAMA, our team gathered data
on prescription rates of 248 clinicians at 47
primary care practices in Los Angeles and
Shadow
T
AKE a glance at who wrote this
fections like the common cold, as they too team has developed several new ap- Boston over 18 months. Then, over an-
article and you’ll understand the
often are, they provide no benefit and cre- proaches to reducing unnecessary antibi- other 18-month period, during which we
ate problems. They wipe out healthy bac- problem. Who’s who?
otic prescribing, drawing on insights from focused on nearly 17,000 acute respiratory
Craig R. Fox is a teria and can cause side effects like yeast behavioral economics and social psychol- infection cases in which antibiotics were Two people with the same
infections and allergic reactions. Worse ogy. These disciplines acknowledge that not called for, we tested new approaches name can get mixed up — in both senses.
professor of
still, they contribute to the rise of “super- people do not always behave rationally to promoting more selective prescribing. Throw in the Internet, which can make
management,
bugs” that resist antibiotic treatment. and are strongly motivated by social in- In one approach, doctors received a geography irrelevant, and the possibility
psychology and DISPATCH
The Centers for Disease Control and centives to seek approval from others and monthly email informing them of their for confusion rivals that of a Shake-
medicine at the speare comedy, without the happy end-
University of Prevention estimates that about half of compare favorably to their peers. performance relative to that of their BY SCOTT SHANE
outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the In one study published a few years ago, peers. Those with the lowest inappropri- AND SCOTT ing.
California, Los Just ask us.
United States are unnecessary. It also esti- we asked a group of doctors to place a ate antibiotic prescribing rates were con- SHANE
Angeles. Jeffrey A. For more than two decades, Scott
mates that each year as many as two mil- signed poster in their exam rooms pledg- gratulated for being “top performers.” Scott Shane is a
Linder is an lion Americans suffer from antibiotic-re- ing to follow standard guidelines on an- Shane the business-school professor and
Doctors who were not top performers professor of
associate professor sistant illnesses, and 23,000 die as a result. tibiotic prescription. This tactic, which were told “You are not a top performer.” Scott Shane the journalist have been mis-
of medicine at entrepreneurial taken for each other by co-authors, col-
Clearly, we need to get doctors to pre- pressured doctors to act consistently with The email also included a personalized
Harvard Medical scribe antibiotics more selectively. But count of unnecessary antibiotic prescrip-
studies at Case lection agencies, Google, a journalism
School. Jason N. how can this be done? tions and the count for a typical top per- Western Reserve school, public relations firms, an ex-con-
Doctor is an Several strategies have been tried in re- Doctors give them out far former. This “peer comparison” approach University. Scott gressman, a book distributor — and, yes,
associate professor cent years, without much success. Edu- almost completely eliminated inappropri- Shane is a national this newspaper. Being Internet doppel-
of pharmaceutical cating doctors and patients about the too often. We’ve found ate prescribing: from 19.9 percent in the security reporter in gängers has never been more than a per-
the Washington
and health
economics at the
proper use of antibiotics has had only a
modest effect, as most doctors already
ways to stop that. pre-intervention period to 3.7 percent dur-
ing the post-intervention period — an 81 bureau of The New
sistent nuisance. But it reflects an era in
which a person is not just flesh and blood
University of know when antibiotics are called for. percent reduction. York Times. but also an electronic composite,
Southern Alerts sent to physicians through the elec- their own publicly stated commitments, In another approach, whenever doctors patched together from words, numbers
California. tronic health record reminding them to reduced inappropriate prescribing 20 per- prescribed an antibiotic that was not and images, accessible at a click.
not prescribe unnecessarily are often ig- centage points relative to doctors in a con- clearly called for by the diagnosis, the The professor is clean-shaven. The
nored because doctors are overloaded trol group who displayed a poster with ge- electronic health record system asked journalist has a beard. In a small town, in
with such messages. And offering doctors neric information about antibiotic use. them to provide a short “antibiotic justifi- real life, that might keep us pretty well
financial incentives has had mixed re- In a more recent study, we showed that cation note.” The note would be entered sorted out. Out on the web, it has meant
sults, in part because the payments are doctors tended to prescribe less ag- into the patient’s medical record and only that our photos, too, have been jum-
modest relative to a doctor’s salary. gressive medications when such options would be visible to others. Introducing bled. Arriving to give a talk recently, the
These strategies are all based on the as- were presented more prominently (one by this speed bump into the work flow, along journalist was asked by his host when he
sumption that physicians are rational one, in a vertical column), with more ag- with the prospect of social accountability, grew the beard. Sure enough, there on
agents who will do the right thing if progressive options presented less promi- reduced the inappropriate prescribing
the poster advertising his talk on drone
vided proper information and incentives. nently (grouped side by side, in a single rate from 23.2 percent to 5.2 percent — a
strikes was the portrait of the expert on
But what if doctors are a little irrational, category). Previous research suggested 77 percent reduction. (Our control prac-
entrepreneurship.
like the rest of us? They may overpre- that listing alternatives individually made tices also experienced reductions, possi-
them appear more popular — and there- bly because doctors knew they were being The professor, meanwhile, has distant
scribe antibiotics out of an unrealistic fear
that the patient could eventually develop fore more appropriate — than when they monitored, but our two approaches were relatives who ask him how he has time to
complications and need them, or because were grouped together. And indeed, we much more effective.) write for The Times.
it is easier than arguing with a patient who found that doctors were roughly 12 per- Taken together, our studies suggest In the early days of the Internet, when
insists on getting them. (Doctors appear cent less likely to order more aggressive that simple and inexpensive tactics, we were both living in Maryland, one of
to take the path of least resistance as they medications, such as antibiotics, if these grounded in scientific insights about hu- us was sshane@erols.com, the other
get more tired. In a study published in options were grouped together, compared man behavior, can be extremely effective sshane@starpower.net, which was fine
JAMA Internal Medicine, we found that with when they were listed individually. in addressing public health problems. until both Internet providers were folded
into the RCN Corporation. Then we ran-
domly started getting each other’s email.
Most of the time it didn’t matter. Occa-
sionally it did, like when the journalist re-
ceived a book chapter written by the pro-
fessor with an urgent note from the edi-
tor to return it with any changes by the
next day.
When a house cleaner for the profes-
sor stole a check and used it for a big pur-
chase at Best Buy, the bad account was
I’m sorry, you must have me

confused with somebody else.
sold to a persistent debt-collection com-
pany — which then discovered the jour-
nalist’s home phone number. The com-
pany phoned off and on for a couple of
years, scoffing at the journalist’s insist-
ence that they had the wrong Scott
Shane.
A few years ago a former congress-
man phoned the professor, offering a tip
on something that was happening in Lib-
ya: “It’s off the record, because it’s classi-
fied,” he said. Rattled, and figuring it was
another mix-up, the professor cut him off
and hurried to hang up, wanting nothing
GÉRARD DUBOIS to do with state secrets.
Because we both write books, various
titles are regularly attributed to the
wrong author, especially by the aggre-
gating software that pulls together so
Call It What It Is: A Rabble much of the web’s data. For a while, the
journalist propped up one of the profes-
sor’s books (“Born Entrepreneurs, Born
Leaders”) in front of his desk at work,
A
MERICANS don’t have a vocabu- is to embrace the crowd. From the Lin- permits intense passions to be ex- simply to enjoy colleagues’ double takes.
lary to describe the pernicious coln-Douglas debates, to Woodrow pressed, contained and, perhaps, vented. The professor is routinely instructed to
behavior of political crowds, but Wilson’s barnstorming on behalf of the At the same time, Mr. Trump is not remove citations of the journalist’s work
our forefathers did. John Ad- League of Nations, to Harry S. Truman’s alone. He draws on a generation of Re- from his academic citation count, the ba-
ams favored a strong executive to guard whistle-stop campaign by rail, our lead- publican appeals to popular resentment. sis of evaluations and raises.
against “the mob.” He thought that parti- ers have usually addressed the crowd in After hearing for two decades that the The comic plot thickened a few years
sans of popular democracy like Thomas a way that assumes its decency and in- government is a devouring beast, that ago when the professor was asked to
OPINION Jefferson or Tom Paine ignored the dan- telligence. Democratic leaders would betray the write columns for a New York Times
gers of populist passion. The people, he And yet, as the two Adams men under- country or spend it into bankruptcy, that business blog called “You’re the Boss.”
BY JAMES
TRAUB
wrote, can be as tyrannical as any king. stood, the mob is latent in the crowd: At national health care and educational The journalist began to get regular
That division contributed to the forma- moments of great division, the mob can standards are tyrannies to resist, some pitches from wheedling P.R. operatives
A columnist and tion of the first parties — Adams’s Feder- be summoned by a figure who exploits Americans are eager to follow a man who
contributor at who wanted to get the name of a com-
alists and Jefferson’s Democrats. its anger and fear. Europeans, with their tells them to punch whomever they don’t pany or an executive into the column.
foreignpolicy.com. John Adams bequeathed his skepti- long tradition of populist fascism, know like in the face. Donald Trump doesn’t ex- They were befuddled when told they had
and the author, cism to his son John Quincy, who never this far better than Americans, who nev- hibit a classically fascist ideology. But he the wrong Scott Shane of The New York
most recently, of overcame his instinctive abhorrence of ertheless have had their own populist is a rabble-rouser who has found his Times.
‘‘John Quincy citizens in the mass. At Harvard he had rabble-rousers — Father Coughlin, Huey rabble. The column stint ended a few years
Adams: Militant watched ragged debtors take up arms Long, George C. Wallace, Patrick J. Bu- Can we really use that ancient word — ago. But by then the professor’s name
Spirit.’’ against the Massachusetts government chanan. “rabble” — in 2016? After all, it’s nothing and email were officially embedded in
in Shay’s Rebellion. In Europe, after the Today, in Donald J. Trump, we have a to call Mr. Trump a bully; virtually the the newspaper’s computer system. That
French Revolution, he saw how fanatical genuine impresario of the mob — an in- entire Republican establishment says he meant that an editor trying to send the
leaders had provoked the blood lust of strument of the crowd who feels its re- is. But “rabble” insults the American journalist a “playback” of an edited ver-
“the rabble.” “In the name of the People,” sentment, its impatience, its distrust, people and democracy itself. Still, de- sion of his article sometimes chose the
he wrote in a diplomatic dispatch, “the and returns them all in slogans, epithets mocracy is a transaction between leader wrong Scott Shane from a drop-down
Guillotine has mowed its thousands and and led, and sometimes resentment and menu. The professor would get an urgent
the grapeshot have swept off their tens of
thousands.” Like his father, Adams Trump brings out the mob fear actuate the mob lying dormant in
the crowd. We have reached that mo-
message asking whether the editing
changes were O.K. The journalist would
thought himself a “republican” devoted
to the principle of representative govern-
latent in a political crowd. ment not only in America but across the
West. In the face of slow growth, global-
wonder why he didn’t get a playback.
Uprooting the professor from the pa-
ment, as opposed to a “democrat” com- ization and a refugee flood, roaming per’s email directories, starting a few
mitted to greater individual participa- and witty (or witless) taunts. He val- gangs of thugs are egged on by poli- weeks ago, has proved to be a compli-
tion in the political system. idates the crowd’s malice by speaking ticians claiming to man the ramparts of cated task, requiring a crew of technical
When he ran for president, he resisted out loud things people are not sure they white, Christian Europe. Such forces experts scouring the system. After a
any form of democratic politics, whether have a right to say: Torture the terror- must be acknowledged and resisted. round robin of a dozen emails, word ar-
delivering speeches, buttering up news- ists, kick out the immigrants. At one rally, At the end of his career, John Quincy rived that the problem had been fixed.
paper editors or (until the end) promis- Mr. Trump said he wanted to punch a Adams and the nation discovered that Actually, it turned out, the problem
ing jobs to supporters. “If my delicacy is protester “in the face.” Some of his they had sold each other short. After his had not been fixed. The professor’s email
not suited to the times,” Adams wrote, supporters have taken him at his word. presidency, Adams returned to Con- address surfaced again last week, evi-
“there are candidates enough who have At other times, Mr. Trump’s rallies thrum gress, where he fought, virtually alone, dently hiding somewhere in the recesses
no such delicacy.” with barely suppressed violence. for the right of citizens to petition for an of The Times’ computers. The tech team
His stiff brand of rectitude was not, in Is it wrong, and partisan, to put the end to slavery. In 1843, at 76, he went west is back on the case.
fact, suited to the times. He eked out a onus on Mr. Trump, and on the right? on a tour to Ohio and was greeted as a And meanwhile, a postscript: The pro-
victory over Andrew Jackson only by Isn’t this, after all, a moment of hero. A Pittsburgh editor wrote that Ad- fessor seems to have passed this confu-
winning a tiebreaking vote in the House extremism in both directions? Well, no. ams “has met the sober second thought sion of identities, like some genetic dis-
of Representatives. Four years later, Bernie Sanders rails against Wall of the people and it has at length done order, to a new generation. His son, Ryan
Street’s fat cats and gins up his listeners
Jackson unseated him. Jackson didn’t him justice.” Shane, is an excellent swimmer for an 11-
like crowds much either, but he under- to join a “political revolution.” But Mr. Adams’s career forms an allegory of year-old, but he is not (yet) ready for the
stood their political value. At his inaugu- Sanders doesn’t call for the heads of democracy. He had, out of his sense of Olympics. Some in the world of competi-
ration he famously threw open the White bankers on a pike. The anger he seeks to virtue, ignored the popular will and been tive swimming, however, have mixed
House to any citizen who cared to track channel is political, not personal. While brought low. But that same commitment him up with Shane Ryan, a 22-year-old
his muddy boots on the carpet. At that labeling himself a democratic socialist, to principle made him a hero because who is a genuine Olympic prospect.
moment, “the mob” gave way in Ameri- he is almost elaborately respectful of his “the people” had the capacity for “sober Unlike his dad, who would prefer to
can thinking to “the crowd” — the mass political rival Hillary Clinton and the po- second thought.” avoid the confusing bits and bytes, Ryan
of citizens as a source of political legiti- litical process. He does not seek a per- Cynics can reduce a crowd to a mob. Shane would be happy to ride the wave of
macy. sonality cult; on the contrary, he as- But politicians with principles and online confusion to a spot with Team
We have lived, ever since, in that Jack- sumes the crowd wants policy. Through courage can help citizens recover their U.S.A. He’d also welcome sponsorship. A
sonian moment. To believe in democracy figures like him, American democracy own noblest convictions. tech company might be fitting.
LETTERS
Opioid Use and Abuse

ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER JR., Publisher, Chairman
Patients and doctors discuss the management
Founded in 1851 ADOLPH S. OCHS ARTHUR HAYS SULZBERGER ORVIL E. DRYFOOS ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER of drugs that can be helpful or harmful.
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TO THE EDITOR: Re “A Strong Response to the Opioid Scourge”

(editorial, March 17):
There are longtime users of low-dose opioids, like me, who
Who Has the Candidate’s Ear? never require an increase in dose and who find that this medica-
tion provides quality of life. How? By addressing chronic pain,
sleep disorders and associated depression.
The alternatives proposed by the Centers for Disease Control
What does a presidential candidate’s choice of had actually heard of. One is Senator Jeff Sessions, a die- and Prevention, like aspirin and ibuprofen, can cause long-term
advisers tell us about the candidate? hard anti-immigrant conservative from Alabama whose damage to body organs and short-term stomach pain. For many
A deep bench of experienced advisers is essential for aide, Stephen Miller now works for Mr. Trump revving up of us, spare use of a low-dose opioid is the very best alternative.
any president — to provide policy guidance, a sounding anti-immigrant sentiment at Trump rallies. Unfortunately, voices like mine are not heard often. Why? Be-
board, intellectual ballast and, eventually, help in translat- Mr. Trump also seeks advice from a retired Army lieu- cause the media climate right now is so fiercely anti-opioid that
ing ideas into action. But the people selected say much tenant general, Michael Flynn, who led the Defense Intel- those who rely on this drug can feel hesitant to speak out. More
reporting should be done on the lives saved and enhanced by
about the candidates themselves — their intellectual rigor, ligence Agency before he was essentially fired in 2014. Mr. opioids, in addition to the terrible consequences of addiction.
their willingness to entertain fresh views, the value they Flynn is a critic of the Obama administration’s strategy Policy should reflect a more complete picture of this important
place on experience. against the Islamic State and believes the United States medication. KATHERINE CAMERON
Hillary Clinton’s roster is a who’s who of the astute should work more closely with Russia to combat terror- Alameda, Calif.
and ambitious accumulated by both Clintons in four ism, which seems to dovetail with Mr. Trump’s own admi- The writer is a social worker.
decades in Democratic politics. It includes Alan Blinder, ration for Mr. Putin’s leadership skills. In December, Mr.
former Fed vice chairman, and John Podesta, campaign Flynn was photographed in Moscow, seated with Mr. Putin TO THE EDITOR: Re “New Standards for Painkillers Aim to
chairman and a top adviser in the Clinton and Obama ad- at a formal dinner. That reportedly alarmed some in the Stem Overdose Deaths” (front page, March 16):
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been do-
ministrations. Controversially, Mrs. Clinton has said she administration who hadn’t known he was going.
ing a commendable job monitoring and controlling the pre-
values the advice of Henry Kissinger on foreign policy. On domestic economic matters, Mr. Trump again scription opioid drug overdose epidemic. But other federal gov-
Mr. Sanders’s lesser-known team hails (again unsur- seems to follow his own counsel, although he has men- ernment agencies can and should do more to address this public
prisingly) from academia and social activism, like Ben- tioned corporate raider turned shareholder activist Carl health crisis.
jamin Jealous, former president and chief executive of the Icahn as someone who wants “to be involved” in trade ne- Specifically, the Drug Enforcement Administration should in-
N.A.A.C.P., and Steffie Woolhandler, co-founder of gotiations, such as the 45 percent tariff Mr. Trump crease its crackdown on physicians running pill mills, and Con-
threatens to slap on Chinese imports. Mr. Icahn is similar gress should open an investigation into the role of the Food and
Physicians for a National Health Program. Stephanie Kel-
Drug Administration in this completely man-made epidemic
ton, Mr. Sanders’s chief economist on the Senate Budget to Mr. Trump, in several respects, including a capacity for and hold hearings on the marketing approaches and other busi-
Committee, espouses the redistributive ideals that have bombast and an ability to explain away business rever- ness practices of pharmaceutical companies that may have
defined his campaign. sals. contributed to the skyrocketing increase in opioid drug pre-
Gov. John Kasich has reached back to the first Bush One can take the measure of others by the company scriptions. GUOHUA LI
administration and into the dwindling pool of Republicans they keep. It is sadly illustrative of the state of the Republi- New York
who focus on issues like trade and manufacturing and can can Party that some of its least tolerant characters are The writer is a professor of epidemiology and director of the Cen-
ter for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at Columbia Univer-
call themselves moderates compared with the archconser- now guiding two presidential nominees whose inexperi- sity.
vatives who have come to define the G.O.P. base. These in- ence makes them more vulnerable to dangerous advice.
clude John Sununu, White House chief of staff under the TO THE EDITOR: The proper treatment of pain disorders by
first President George Bush and a former New Hampshire physicians should not be directed by the fear of lawsuits or pres-
governor; Senator Rob Portman of Ohio; and Tommy sure by insurance payers but rather by sound guidelines devel-
Thompson, former Wisconsin governor and secretary of oped by organizations like the American Academy of Pain
health and human services. Medicine.
These teams, though perhaps predictable, certainly The news media has readily noted a “prescription drug epi-
demic,” but overdoses mainly result from drug diversion and
can’t be called random or puzzling or scary. Those words misuse rather than from taking an opioid as prescribed. Epide-
more aptly describe the advisers assembled by Ted Cruz miological data has reported up to 16,500 deaths a year from the
and Donald Trump. aspirin-ibuprofen family of medicines, which can cause ulcers,
The 23 “trusted friends” announced this month as kidney failure and liver inflammation, none of which occur with
members of Mr. Cruz’s national security “coalition” are led opioids.
by Victoria Coates, Mr. Cruz’s adviser for foreign policy The major health issue for an opioid is addiction, which rarely
occurs in a properly selected and treated patient. One must un-
and an expert on Renaissance art, who has never held a
derstand the difference between dependency and addiction.
national security job. The team includes Elliott Abrams, Chronic, nonmalignant pain conditions are difficult to treat.
convicted of lying to Congress about his role in the Iran- Physician judgment is crucial and should not be inhibited by
contra affair and later a deputy national security adviser arbitrary limits that are not supported by the data.
in the George W. Bush administration; and Frank Gaffney LESLIE SCHOFFERMAN
Jr., whose Center for Security Policy has been labeled a San Francisco
The writer is a pain doctor.
hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has
spread the falsehood that President Obama is a Muslim.
TO THE EDITOR: Re “States Push to Curb Painkiller Overuse”
On the domestic side, Mr. Cruz has taken on board
(Business Day, March 12):
Phil Gramm, a former senator from Texas whose opposi- As an orthopedic surgeon in Massachusetts, I applaud the ef-
tion to virtually every form of financial industry regulation forts of my state to limit patients’ excessive opioid use. Every
earned him a villain’s role in the 2008 financial crisis. year in this country, more than 70 million post-surgical patients
And then there’s Mr. Trump, who says he consults receive opioids, and research shows that one in 15 will go on to
mostly with himself on foreign policy but has lately re- long-term use, indicating that the surgical setting has become
leased a list of five advisers, only some of whom people an inadvertent gateway to the overall societal epidemic.
KELLY BLAIR While prescribing guidelines are an important step in ad-
dressing this issue, the best way for hospitals to take immediate
action is to put in place strategies to minimize preventable opi-
Wall Street’s Retreat From King Coal oid exposure.

In my experience, using a combination approach of nonopi-
oid medications before, during and after surgery has yielded a
The grave environmental damage from coal-fired state’s two largest utilities to stop importing out-of-state measurable reduction in opioids, making their use the excep-
tion, not the rule, when it comes to post-surgical pain.
power plants has done nothing to deter the Senate major- coal-generated power by 2030 and to use renewable ener- I’m encouraged to see this strategy being put in place at lead-
ity leader, Mitch McConnell, from decrying a “war on coal” gy to meet half of the demand of their customers by 2040. ing hospitals across the country, and likewise by the fact that
and orchestrating his own war against the Obama admin- Oregon’s only in-state coal-fired plant will close by 2020. Massachusetts is leading the way in opioid minimization for pa-
istration’s climate change agenda. But he and other coal- Even so, Mr. McConnell persists in his campaign to tients. SCOTT SIGMAN
state Republicans would be foolish to ignore the growing block the administration’s clean power rule, the center- North Chelmsford, Mass.
The writer is a former chief of orthopedics at Lowell (Mass.)
consensus on Wall Street that King Coal, for all its legend- piece of Mr. Obama’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas General Hospital and a consultant to Pacira Pharmaceuticals.
ary political power, has turned into a decidedly bad invest- emissions by steering power producers away from dirty
ment. coal-fired plants to cleaner sources of energy. Ever ready TO THE EDITOR: The number of deaths directly attributable to
JPMorgan Chase announced this month that it would with new and more mischievous strategies, Mr. McConnell opioids far exceeds the incidence of fatalities associated with
no longer finance new coal-fired power plants in the has encouraged court challenges to the rule and has gone several other epidemics that we have experienced in this coun-
United States or other advanced nations, joining Bank of so far as to tell Republican-led states to ignore it, further try in past years.
More than a half of 460 autopsies I performed last year for
America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley in retreating from deepening his party’s sorry retreat into science denial.
coroners in southwest Pennsylvania were drug related, and a
a fuel that provides about one-third of the nation’s elec- Though reeling now, the coal industry insists it will re- substantial percentage were people who got started on power-
tricity and accounts for about one-quarter of the carbon bound by selling more to markets like China. But this is lit- ful analgesics prescribed by their physicians.
emissions that feed global warming. tle comfort to workers who can read the markets better The recently promulgated guidelines from the Centers for
Cleaner and cheaper natural gas is fast becoming the than Mr. McConnell can. Rather than encouraging ob- Disease Control and Prevention for physicians regarding ex-
cessive, repeated opioid prescriptions are long overdue and
preferred investment, a blunt marketplace reality that is struction, the senator, who received $273,850 in campaign
need to be followed up in more stringent fashion with pharma-
sure to weaken coal’s grip on the planet as much as moral contributions from the coal industry for his 2014 re-elec- cists as well as physicians. CYRIL H. WECHT
and environmental concerns. Last week’s announcement tion, should be taking the lead in crafting government pro- Pittsburgh
by Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private-sector coal grams to help the industry, miners and communities as The writer is a forensic pathologist.
company, that it may have to seek bankruptcy protection, they face a hard period of inevitable transition.
just as three other major coal producers have done re- Even as the administration cracks down on coal — in TO THE EDITOR: For many people with chronic pain, opioid
cently, provided a dramatic confirmation of this trend. recent weeks it has also suspended new coal leasing on painkillers are a lifeline. The new guidelines from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, while perhaps reasonable
Main Street also seems to be getting the message. federal lands — it has called for job training and other as- as a first approach, are unrealistic for patients who have done
Two weeks ago, Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon signed ambi- sistance to ease the pain. These are the types of creative well (sometimes for years) on carefully monitored opioid doses
tious legislation — agreed to by environmentalists, con- adjustments that Mr. McConnell and his colleagues should under continuing medical care. As The Times has reported,
sumer groups and power producers — that requires the be tackling, instead of clinging to King Coal’s fading past. these longtime patients must now be subjected to humiliating
“pain contracts” and random drug tests.
Acetaminophen and ibuprofen are just short of laughable: If
Protecting Employees’ Health Data

they worked for severe pain, no legitimate patient would be
taking opioids. Nonpharmacological solutions like physical
therapy and acupuncture may be effective for those who can
afford them but are subject to strict, onerous insurance
Does your back hurt? Do you have diabetes? Are you includes some privacy protections for patients, but it ap- limitations or not covered at all.
taking birth control pills? plies primarily to health care providers, not companies It’s hard not to conclude that the politics of the very real and
You and your doctor know the answers to these ques- like Castlight. tragic opioid addiction crisis are drowning out the cries of peo-
tions, and now others may too: businesses that are con- Giving employers access to employee health informa- ple in pain. The medical profession only recently began to give
tracting with employers to collect and analyze employee tion could make workers vulnerable to discrimination. The serious attention to complaints of chronic pain, which not inci-
health data. But federal privacy law does not provide safe- dentally affects many more women than men.
Americans With Disabilities Act prohibits employers from Sadly, it looks as if a return to the bad old days will be upon us
guards for how this information is used. discriminating against workers who have disabilities, but very soon. LOIS AMBASH
A Wall Street Journal report last month looked at a it does not ban discrimination based on behaviors like Needham, Mass.
company called Castlight Health, which analyzes smoking, inactivity or eating fatty foods, or based on a
employees’ health care claims and demographic data to person’s probability of having a disability in the future.
make predictions about their health care needs — for in- Many states prohibit employers from firing people be- NEWS EDITORIAL
stance, women who have stopped filling their birth control
cause they smoke. Michigan and several cities ban dis- DEAN BAQUET, Executive Editor ANDREW ROSENTHAL, Editorial Page Editor
prescriptions might become pregnant. It then gives
crimination based on weight. But federal law offers little JAMES DAO, Deputy Editorial Page Editor
employees advice intended to help them get the most out TOM BODKIN, Creative Director
recourse to workers fired because of data showing a pat- TERRY TANG, Deputy Editorial Page Editor
of their health care benefits (if a woman stops purchasing SUSAN CHIRA, Deputy Executive Editor
tern of unhealthy behavior. JANET ELDER, Deputy Executive Editor
birth control, it might send her an alert about the benefits
of a preconception visit to an obstetrician). It also gives To address this problem, a group of legal scholars has MATTHEW PURDY, Deputy Executive Editor BUSINESS
called for federal legislation that would bar companies KINSEY WILSON, Editor for Innovation and Strategy
employers aggregate data on their workers, like the num- Executive V.P., Product and Technology MARK THOMPSON, Chief Executive Officer
ber of employees it predicts will become pregnant soon. from hiring or firing people based on health information MICHAEL GOLDEN, Vice Chairman
REBECCA CORBETT, Assistant Editor
Such data, employers believe, can help reduce costs gleaned through health data services. It would also ensure JAMES M. FOLLO, Chief Financial Officer
STEVE DUENES, Assistant Editor
by allowing them to tailor health insurance plans to fit em- employees’ right to see the information these services col- KENNETH A. RICHIERI, General Counsel
IAN FISHER, Assistant Editor
lected about them and to have that information deleted. ROLAND A. CAPUTO, Executive V.P., Print Products
ployee demands. Castlight, which gets information from JOSEPH KAHN, Assistant Editor
MEREDITH KOPIT LEVIEN, Chief Revenue Officer
insurers as well as from employee searches on its online As data analysis techniques evolve, such services will CLIFFORD LEVY, Assistant Editor
be able to draw ever more sophisticated conclusions about ALEXANDRA MAC CALLUM, Assistant Editor WILLIAM T. BARDEEN, Senior Vice President
platform, says it uses strict standards to make sure that
MICHELE MC NALLY, Assistant Editor TERRY L. HAYES, Senior Vice President
employers can’t use the data to identify specific people based on their health care use. Americans need
R. ANTHONY BENTEN, Controller
employees. But no federal law requires such safeguards. federal protections to make sure that those conclusions LAURENA L. EMHOFF, Treasurer
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act don’t cost them their jobs. DIANE BRAYTON, Secretary
MAUREEN DOWD
Obama’s
Last Tango
WASHINGTON
B
ARACK OBAMA is tangoing into
history, and there’s something
perfect about that.
The tango has been described
as vertical solitude. And this president is
all about vertical solitude.
Republicans are frothing and comics
are tweaking about the baseball di-
plomacy in Cuba and the tango diplomacy
in Argentina, juxtaposed with the terrorist
attack and manhunt in Brussels.
Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore
mocked Obama’s “spring break world
tour.” He chided the president for doing
the wave with Raúl Castro and remarked
on Obama’s sinuous, take-charge tango
partner. “O.K., Republicans, now he’s lead-
ing from behind,” Wilmore said. Rush Lim-
baugh accused the president of flamenco
dancing and “doing the tango with women
not even his wife.”
Yes, that outrageous sin of being polite
to your foreign hosts at a state dinner.
Barack Obama started off as a man self-
consciously alone on stage and that’s how A Trump
he is exiting. He is, for better and worse, campaign stop
too cool for school. His identity is defined
by his desire to rise above the fray. Unfor-
in Columbus,
tunately, he is in politics, which is the fray. Ohio, in
Obama shot to prominence at the 2004 November. ANDREW SPEAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Democratic National Convention with a
rousing speech about boldly moving past NICHOLAS KRISTOF
our barriers — red and blue, black and
white. But those divisions are more pro-
nounced than ever. So now he brings peo-
ple together and gets things done when he
can, like importing modernity to Cuba and
My Shared Shame: The Media Made Trump
T
inveigling China on climate change. HOSE of us in the news media Although many of us journalists have versation around ironical affection for a
The president has a bristling resistance have sometimes blamed Donald derided Trump, the truth is that he gener- celebrity rather than around serious con-
to what he sees as cheap emotion. (See: Trump’s rise on the Republican ally outsmarted us (with many excep- versation of character and policy.”
flag pin, 2008.) That has led him, time af- Party’s toxic manipulation of ra- tions, for there truly have been serious ef- “Trump was quite literally a laugh line,”
ter time, to respond belatedly or blood- cial resentments over the years. But we forts to pin him down and to investigate says Ralph Begleiter, a former CNN corre-
lessly in moments when Americans are should also acknowledge another force Trump University and his various busi- spondent and communications professor
alarmed, wanting solace and solutions. that empowered Trump: Us. ness failings). He manipulated television at the University of Delaware. Begleiter
The Christmas bomber; the BP oil spill; I polled a number of journalists and by offering outrageous statements that notes that Sarah Palin received more seri-
James Foley beheaded by ISIS, the Paris scholars, and there was a broad (though drew ever more cameras — without facing ous vetting as a running mate in 2008 than
attacks, the San Bernardino attacks, and not universal) view that we in the media enough skeptical follow-up questions. Trump has as a presidential candidate.
now Brussels, which he discussed ratio- screwed up. Our first big failing was that It’s not that we shouldn’t have covered I personally made the mistake of re-
nally and briefly with ESPN at the base- television in particular handed Trump the Trump’s craziness, but that we should garding Trump’s candidacy as a stunt,
ball game, wearing cool $485 Oliver Peo- microphone without adequately fact- have aggressively provided context in the scoffing at the idea that he could be the
ples sunglasses beside a cool Derek Jeter. checking him or rigorously examining his nominee. Mea culpa.
He feels that fanatics who are not an ex- background, in a craven symbiosis that We failed to take Trump seriously be-
istential threat to us want to disrupt our boosted audiences for both. cause of a third media failing: We were
lives and we should not let them; that “Trump is not just an instant ratings/ We failed the public by largely oblivious to the pain among work-
more people die slipping in their bathtubs circulation/clicks gold mine; he’s the
than in terrorist attacks. motherlode,” Ann Curry, the former “To- letting ourselves get played. ing-class Americans and thus didn’t ap-
preciate how much his message res-
That anthropological detachment — the day” anchor, told me. “He stepped on to onated. “The media has been out of touch
failure to viscerally connect and vig- the presidential campaign stage precisely form of fact checks and robust examina- with these Americans,” Curry notes.
orously persuade, the lip-curling at needy at a moment when the media is struggling tion of policy proposals. A candidate Media elites rightly talk about our in-
lawmakers, jittery Americans or anyone against deep insecurities about its finan- claiming that his business acumen will en- sufficient racial, ethnic and gender diver-
else who does not see things as he does — cial future. The truth is, the media has able him to manage America deserved sity, but we also lack economic diversity.
may keep him from being a Mount Rush- needed Trump like a crack addict needs a much more scrutiny of his bankruptcies We inhabit a middle-class world and don’t
more president. hit.” and mediocre investing. adequately cover the part of America that
Obama went to a baseball game with Curry says she’s embarrassed by the All politicians spin, of course. But all in is struggling and seething. We spend too
Raúl Castro just 15 months into their work- unfairness to other Republican candi- all, I’ve never met a national politician in much time talking to senators, not enough
ing relationship. It took him than six dates, who didn’t get nearly the same air- the U.S. who is so ill informed, evasive, pu- to the jobless.
years, with his trade bill — one of his top time. erile and deceptive as Trump. All this said, I have to add that I don’t
foreign policy initiatives — on the line, to An analysis by The Times found that we When the fact-check website PolitiFact know if more fact-checking would have
go to the congressional baseball game, tot- in the news media gave Trump $1.9 billion was ready to choose its “lie of the year” for mattered. Tom Brokaw of NBC did out-
ing some White House home brew. in free publicity in this presidential cycle. 2015, it found that the only real contenders standing work challenging Trump, but he
If he were up for re-election, the presi- That’s 190 times as much as he paid for in were falsehoods by Trump. So it lumped says that when journalists have indeed
dent probably would have forced himself advertising, and it’s far more than any them together and awarded the title to questioned Trump’s untrue statements,
to appear more emotionally responsive to other candidate received. As my colleague “the many campaign misstatements of nothing much happens: “His followers
the terrorist attacks, urged on by his staff. Jim Rutenberg put it, some complain that Donald Trump.” find fault with the questions, not with his
But he clearly feels liberated in the “CNN has handed its schedule over to Mr. That pattern of prevarication is what often incomplete, erroneous or feeble an-
homestretch, relishing what he can do Trump,” and CNN had lots of company. we in the media, especially television, did- swers.”
alone, venting privately about world lead- Larry Sabato, a politics professor at the n’t adequately highlight, leaving many Likewise, Bob Schieffer of CBS tells me:
ers, lawmakers and pundits who have not University of Virginia, says television net- voters with the perception that Trump is “I’m not sure more fact-checking would
risen to his lofty standards. Once he read works “have a lot to answer for.” actually a straight shooter. have changed that much. We’re in a new
about F.D.R.’s legislative prowess. Lately, “We all know it’s about ratings, and The reason for this passivity goes, I world where attitude seems to count more
he has been buffing up on Teddy Roose- Trump delivers,” Sabato says. “You can’t think, to a second failure: We wrongly than facts.”
velt blowing a raspberry at Congress and take your eyes off him. When Trump is on, treated Trump as a farce. “The media That may be true. But I still think that
expanding executive power. I stop what I’m doing and wait for the car made a mistake by covering Trump’s can- we blew it and that this should be a mo-
I traveled with the president to Havana crash.” didacy at the start as some sort of joke or ment for self-reflection in journalism.
to watch as he did the logical thing, by- Sabato is particularly critical of Sunday media prank,” notes Danielle S. Allen, a Despite some outstanding coverage of
passing the inane and antiquated congres- morning news program hosts who have political scientist at Harvard. “The re- Trump, on the whole we in the media em-
sional embargo to help move Cuba past its allowed Trump to “appear” by telephone, peated use of references to ‘the Donald’ powered a demagogue and failed the
sepia arrested development. instead of in person. across all platforms structured the con- country. We were lap dogs, not watchdogs.
There was a muted excitement in re-
pressed Havana around the low-risk trip,
a precursor to opening the Cuba wing in
the Obama presidential library.
Obama, with his elegant family along, ROSS DOUTHAT
deftly maneuvered in the chaos of commu-
nism, charming the 84-year-old Raúl Cas-
tro even though the White House did not
know which bits of historic pageantry the
Who Is Ted Cruz?
E
Cuban would play along with. NOUGH, for one week at least, the first place. Basically, he spent years ter in the English novelist Anthony Pow-
After months of intense negotiations, about the strange victories of trying to make it in Washington on the ell’s series, “A Dance to the Music of Time.”
the dictator told the president at the last Donald Trump. Let’s talk about insider’s track, and hit a wall because too A dogged, charmless, unembarrassed
minute that he would do a news confer- the mysteries of his last real com- many of the insiders didn’t like him — be- striver, Widmerpool begins Powell’s
ence — the first anyone could remember petitor, Ted Cruz. cause his ambition was too naked, his novels as a figure of mockery for his up-
in Cuba. But clearly Castro had not been On the surface, Cruz is a straightfor- climber’s zeal too palpable. So he deliber- per-class schoolmates. But over the
briefed that the two American journalists’ ward figure: The ideological zealot, the ately switched factions, turning the estab- course of the books he ascends past them
multipart questions would include tart politician-as-activist, the unbending em- lishment’s personal disdain into a political — to power, influence, a peerage —
ones for him. Standing at a lectern flanked bodiment of True Conservatism. He’s the asset, and taking his Ivy League talents to through a mix of ruthless effort,
by plush burgundy drapes with “RP” em- scourge of Obamacare, the bane of the the Tea Party instead. ideological flexibility, and calculated kiss-
bossed in gold on them in the Revolution- G.O.P. establishment, the evangelical mor- Then once installed as a leader of the ing-up.
ary Palace — which sounds like an oxy- alist with a flat-tax plan and a Reagan counterestablishment, he walked a line Enduring all manner of humiliations,
moron — Castro bridled when Andrea quote for every occasion. If Trump has dy- that looks, again, far more calculated than bouncing back from every setback, tack-
Mitchell asked him about human rights. namited Republican orthodoxy and most conviction politicians. While his fel- ing right and left with the times, he em-
Afterward, Latin correspondents noted tapped out nasty tweets from the rubble, low Tea Party senators, from Paul to Ru- bodies the triumph of raw ambition over
that if Mitchell were not American, she Cruz has kept pace by promising to re- bio to Utah’s Mike Lee, built detailed pol- aristocratic rules of order. “Widmerpool,”
would be spending the afternoon in jail. build that same orthodoxy stronger than the narrator realizes at last, sounding like
When the Cubans bobbled a photo op at before. a baffled, Cruz-hating Republican senator
the José Martí memorial in Revolutionary In this framing, Cruz is basically Barry A disliked nerd’s today, “once so derided by all of us, had in
Square, President Obama took over and Goldwater come again, an ideological cru- some mysterious manner become a per-
directed the group to its picture in front of sader who might still grab his party’s determined rise. son of authority.”
a Che Guevara mural. nomination, but whose general election This is not exactly a flattering compari-
He was a long way from 2008, when a prospects are limited by his own icy portfolios that fit their interests and in- son. But the American reader, less en-
Fox TV channel in Houston blew up a extremism. clinations, Cruz never seemed to take a amored of a fated aristocratic order, may
story about an Obama volunteer who had I’ve used this framing myself, and it step on any contentious issue without find aspects of Widmerpool’s character
the unpatriotic temerity to have a Cuban might be the best way to approach a Hilla- gaming it out 17 moves ahead. curiously sympathetic. And some of that
flag with a picture of Che at her desk. ry-Cruz race. But it also seems inadequate His push for the Obamacare shutdown, strange sympathy could be extended to
Conservatives then were trying to to understanding Cruz’s strange ascent. and the bill of goods he sold the party’s Cruz.
smear Obama as a socialist. Now many Start at the intuitive level. Despite what base, was a particularly remarkably exer- Unloved, unattractive, a Simpsons-
Democratic voters, especially young you may have heard, true belief is pretty cise in self-serving political cynicism. But quoting nerd still chasing the teenage
ones, are disappointed that Obama wasn’t common among politicians. Listen to on many fronts — Edward Snowden, trade dream of world domination, the Texas sen-
liberal enough and are gravitating toward Rand Paul talk about liberty or Marco Ru- policy, immigration, the fate of Middle ator has outworked, out-organized and
a real socialist rather than the president’s bio dilate on the promise of America; Eastern Christians — Cruz has proceeded outlasted the candidates who were sup-
preferred successor. watch Bernie Sanders rail against in- with several fingers in the wind; every posed to beat him, from the blueblood to
Obama is trying to untangle the Gordi- equality or President Obama defend tech- time the conservative mood has shifted the jock.
an knots in a Middle East shattered by his nocratic liberalism. They all radiate sin- even a little, he’s shifted quickly too. His cynicism can be repellent, his mes-
predecessor; it was W.’s unwarranted in- cerity. Watch a Goldwater speech: you The same pattern has prevailed in the sage discipline exhausting, and his Rea-
vasion of Iraq that unwittingly created can tell the man believed it. presidential campaign, in his complicated gan-vintage policy proposals induce a
ISIS, as the veteran war correspondent With Cruz, though, even the most fer- relationship to Trump — obsequious at mild despair. But in the drama of this in-
Michael Ware points out in his new movie, vent peroration always feels like a debat- first, cynically imitative on issues where sane campaign, he has actually earned his
“Only the Dead.” er’s patter, an advocate’s brief — compel- Trump’s demagogy has worked, and fi- position, and if his doggedness wins the
While Republicans who would succeed ling enough on the merits, but more of a nally self-righteous and dudgeon-filled Republican nomination on the second bal-
Obama talked loco last week — Ted Cruz command performance than a window now that the name-calling and scandal- lot it will be one of the most fascinating tri-
vowed to carpet-bomb ISIS and Donald into deep conviction. mongering have been turned against his umphs in recent political history.
Trump refused to rule out nuclear strikes This doesn’t mean that Cruz’s conserva- reputation and his family. Though it will also probably be short-
— Obama’s military leaders announced tism isn’t sincere. But the fact that he Throughout this rise, Cruz has often lived. But if you think a little thing like los-
that they had killed two top ISIS leaders. seems so much like an actor hitting his seemed less like Goldwater than like ing a general election will dispose of Ted
The president can go to a ballgame and marks fits with the story of how he be- American conservatism’s own Kenneth Cruz’s ambitions, you don’t know Ted
still keep his eye on the ball. came Mr. True Conservative Outsider in Widmerpool, the most memorable charac- Cruz.
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with a big cultural footprint.
amenities, the studio 4 WHAT I LOVE
apartment felt more A children’s book author’s
like a hotel. quirky approach to décor.
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ROSS MACDONALD
Suburbia 101
Some die-hard New Yorkers can’t imagine leaving the city. New
real estate services try to help smooth the way.
For those on the fence, there are a host of of families unsure about leaving the city and summing up the debate. “I tell everyone
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
new real estate services to help with the de- guide them to suburbia, step by step. that brings this up to me, ‘We don’t revoke
For some buyers confronted with the high cision. “I’ve been referring to these people as re- your citizenship when you go to the sub-
cost of New York City real estate, moving to Some New York City real estate agents luctant urban defectors, because they don’t urbs. You’re allowed back.’ ”
the suburbs is a no-brainer. The prospect of have teamed up with their counterparts want to leave,” said Oliver Gold, a salesman Suburban Jungle, a real estate advisory
more space for the money, a grassy yard outside the five boroughs for organized at Douglas Elliman who, along with his firm that works with city dwellers to find
and a less crowded public school outweighs seminars and “immersive tours” of the sub- business partner, Helen Arden, has been the right suburb for their lifestyle, is offer-
the longer commute, the need for a car (or urbs. The city agents get a cut of the com- creating custom tours of the suburbs for ing a series of “Suburb Stroller Tours” over
two) and the limited food-delivery options. mission if their clients decide to buy a house city clients. “It is a real weighing of the pros the next three months, introducing them to
Other buyers, however, would rather in the suburbs. The services, which reside and cons: ‘Can I live in that three-bedroom, popular towns in Westchester County, Con-
squeeze their growing family into a studio somewhere between shrink session and fourth-floor walk-up with one bathroom, or necticut, Long Island and New Jersey. For
than abandon city life. sales pitch, intend to address the concerns do I want to make the move?’ ” he said, CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
Going to New Heights to Please Buyers

Lori Goldstein is set to close Eight-foot ceilings were the foot ceilings,” said Izak Senbahar, the presi-
dent of the Alexico Group, a developer be-
on an apartment at 10 Sullivan
Street, a new condominium norm, but developers are hind the TriBeCa condo tower 56 Leonard.
complex in SoHo, where raising that level to 11-feet-plus. Unlike a kitchen that you can renovate to
ceiling heights reach 11 feet in your liking, a ceiling can’t be pushed higher
all units in the tower. once the building is constructed, he said.
By KAYA LATERMAN
The 60-story condominium at 56 Leonard
Until recently, if you were looking to buy a incorporates ceiling heights of 11 to 19 feet in
condominium with high ceilings, your each of its 145 units.
choice was limited to prewar apartments, “You can’t fake the sense of space, air and
lofts or penthouse units. Now several light without high ceilings,” Mr. Senbahar
developers are offering new condo projects said.
that have soaring ceilings in more than half Higher ceilings generally translate into
the building, giving buyers the option of higher construction costs, but some
taking a unit on a lower floor with ceilings 11 developers feel the money is well spent,
feet or higher. since high ceilings can help create grander
“Today, 11-foot ceilings are the new eight- CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
EMON HASSAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
2 RE MB THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
Staten Island Mini City
PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMON HASSAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
A complex in Stapleton aims

to transform a former naval
base into an urban enclave.
By C. J. HUGHES
The developers of Urby Staten Island, a
new rental complex now opening in Staple-
ton, hope to prove that the North Shore of
the “forgotten borough” can have broad ap-
peal, and maybe even be the city’s next hip
enclave.
Getting people to move to Urby, which is Urby, which sits on an isolated stretch of waterfront, will offer
on an isolated stretch of waterfront about a amenities like a communal kitchen with cooking classes.
mile — and two stops on the Staten Island
Railway — from the Staten Island Ferry ter-
minal, may not be easy. But the Ironstate and Cavero, an olive-oil company; Lola Star,
Development Company, the project’s devel- an apparel store from Coney Island; and an
oper, is dangling many creative extras: an as-yet-unnamed restaurant, from the team
olive oil shop; a large garden that will grow behind the Pearl Room, a hot spot in Bay
kale; and a chef-in-residence to teach you Ridge, Brooklyn.
how to prepare it. This commercial strip could fill a major
“This is going to be a game-changer,” said void in Stapleton, a neighborhood littered
Jennifer Maroni, an agent at the Gateway with shuttered stores. There might also be a
Arms Realty Corporation who rents apart- social upside, according to David Barry, the
ments in Stapleton but who is not affiliated president of Ironstate. “Having the retail
with the project. on-site is important for residents, to help
“They had to go big or go home, and in them connect,” he said.
many ways, they’ve done it,” said Ms. Maro- He’s also betting tenants will eat
ni, a lifelong resident of Staten Island. vegetables grown on the premises. A 5,000-
Spread across seven acres overlooking square-foot garden will raise crops like kale,
New York Bay, the $275 million mixed-use spinach, beets, turnips, oregano, parsley
development aims to become a city in min- and sunflowers, and its produce will be sold
iature, as it transforms the site of a former in a bodega-style market in the complex.
naval base into a dense urban-style neigh- Other plants will wind up in meals prepared
borhood. in a communal kitchen, where Brendan
Boxy steel-and-glass buildings of four or Costello, the chef-in-residence and a former
five stories hug newly constructed city sous chef at Jeffrey’s Grocery, a restaurant
streets at the site, which has warehouses in Greenwich Village, will host cooking
and carwashes for neighbors. classes and other events.
Stores occupy the bases of some of those Urby Staten Island is the first in a chain of
buildings, and a skinny new public prome- similar developments planned for the re-
nade, which is to open next month, is on the gion, including ones in Jersey City, Harri-
water’s edge, in a layout that recalls Battery son, N.J., and Stamford, Conn.
Park City. The project, which began leasing this
In the first phase of the project, Urby will month, has studios starting at $1,735 a
offer 571 studios to two-bedrooms that will month, one-bedrooms at $2,165 and two-
feature bamboo floors and black and white bedrooms at $3,310. Ironstate is offering one
subway-tile walls. free month on a 13-month lease.
Designed by Concrete, a Dutch architec- The borough’s North Shore doesn’t have a
The School of ture firm, the apartments are laid out with
living rooms facing the bay in order to maxi-
lot of luxury rentals, but Ms. Maroni had
two listings earlier this month in nearby St.
mize the view and natural light. Kitchens, George: a one-bedroom for $1,695 a month,
The New York Times baths and bedrooms are generally toward
the rear of the apartments.
and a two-bedroom for $2,000.
Still, compared with Manhattan prices,
NYC Summer Parts of Urby’s design can seem playful.
A tripartite corkboard/blackboard/white-
Urby can seem like a steal. In January, the
median rent for a studio was $2,595 a
board covers electrical panels in the apart- month, according to Douglas Elliman Real
Academy ments. “We wanted to hide it with some-
thing functional and fun,” said Erikjan Ver-
Estate.
This first phase of Urby will also include
meulen, a Concrete partner. 115 affordable apartments, reserved for
Likewise, in the halls, unit numbers are those who meet income restrictions. Stu-
not simply stenciled on a door but pieced to- dios are $867 a month, one-bedrooms are
gether from photos of numerals in different $931 and two-bedrooms are $1,123.
fonts and colors from around the city. The Urby Staten Island’s second phase, on an
effect, by every apartment door, is a whim- adjacent site, will include stores and 328
sical collage. more apartments. It will break ground this
Ironstate has leased four of 12 retail spring and be completed in spring 2018,
spaces: to Coffeed, a coffee shop; Carter Ironstate said.
Big Ticket 200 East 66th Street VI VI AN MARI NO
A Home in a Landmark
Live and study and designed by Mayer & Whittle-
An immense, full-floor penthouse sey and Skidmore, Owings &
in New York City at the top of the Manhattan Merrill. It is one of the city’s first
with two-week long House, a condominium conver- white-brick apartment buildings,
courses for high school sion of a white-brick landmark a striking contrast at the time to
students, taught by building with a private garden on the architectural styles of earlier
The School of The the Upper East Side, sold for periods.
New York Times The building was converted
$22,168,630
from rentals to luxury condos by
O’Connor Capital Partners.
The week’s runner-up, at $14.5
million, according to city records,
$22,168,630 and was the most is an apartment at 40 Bond Street,
expensive closed sale of the week, Ian Schrager’s 11-story bottle-
according to city records. green glass condominium in
The monthly carrying charges NoHo.
are an estimated $16,738; the The high-ceilinged unit, No.
asking price was $23.5 million. 10A, has four bedrooms and four
This sponsor apartment, No. and a half baths spread over 3,288
C2101, at 200 East 66th Street, is a square feet. The monthly carrying
combination of two half-floor TINA FINEBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
costs are a relatively mild $7,891,
units. The total square footage is The Manhattan House condominium
thanks to a tax abatement.
7,597 feet, which includes nine at 200 East 66th Street. Ann Folliss Jeffery of Brown
bedrooms, eight and a half baths Harris Stevens represented the
and expansive living and dining cityscape views. And just off the sellers, Joseph P. Adams Jr., a
rooms divided by a double-sided building’s lobby is a one-acre managing director of the Fortress
2016 Program Listing
wood-burning fireplace. There are garden, with plantings and walk- Investment Group, and his wife,
Summer Courses Sports Wall Street Writing for also a home gym, a media room ing paths, designed by Sasaki Hilary R. Adams. The buyer was
start June 12. Management and the Global Television and a playroom with a fireplace, Associates. Gracing the garden identified as Hos Barbizon LLC.
June 12–25 & Economic Engine June 26–July 9 as well as a separate service are sculptures by the Dutch-born Big Ticket includes closed sales
To register, July 10–23 July 24–August 7 entrance and Lutron light and
visit nytedu.com, Call All About Fashion

artist Hans Van de Bovenkamp. from the previous week, ending
646-438-7269, or email Sports Media The Music July 24–August 7 audio systems. The buyer’s identity was Wednesday.
info@nytedu.com June 26–July 9 & Business in the The south-facing master suite shielded by the limited liability
July 24–August 7 21st Century Writing the Big features another fireplace, along company Raylodie. The Corcoran
July 10–23 City: Reporting CORRECTION
with two walk-in closets and a Sunshine Marketing Group is
The Rule of Law in New York An article last Sunday about a new
June 26–July 9 Food: From June 12–25 & windowed bath with radiant handling sales for the building.
building at 251 First Street in Park
Farm to Table July 10–23 heated floors. The modern-style Manhattan
and Beyond Slope, Brooklyn, using information
The home also has abundant House, which was designated a from a publicist for the development,
June 12–25
outdoor space: Two large wrap- landmark in 2007, was built be- misstated the name of one of the
around terraces, totaling 1,340 tween 1947 and 1951 by the New development partners. It is Vanke
square feet, provide far-reaching York Life Insurance Company US, not China Vanke.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 MB RE 3
On the Market
MI CHELLE HI GGI NS
Sea Cliff Beach House
$1,999,000
NASSAU 14 The Boulevard
A four-bedroom four-bath 2007 triplex with a deck, an outdoor kitchen,
a heated saltwater pool, an outdoor shower, a basement and a 1.5-car
tandem garage, on a sandy beach on Long Island Sound. Damian Ross
(516) 369-5868, Patricia Zebrowski (516) 384-9504, Daniel Gale
Sotheby’s International Realty; danielgale.com
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TAXES $30,769 a year

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DOUGLAS HEALEY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES PROS This house is right on the beach, accessible via a two-level deck
with an outdoor kitchen and a heated saltwater pool. The master
Fairfield Condo bedroom opens onto a waterfront balcony.
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$899,000
CONS Access to the tub in the master bath is clumsy. The entrance to
the basement is in the garage.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ULI SEIT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
A three-bedroom two-and-a-half-bath three-level condo, with a gas

fireplace, a rooftop deck with an adjoining kitchenette and an attached
two-car garage. Nadine Tanen, Higgins Group (203) 858-2607;
East Village Co-op
$875,000
higginsgroup.com
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FAIRFIELD 97 College Place, #97

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TAXES $9,529 a year

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PROS Decks wrap around the unit on two floors and overlook A two-bedroom one-bath in a pet-friendly
marshland in back. A bonus room off the garage provides a private walk-up with a live-in superintendent. Alex
space for an office or gym. The baths have custom vessel sinks. Nichols (212) 539-4992, Andrew Fink
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CONS Many nearby rentals are inhabited by college undergraduates. corcoran.com
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MAINTENANCE $1,399 a month

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PROS One flight up, this quiet unit has a

renovated kitchen and bath. A dining area
off the living room has an exposed brick
wall that adds character. Co-purchasing
and guarantors are allowed.
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CONS Windows in every room look out at

adjacent buildings and don’t receive much
light. The second bedroom is small and
more conducive to a nursery or office. The
building lacks a laundry room.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PABLO ENRIQUEZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PABLO ENRIQUEZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Williamsburg Triplex
$915,000
BROOKLYN 153 Manhattan Avenue, #4B

A one-bedroom one-bath condo with a balcony, loft/mezzanine, private
roof deck, washer/dryer and central air-conditioning. Marc Batista, Seaport Area Condo
$2,470,000
Compass (917) 714-3346; compass.com
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COMMON CHARGES $438 a month; taxes: $14 a month, abated until 2032
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PROS Floor-to-ceiling windows flood this unit with light. The loft could
MANHATTAN 247 Water Street, #2

be an office or guest bedroom. A two-bedroom two-bath with central air, a washer/dryer and a
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private vestibule in a prewar elevator building with video security.
CONS This penthouse unit is a four-flight walk-up.
Eric Sidman, Compass (917) 497-0519; compass.com
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COMMON CHARGES $978 a month; taxes: $2,002 a month

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PROS Five windows bring light to a sprawling living/dining space

and an open kitchen with high-end appliances. Whitewashed original
wood columns and brick walls seamlessly blend with modern finishes.
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ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY MARCELLE SUSSMAN FISCHLER, CONS The unit lacks a tub. The bedrooms face an adjacent building.
SUZANNE HAMLIN AND LISA PREVOST PHOTOGRAPHS BY PABLO ENRIQUEZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
WHAT I LOVE
CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
Where Pinocchio Meets Rocky and Bullwinkle

The home of a best-selling series, including “I Funny,” “House of Ro-
bots” and “Treasure Hunters.”
children’s book author looks But Mr. Grabenstein credits another su-
just as you might imagine. perstar novelist, Stephen King, with giving
him the confidence to quit advertising. “His
book ‘On Writing’ convinced me I could
By DAN SHAW
write books,” said Mr. Grabenstein, who re-
Visitors to the Upper West Side apartment members being a wordsmith since the fifth
of the author Chris Grabenstein are greeted grade, when he won an essay contest spon-
by a retro-futuristic “robot” that the artist sored by the Signal Mountain Lions Club, in
Steve Heller assembled from vintage found a suburb of Chattanooga, Tenn.
pieces: a stainless-steel pool filter torso, a Mr. Grabenstein found his muses as a
stereo amplifier head and shock-absorber child and never abandoned them. “Rocky
legs. It’s a cross between the Tin Man from and Bullwinkle are a big influence on me,”
“The Wizard of Oz” and Rosie, the maid he said, referring to the cartoon characters
from “The Jetsons,” and a suitably wacky from one of the first prime-time animated
welcome to the world of Mr. Grabenstein. network series, known for its use of puns in
“I used to work for Jim Henson, and when episodes like “The Guns of Abalone” and
you walked into his office, Gonzo the Mup- “Rue Britannia.” “The show got me playing
pet would rise up and take your picture,” with words.”
said Mr. Grabenstein, 60, who wrote for Over the kitchen sink is a shelf of Rocky
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TONY CENICOLA/THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Little Muppet Monsters,” a short-lived TV
show, and Dial-a-Muppet, a phone service,
in the 1980s. “I’ve always liked the idea of
something fun when you open the front
door.”
Mr. Henson is one of the inspirations for
the title character in Mr. Grabenstein’s best-
selling “Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Li-
brary” and his new book, “Mr. Lemoncello’s
Library Olympics,” which has been on The tion booth where she tapes voice-overs and
New York Times Children’s Middle Grade audiobooks. “J.J. recorded my ‘Haunted
Hardcover List for 10 weeks. “Mr. Lem- Mystery’ series,” he said proudly. “She had
oncello has a bit of Jim Henson in him,” said
to audition, but she got the part!”
Mr. Grabenstein, explaining that his hero is
The exterior walls of the WhisperRoom
an eccentric billionaire game-maker who
are covered with a selection of Mr. Graben-
builds a high-tech library for a small Ohio
stein’s voluminous fan mail. “You can tell
town. “Both of them are imaginative with fi-
sometimes that the entire class was given
nancial resources and whimsical offices
that are so cool.” an assignment to write a letter,” Mr.
and Bullwinkle memorabilia that he ac- Chris Grabentein has decorated Grabenstein said. He made a hundred or so
Mr. Grabenstein’s home is similarly play- quired mostly in the 1990s, when he went to his Upper West Side apartment
ful and exuberant. Fortunately, his wife, J.J. school appearances last year, he said, and
Los Angeles for business several times a with a whimsical collection of
visited more than twice that via Skype, add-
Myers, an actress and voice-over artist, year. “There was this shop on Sunset called toys and memorabilia, like the
shares his aesthetic. ing that he keeps all the letters and pictures
Dudley Do-Right’s Emporium, and I would puppets he and his wife use to
“We both love fun, bright, crazy stuff,” she perform at shows, top right,
sent to him. “I will read them all in my old
make a pilgrimage every trip and get age.”
said, pointing out the laughing-frogs chan- glasses or little figurines,” he said. Pinocchio dolls, above right,
delier hanging over the kitchen island, their souvenirs from Hawaii, above The Lemoncello books, he explained,
His collection of Pinocchio dolls and pup-
purple-on-purple bedroom and the vintage left, and figurines of cartoon were conceived as educational entertain-
pets in the living room dates back to adoles-
Poosh-M-Up pinball boards that line a hall- characters, dispersed among ment. “Kids love them because they’re
cence. “The Pinocchio thing started when
way. In the living room, they’ve hung a por- wine glasses. “We both love great puzzle mysteries with all sorts of
my high school girlfriend gave me a Jiminy
trait of Fred — a hound-terrier mix they fun, bright, crazy stuff,” says games for them to play along,” he said.
Cricket. She thought I looked like him be-
adopted after the dog’s Broadway run in cause I had no chin,” he said cheerfully. his wife, J.J. Myers, a “Teachers and librarians love them because
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” — dressed as a “When eBay first started and I was still in voice-over artist and actress. they make going to the library fun and teach
Shakespearean actor backstage in his advertising, I would spend hours a day look- kids how to research as if it were a scaven-
dressing room. “We always say it looked ing for Pinocchios as well as Simpsons char- ger hunt.”
like a children’s author lived here long be- acters, which have been another big influ- He described the books as both a tribute
fore Chris was a children’s author,” Ms. ence on my writing.” to his immigrant Greek grandparents,
Grabenstein said. Although he’s clearly in touch with his in- whose last name was Lemonopoulos, and a
puppet shows several times a year. paean to the importance of public libraries
Until 2004, in fact, Mr. Grabenstein ner child, Mr. Grabenstein also relies on “I write the scripts and J.J. creates the in civic life. “They are one of the best places
worked as a creative director in advertis- feedback from potential readers. “I test- voices,” he said, pointing out Fifi Lefouf, a for immigrants to learn about their new
ing. His first boss at J. Walter Thompson drive my books with kids in the building,” he
favorite French poodle puppet with red sun- country and keep in touch with their old
was James Patterson, who had not yet be- said. On Halloween, those kids get a free
glasses and a chic leopard-print ensemble, country,” he said.
come the best-selling author of thrillers. Mr. book along with their candy. And for many
who shops at “Barkdorf” Goodman. Surprisingly, Mr. Grabenstein and his
Patterson became his mentor, role model years, he did market research while volun-
and, eventually, collaborator. In the last few teering as a tutor for fifth graders at the The couple collaborate whenever they wife have few books in their own home. “We
years, he has hired Mr. Grabenstein to co- nearby Methodist Church, St. Paul and St. can, and they share a home office with a don’t have a lot of space,” he said. “We do-
write several of his popular middle-school Andrew, where he and his wife still put on free-standing WhisperRoom sound isola- nate most of our books to Housing Works.”
ASK REAL ESTATE

RONDA KAYSEN
There Are Mice in Our Co-op (Eek!)

Dealing with vermin, making boring units through the vents, floors and
ceiling. These scents — such as air freshen-
peace with a super, and ers and cleansers — trigger painful mi-
improving ventilation. graines, causing me distress. I also worry
about other health effects associated with
artificial fragrances. My husband and I do
Unwanted Visitors not want to disturb our neighbors, nor do we
My co-op apartment has recently experi- want to anger management and jeopardize
enced an onslaught of mice. Since my build- our lease renewal, since we are market-rate
ing provides only a perfunctory monthly ex- tenants. But we want a solution. Do we have
terminator visit, I hired my own pest-con- any recourse?
trol expert to “mouse-proof” the apartment, UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN
as well as an exterminator. Still, the mice
find new entry points. They must be living in Supermarket shelves might be lined with
the building’s walls, so wouldn’t this be the air fresheners, but many people recoil at the
building’s problem, too? Can I demand that smell of them. Artificial fragrances can irri-
the co-op board deal with this? tate the eyes, nose and throat. Such smells
GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN can exacerbate existing conditions like
asthma or, in your case, migraines, said Dr.
Mice don’t materialize out of thin air. They Maida P. Galvez, an associate professor of
inhabit a building, traveling along its path- pediatrics and preventive medicine at the
ways, scurrying up plumbing and electrical Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
lines. A mouse can enter your apartment But because these irritants are found in
through an opening as small as a dime. “Old common household items that most people
infrastructure often has lots of pathways use, you might have trouble persuading the
between units, between floors,” said Matt city or your landlord to intervene. The city
Frye, an urban entomologist at the New “is reluctant to tread on a tenant’s right to
York State Integrated Pest Management carry out legal activities,” said Michael P.
Program at Cornell University. “It’s all con- Kozek, a Manhattan real estate lawyer,
nected.” “even where the use is offensive or debili-
Because the mice live in the building, tating to another neighbor.”
MICHAEL KOLOMATSKY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
they are the building’s problem. “Co-ops are Focus on the ventilation problem, which
responsible for addressing whatever falls You could also start an HP proceeding in If the super is at fault, she should still try might be bothering others as well. Odor mi-
outside the four walls of the individual Housing Court against the co-op to compel Typically, pest to resolve the conflict amicably — particu- gration is common in high-rises, particu-
apartment,” including vermin, said Andrew it to act, or face fines if it refuses, Mr. Wag- management is more larly if it was minor. She could tell him that larly the newer ones. “Newer high-rise
J. Wagner, a Manhattan real estate lawyer. ner said. But with any luck, after a little she has moved on and hopes that he will, buildings are sealed so tightly, the air has
The board needs to tackle your infesta-
reactive than proactive.
prodding the board will step up. too. nowhere to go,” said Howard L. Zimmer-
tion. By failing to intervene, the co-op could If the super refuses her peace offering, man, a Manhattan architect. Rather than
be violating the proprietary lease and city she should write a letter to her landlord and circulate freely, it is pulled through outlets,
Super’s Revenge
codes. The condition could also breach the the building’s managing agent reporting panels, vents, medicine cabinets and elec-
warranty of habitability, a state law, Mr. My daughter, who rents an apartment in a the super’s behavior. “It’s hard to imagine trical boxes, ending up in your apartment.
Wagner said. Write the board and the man- condo, had a minor dispute with the super. this being the first and last time the super Try to keep the air flowing — crack a win-
aging agent a letter insisting that they ad- As a result, he told the doormen to refuse went off on such a power trip,” said Susan dow. “Ventilation is probably the most im-
dress your relentless rodents. Note the services to her, and this includes refusing to Crumiller, a Manhattan lawyer who special- portant thing,” Dr. Galvez said. But do not
dates and times of sightings and include accept packages addressed to her. They izes in landlord-tenant law. “The building try to mask the smell with other sprays or
photographs of droppings. And suggest have since rejected several deliveries. Is should certainly be aware of what its em- candles, as that would only add more irri-
that the co-op also manage the building’s ro- this legal? And what recourse does she ployee is doing.” tants to your environment. Mr. Zimmerman
dents by sealing holes and access to path- have? She should check her lease, which might suggested sealing electrical outlets, any
ways in common areas, finding nests and provide for doorman services, so losing
KIPS BAY, MANHATTAN openings around the medicine cabinet and

treating “hot spots” like compactor rooms. such services could violate the lease. She any cracks in the walls.
But as Dr. Frye noted, buildings rarely could file an HP proceeding in Housing If these measures do not help, approach
Your daughter might consider the dispute
take a holistic approach when it comes to Court against her landlord, or she could rent management. While market-rate tenants
minor, but if the super is ostracizing her as
mice: “It tends to be that pest management a post office box and deduct the cost from
retribution, he probably has a different take have few rent protections, they can still
is reactive instead of being proactive.” her rent. The super’s conduct could also po-
on what transpired. The simplest solution complain. If this is a ventilation issue, you
If you get no response at all, call 311 and tentially violate the city’s tenant har-
would be to try to make peace. are probably not the only person noticing it,
request an inspection from the Department assment law, and if so, the board would be
“Was there a misunderstanding? Did she and if you add your name to a long list of
of Housing Preservation and Development. liable, Ms. Crumiller said.
offend the super somehow? Did she break a aggrieved tenants, management might
building rule?” said Thomas P. Farley, an take notice. It could hire a specialist to in-
etiquette expert. “If the initial fault was Unfriendly Fragrances spect the ductwork and other building sys-
Submit your real estate questions
to realestateqa@nytimes.com hers, she should extend an olive branch.” Odors seep into my apartment from neigh- tems to see if a remedy might be possible.
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Hamilton Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $270,000 Greenwich Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $550,000 Upper West Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $825,000 y Upper East Side . . . . . . . . . . $5.6 million
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5th-floor walkup, kitchen window, breakfast doormen, updated open kitchen w/granite doormen, park view, stone counters, upgrad- to unit, wall of windows and fireplace in living
bar, high ceilings, parquet floors, washer/ breakfast bar, parquet floors, separate sleep- ed appliances, marble bath, washer/dryer, room, winding staircase to master bedroom
dryer, bathroom window, 4 exposures; main- ing area, east exposure; maintenance $964, new h/w floors; maintenance $1,610, 74% suite; maintenance $4,225, 45% tax de-
tenance $872, 50% tax deductible; listed at 52% tax deductible; listed at $550,000. Bro- tax deductible; listed at $796,870 (multiple ductible; listed at $5.8 million. Brokers:
$275,000. Broker: Corcoran Group. ker: Bond New York. bids). Brokers: Halstead Property; Compass. Stribling & Associates; Corcoran Group.
Four Boroughs
Kensington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,000 Princes Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499,000 Riverdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $790,000 y Forest Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.845 million
399 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn 39 Case Avenue, Staten Island 5836 Liebig Avenue, Bronx 69-45 Ingram Street, Queens
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500-sq.-ft. postwar co-op at The Dartmouth; 46-year-old high ranch; vinyl siding, renovat- 49-year-old brick 2 family; each unit: 3 bed- 76-year-old brick and stucco Tudor; sunken
dining area, quartz counters, dark-stained ed baths and eat-in kitchen, h/w floors, c/a, rooms, 1 bath and eat-in kitchen; hospitality living room w/fireplace, high ceilings, ex-
h/w floors; elevator, laundry room and live-in windows and heating system replaced, 1-car suite w/separate entrance in partly finished posed beams, leaded glass, h/w floors, of-
superintendent; maintenance $480, 57% garage, 41-by-107-ft. lot; taxes $2,022; list- basement, detached 1-car garage, 48- fice, 2-car garage, 40-by-100-ft. lot; taxes
tax deductible; listed at $275,000. Brokers: ed at $499,000. Broker: Coldwell Banker De by-90-ft. lot; taxes $8,991; listed at $10,135; listed at $1.889 million. Broker:
Brooklyn Hearth; Corcoran Group. Simone $897,000. Broker: Trebach. Terrace Sotheby’s.
Long Island
Sayville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $340,000 Massapequa Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $524,000 Huntington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $827,500 y Northport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.725 million
128 Lincoln Avenue 171 Hayes Street 4 Forest Court 101-103 Asharoken Avenue
121-year-old wood 4-bedroom; foyer, dining 66-year-old wood 4-bedroom; renovated 77-year-old wood 2-story; family room, 3 12-year-old wood 5-bedroom on Northport
room, attic, original pine floors, full base- baths and eat-in kitchen, office, whirlpool fireplaces, h/w floors, screened porch, ca- Bay; commercial-grade appliances, family
ment; new windows, boiler and detached tub, wood stove in basement, c/a, heated thedral ceiling and double closet in master room, 3 fireplaces, office, h/w floors, c/a,
2-car garage; 0.22-acre lot; taxes $10,506; pool, 1-car garage, 60-by-100-ft. lot; taxes bedroom, c/a, basement, detached 2-car deck, pool, attached 2-car garage, 2 guest
listed at $354,900. Brokers: Century 21 $14,696; listed at $529,000. Brokers: Exit garage, 0.31-acre lot; taxes $15,693; listed cottages; taxes $46,951; listed at $5.5 mil-
Bay’s Edge; Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes. Realty Premier; Coldwell Banker Residential. at $839,000. Broker: Daniel Gale Sotheby’s. lion. Broker: Douglas Elliman.
Westchester
Rye Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $350,000 White Plains .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $540,000 y Peekskill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $867,750 Scarsdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3 million
55 Avon Circle, Rye Ridge 10 Starkey Road 1313 Constant Avenue 14 Reimer Road
1,310-sq.-ft. postwar condo; foyer, renovat- 59-year-old wood 4-bedroom; granite coun- 7-year-old wood 6-bedroom; river view, ele- 93-year-old wood 5-bedroom; entry hall,
ed kitchen and baths, dining room, h/w ters, fireplace, family room, partly finished vator, library, walls of windows, 4 fireplaces, commercial-grade appliances, butler’s pan-
floors, washer/dryer; assigned parking, exer- basement, deck, private drive, basketball whirlpool tub, partly finished lower level, try, 2 fireplaces, sunroom, paneled study, full
cise room and outdoor pool; common court, 0.44-acre lot; taxes $13,318; listed at deck, barn, 8-acre lot; taxes $13,525; listed unfinished basement, attached 2-car ga-
charges $572; taxes $5,415; listed at $560,000. Brokers: Better Homes and Gar- at $999,999. Brokers: North Country Sothe- rage, 1.32-acre lot; taxes $60,777; listed at
$350,000. Broker: Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s. dens Rand; Coldwell Banker Residential. by’s; Empire Management Group. $3.5 million. Broker: Houlihan Lawrence.
Hudson Valley
Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $285,000 Hopewell Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $590,000 y Tuxedo Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $760,000 Sloatsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.575 million
22 Powderhorn Road, Putnam 26 Lees Way, Dutchess 12 Patterson Brook Road, Orange 5 Northface, Rockland
16-year-old wood 3-bedroom; upgraded ap- 6-year-old stucco 4-bedroom; dining room, 116-year-old stucco cottage; marble coun- 8-year-old stone and stucco 6-bedroom in a
pliances, vaulted ceiling and fireplace in liv- eat-in kitchen, family room, fireplace, walk-in ters, family room, fireplace, renovated baths, gated development; large dining room, fam-
ing room, full walk-out basement, 2-car ga- closet, h/w floors, full unfinished walk-out new oak and slate floors, new electrical and ily room, 2 fireplaces, 2 master bedroom
rage, 1.36-acre lot; taxes $16,889; listed at basement, deck, c/a, detached 2-car ga- plumbing systems, 1-acre lot w/Tuxedo Lake suites, saltwater pool, 4-car garage, 8.34-
$225,000 (multiple bids). Brokers: Better rage, 1.97-acre lot; taxes $13,643; listed at access; taxes $23,922; listed at $795,000. acre lot; taxes $68,704; listed at $1.999 mil-
Homes and Gardens Rand; William Raveis. $609,000. Broker: Houlihan Lawrence. Broker: Tuxedo Park Estates. lion. Brokers: Ellis Sotheby’s; Weichert.
New Jersey
North Caldwell .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $360,000 y Morristown .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $581,000 Annandale .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875,000 Bedminster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.2 million
7 Park Place 4 Hilltop Circle 7 John Drive 200 Old Farm Road
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69-year-old ranch; brick and aluminum sid- 31-year-old wood 4-bedroom; updated 5-year-old stone and stucco ranch; kitchen 3-year-old wood 4-bedroom; front porch,
ing, family room w/fireplace, full walk-out kitchen, dining and family rooms, h/w floors, island, family room w/fireplace, crown mold- family room, 4 fireplaces, oak wide-plank
basement w/high ceilings, patio, 1-car ga- master bedroom suite w/updated bath, rec ings, full unfinished basement, new windows floors, heated pool and pool house, 3-car ga-
rage, 125-by-100-ft. irregular lot; taxes room and office in walk-out basement, deck, and electrical system, 2-car garage, 0.18- rage, 5.04-acre lot; taxes $28,409; listed at
$8,277; listed at $389,000. Broker: Berk- 2-car garage, 0.5-acre lot; taxes $11,461; acre lot; taxes $12,544; listed at $875,000. $2.25 million. Brokers: Coldwell Banker Res-
shire Hathaway New Jersey Properties. listed at $599,000. Broker: Weichert. Broker: Coldwell Banker Residential. idential; Lamington Properties.
Connecticut
Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210,000 Redding .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $530,000 Weston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $875,000 y Old Greenwich . . . . . . . . . . $1.95 million
91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Fountain Terrace 34 Wayside Lane 12 Tall Pines Drive 75 Harding Road
785-sq.-ft. postwar condo; dining area, gran- 20-year-old wood 3-bedroom; 2-story win- 32-year-old wood 4-bedroom; fireplace, 27-year-old wood 4-bedroom; family room
ite counters, wall-to-wall carpet, balcony dows and hewn barn beams in living room, 2 family room w/exposed beams, library, sun- w/fireplace, central vacuum, terrace, exer-
w/Long Island Sound view; common fireplaces, wide-plank floors, family room in room, h/w floors, walk-in closet, new stone cise room in basement, 2-car garage, 0.24-
charges $531; taxes $2,965; listed at basement, 2-car garage, 2.29-acre lot; taxes patio, attached 2-car garage, 2.32-acre lot; acre lot; taxes $13,228; listed at $1.95 mil-
$199,500 (multiple bids). Brokers: Coldwell $12,214; listed at $569,000. Brokers: Wil- taxes $17,927; listed at $919,000. Brokers: lion. Brokers: Houlihan Lawrence; Coldwell
Banker Residential; William Raveis. liam Raveis; Coldwell Banker Residential. Realty Seven; William Raveis. Banker Residential.
The “listed at” price is the asking price when negotiations began.
The “time on the market” is from the most recent listing to the sales agreement. y Pictured at left r Number of bedrooms f Number of full bathrooms h Number of half bathrooms o Time on the market
INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE LATVIA
By ALISON GREGOR
THE PROPERTY This former barn in the Old
Town of Riga, Latvia, which dates to the 16th
century and was converted into a single-
family home in late 2012, is on the market for
$3.62 million.
$3,620,000
The nearly 3,000-square-foot home, with
four bedrooms and three and a half bath-
rooms, is part of a complex including two
other buildings, also renovated but sepa-
rately owned, said Ilze Mazurenko, an
agent and an owner of Baltic Sotheby’s In-
ternational Realty, who has the listing.
The home, of red brick with a plastered
facade, sits on a lot of about 0.10 acre, which
includes a small terrace with off-street
parking.
The home has a central location near the
Swedish Gate, built in 1698 during Swedish
occupation. Jacob’s Barracks, a collection of
18th-century buildings near the house, is
home to bars, restaurants and shops. Tour-
ist sites like Dome Square and St. Peter’s
Church are a short stroll away. Riga Inter-
national Airport is about 15 minutes by car.
MARKET OVERVIEW Though home prices
fell in Latvia in the second part of 2007 by as
much as 65 percent, things have turned

around since 2010, agents said.

A 2010 change to immigration policy en- PHOTOGRAPHS BY JANIS PIPARS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
abled non-European Union buyers of a This converted barn in the Old Town of Riga, Latvia, which dates to the 16th century, was converted to a
home costing at least 143,000 euros, about four-bedroom single-family home in 2012.
$162,000, in a large city, or 72,000 euros,
about $81,000, elsewhere, to apply for a five-
year residency permit in Latvia. But in the on a value of $1.13 to the euro, and range up lowed by Ukrainians, Chinese, Kazakhs and company with offices in Latvia.
fall of 2014, the minimum price for a prop- to about $420 a square foot, according to Uzbeks. The seller typically pays the real estate
erty in the residency permit program was Aigars Smits, chairman of the board of Arco Ms. Mazurenko said that while there are agent commission, which ranges from 2.5
raised to 250,000 euros, about $283,000, in Real Estate, with offices in Latvia. a small number of buyers in Latvia from percent to 5 percent. Though mortgages are
any part of the country. Prices in the seaside resort city of Jur- Sweden, the United States, Britain and Nor- available, most foreigners typically pay in
After the threshold was increased, trans- mala, about a 30-minute drive from Riga, way, most buyers for the luxury market, cash, Mr. Riekstins said.
actions declined by more than 50 percent in generally range from about $900,000 up to which is mainly in Jurmala, are Russians.
2015, Ms. Mazurenko said. Prices in 2015 fell about $17 million, Ms. Mazurenko said. TAXES AND FEES As a historically signifi-
BUYING BASICS Notaries typically handle
by about 10 percent, she said. cant property, this home is not subject to
WHO BUYS IN LATVIA According to data col- sales transactions, and generally charge
Currently, the most expensive average lected by the Office of Citizenship and Mi- about $225 to $340, brokers said. The larg- property taxes.
prices in Riga are in the embassy district gration Affairs, properties in Jurmala were est expense is the 2 percent stamp duty, ac- CONTACT Ilze Mazurenko, Baltic Sotheby’s
called the “silent center,” where homes start most in demand in 2015, with Russians buy- cording to Aldis Riekstins, the head of International Realty, (011-371) 67-224-645;
at around $135 to $200 a square foot, based ing the bulk of them, Mr. Smits said, fol- customer services with Latio, a real estate balticsothebysrealty.com
LIVING IN OSSINING, N.Y.
History, Parks and ‘Mad Men’

THE DETAILS
What You’ll Find village’s recreation and parks

The village of Ossining is within department, housed at the Joseph
the town of Ossining, which also G. Caputo Community Center on
includes most of the village of Broadway, which has an indoor
Briarcliff Manor and several public pool. Two boating clubs,
unincorporated areas. the Ossining Boat & Canoe Club
Route 9 (also called Highland and the Shattemuc Yacht Club,
Avenue) cuts through the village, require memberships.
with older homes on lots of Educational and social pro-
around 0.10 acre close to the river grams are held at the Ossining
and newer ones on larger plots in Public Library on Croton Avenue.
the hills above. The housing stock A guide to historic sites and
includes Victorians, ranches, structures is available at the
Capes and colonials as well as website villageofossining.org.
apartment buildings and Dining spots include the Land-
condominiums. mark Diner on South Highland
Main Street is a mix of low-rise Avenue; the Goldfish Restaurant,
buildings, with food and service on Rockledge Avenue; the Boat-
shops, clothing stores and store- house, on Westerly Road; and
front medical offices. There is also Cafe Restaurant Las Americas, on
shopping along Route 133 (Croton Croton Avenue.
Avenue), and at the Arcadian A farmers’ market, held on
Shopping Center off Route 9. Saturdays, will be at the corner of
Spring and Main Streets starting
What You’ll Pay April 2; it has been indoors since
There were 46 houses on the January at the First Presbyterian
market on March 7, with prices Church.
ranging from $165,000 for a three- The Schools
PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGG VIGLIOTTI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
bedroom colonial fixer-upper to
The village’s main commercial district, on Main Street, includes a mix of low-rise buildings occupied by restaurants, shops and storefront offices. The Ossining Union Free School
$749,000 for a five-bedroom Tudor.
District serves around 5,000
Eric Schatz, the principal broker
students, including some from
Street, Mr. Zambrano said, and work has beat the Schatz Realty Group on
By ANNE MANCUSO Briarcliff Manor and Yorktown.
gun on a 35-unit senior residence at the end Croton Avenue, using information
The village of Ossining, N.Y., on the Hudson of Main Street. District schools are the Park
from the Hudson Gateway Multi-
River in Westchester, has a surprisingly First-time home buyers from lower Early Childhood Center, for
ple Listing Service, said the medi-
large place in American culture, given its Westchester and the Bronx and empty prekindergarten and kindergar-
an house price for the 12-month
three-square-mile size. Rich in pre-Revolu- nesters from other parts of Westchester are ten; Brookside Elementary
tionary War history, it is also the site of the period ending Feb. 1 was $375,000,
among those house-hunting here, said Greg School, for first and second
state-run Sing Sing Correctional Facility Kane, 58, an associate broker with Kane and slightly lower than the median of
grades; Claremont Elementary
and was home to both the author John Chee- Associates, a family-run business on Croton $390,000 for the previous year.
School, for third and fourth;
ver and the fictional character of Don Dra- Avenue. The median price of a two-
Roosevelt Elementary School for
per in the AMC series “Mad Men.” “If you want to spend $300,000 to bedroom condo for the 12-month
fifth; Anne M. Dorner Middle
The population of about 25,000 residents $400,000 for a three-bedroom two-bath period ending Feb. 1 was
is diverse. “You have the haves and have- home on one-half acre with a garage, Ossi- School, for sixth to eighth; and
$332,000, a slight decrease from
nots — all kinds of people,” said William ning is it,” he said, adding that homes with a Ossining High School.
$336,375 the previous year.
Broadnax, 81, who has been a reference li- river view can fetch from $600,000 to Average 2015 SAT scores at the
Condominium developments
brarian for many years at the Ossining Pub- $800,000. high school were 497 in reading,
lic Library on Croton Avenue. Catherine Wilson, 36, an architect and are a big presence in the village,
500 in math and 490 in writing,
Customers at the Main Street Deli, owned stay-at-home mother, and her husband, brokers said. “Ossining has more
compared with state scores of
by Itamar Guiracocha, 42, who arrived in Aaron Wilson, 43, a creative director for a per capita condos than in any of
489, 502 and 478.
the United States from Ecuador in 1990, are technology-based marketing company in the surrounding communities,”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
“a mixture of cultures,” Mr. Guiracocha Manhattan, moved with their infant daugh- Mr. Schatz said. Eighteen condos The Commute
said, and include workers from Sing Sing ter, Stella, 18 months ago from a rented loft listed earlier this month ranged
with bringing more life to downtown. The trip on Metro-North’s Hudson
and young renters from nearby apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to a 1920s three- from $219,000 for a one-bedroom
buildings. The menu includes empanadas, An apartment building completed last bedroom colonial near the high school that Line from Ossining to Grand
to $399,000 for a two-bedroom. Central Terminal ranges from 45
plantains and rice and beans as well as year now stands in a spot on Main Street Ms. Wilson said had “good bones.” They
chicken francese. long left vacant after a fire, Mr. Campbell One- and two-bedroom co-ops to 67 minutes. Monthly tickets are
paid $265,000 and have upgraded the heat-
Of the village’s roughly 25,000 residents, said. ing and electrical systems. on the market earlier this month $300; a round trip at peak times
around 40 percent are Hispanic, according Abraham Zambrano, the Ossining village Stella, now 2, is a regular at Mother ranged from $49,900 to $172,000. is $27; off peak, $20.50.
to 2010 census figures. manager, noted, “There is a big demand for Goose Time at the library and has taken bal- Typical monthly rents for one-
The village has been revitalized in recent rental apartments.” Harbor Square, a new let and swim classes at the community cen- to three-bedroom apartments in The History
years, said Richard Campbell Jr., 49, the complex of 189 apartments, from studios to ter, Ms. Wilson said. While pleased with the multifamily homes and apartment A farming, shipping and industri-
president of R.I.M. Plumbing and Heating three-bedrooms, is scheduled to open near village, she added that she wished there buildings range from $1,400 to al village, Sing Sing — so named
Supply, a family-run business on Main the Metro-North Railroad station this sum- were “a nice coffee shop” on Main Street $2,100, Mr. Schatz said. A three- for its early inhabitants, the Sint
Street since 1970. He credits initiatives of mer. Nineteen of its units are designated as where she could gather with friends.
bedroom house typically rents for Sincks of the Wappinger Confed-
the local government and events like a affordable. Plans have been approved for “I think there’s an audience here for that,”
farmers’ market and summer street fair another large apartment building on State she said. about $3,000 a month. eracy — became the first char-
tered municipality in Westchester
What to Do County in 1813. Its name was
The nearby Teatown Lake Reser- changed in 1901 to Ossining as the
ON THE MARKET
vation, a nature preserve, has 15 village tried to distance itself
miles of trails; another hiking from the Sing Sing Correctional
destination is the Old Croton Facility, which opened in 1826.
Aqueduct Trail, reachable from Among the village’s many historic
Route 9. structures — some predating the
More than 15 village and town Revolutionary War — is Highland
parks have amenities like playing Cottage, also known as Squire
fields, playgrounds and picnic House, an 1872 Gothic Revival
areas, with a new riverfront park building that was the county’s
119 MYSTIC DRIVE 66 IROQUOIS ROAD 63 DALE AVENUE, #B3 opening this summer, said Chris- first house made of concrete,
A two-bedroom 1998 condo in Mystic Pointe with A four-bedroom two-bath 1955 Cape Cod on A one-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath 1989 topher Soi, the superintendent of according to Norman MacDonald,
two full and two half baths, listed at $585,000. 0.17 acre, listed at $419,000. condo, listed at $215,000. recreation. Events like a recent the curator of the Ossining His-
(914) 319-0131. (914) 396-7835. (914) 844-6011 egg hunt are sponsored by the torical Society Museum.
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THE HUNT
The Luxury of Living Small

Flatiron Flatiron Gramercy Area North of NoMad
At the Caroline, on The renovated The price was right They would be the
West 23rd Street, a studio on West 16th on East 18th Street, first to live in the
studio seemed was “crisp-looking,” but the apartment studio, which had a
appealing but was but the unit was a in the 1960 building kitchen separate
already rented. simple rectangle seemed dated. from the living area.
and the kitchen was
obtrusive.
The studio didn’t have to be ciently close to work for Ms. Bucolo, and she
loved the gleaming interior and the ameni-
big, but it had to be in the city ties, which included indoor and outdoor
— and have lots of amenities. rooftop lounges.
She visited a furnished model and a few
empty studios, returning with Mr. Denis a
By JOYCE COHEN few days later. “We loved that no one had
Samantha Bucolo and Keith Denis met as lived here before,” she said, “because I am
schoolmates in high school on Long Island. such a clean freak and germophobe.”
They reconnected in an astronomy class at They walked around the neighborhood to
Suffolk County Community College. check out the parking situation. Parking
The couple, who plan to marry next win- right outside was allowed only from 7 p.m.
ter, later moved to a three-bedroom rental in to 7 a.m., but that worked well with Mr.
a house in Bay Terrace, Queens, which they Denis’s irregular schedule and 12-hour
shared with Ms. Bucolo’s younger sister, di- shifts.
viding the monthly rent of $2,100 evenly Last fall, the couple moved into a studio of
among the three of them. about 500 square feet on one of the lower
Ms. Bucolo, who is now 29 and has been a floors, for which they pay $3,490 a month,
hairdresser since her teens, took the Long with one month free on a 13-month lease.
Island Rail Road to her job in product devel- The amenity fee, which includes access to
opment at Bumble and Bumble in the meat- the rooftop, the gym and an elevated park
packing district, while Mr. Denis, now 30, that wraps around the fourth floor, is $1,000
drove to Mercy College in the Bronx, where a year for two.
he was working toward a graduate degree “We weren’t really concerned about a
in physician assistant studies. view,” Ms. Bucolo said. “We have the
But once he began working as a physician rooftop.”
assistant in the neurosurgical care unit at The kitchen is separate from the living
North Shore University Hospital in Man- space, with its own little hallway. And the
hasset, N.Y., on Long Island, Ms. Bucolo ceilings are so high — even in the bathroom
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TINA FINEBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
said, “We wanted to treat ourselves and fill — that they require an extra-long shower
that craving of being in the city.” Knowing curtain.
that they would eventually settle on Long near the Queensboro Bridge. She wouldn’t few years earlier. Prices there were in the Now Mr. Denis has a drive of around 20
Island, they wanted to have “that New York The Renters be able to walk to work, but Mr. Denis could high $2,000s to low $3,000s. minutes, by way of the Queens-Midtown
City lifestyle,” she said, while they could. Samantha Bucolo easily drive to work over the bridge, which Ms. Bucolo found the studio she saw “re- Tunnel, which does have a toll, but “I’m sur-
Besides, she was tired of commuting, which and Keith Denis in requires no toll. When they visited, howev- ally new and crisp-looking,” but didn’t like prised at how easily I’m able to park,” he
she had done since she transferred to New their studio of about er, they found an apartment that was tiny the rectangular layout, which had a kitchen said.
York University: “I would rather walk any- 500 square feet. and “unlivable,” she said. she found obtrusive. “If I am on my bed, I Ms. Bucolo, who is often laden with bags
where than take a subway or a cab.” Mr. Denis added: “I was second-guessing am seeing my kitchen,” she said. “Every- filled with hair products, groceries and wed-
So in the fall, all three prepared to move my agreement to move to the city.” thing was in one room, and you could see ding-planning paraphernalia, sometimes
— Ms. Bucolo’s sister to live with a friend on Ms. Bucolo liked the Caroline, which everything.” uses the rideshare service Via to get to
the Upper East Side, and Ms. Bucolo and opened in 2002 in the Flatiron area on West She was equally ambivalent about a 1960 work, but walks home when the weather is
Mr. Denis to their own Manhattan apart- 23rd Street; a friend who used to live there building on East 18th Street south of Gram- nice.
ment. had gushed about the roof deck. Hunting ercy Park, where studios were in a similar They are thrilled to have a washer and
Their budget was $3,000 to $3,500, and to alone while Mr. Denis was studying, Ms. price range. “This didn’t have the newer fin- dryer in their apartment. Mr. Denis wears
keep costs reasonable, they didn’t mind Bucolo contacted Marilyn De Amorim, a ishes she was looking for,” Ms. De Amorim scrubs at work, so he has plenty of laundry,
downsizing to a studio, as long as the build- saleswoman at Mirador Real Estate with a said. “It’s nice to be the first to cook in the and so does Ms. Bucolo: “I cook a lot,” she
ing had plenty of amenities. “The city is not listing in the building. kitchen and take a bubble bath in the bath- said, “so I have a lot of dish towels.”
a place where you are staying in your apart- Studio prices there were in the low to mid tub.” And although Mr. Denis has an earlier
ment all the time,” Ms. Bucolo said. “I know $3,000s. But the only vacant studio was al- So Ms. De Amorim suggested they head schedule than Ms. Bucolo does, he keeps
friends who are paying $1,900 for a one-bed- ready rented, Ms. De Amorim told her. Ms. north to a new 45-story residential tower the bathroom door closed and is able to
room that might as well be a studio.” Bucolo didn’t want to wait for another va- with lots of amenities, One Sixty Madison. dress in the large closet to avoid waking her.
She found a listing for a one-bedroom cancy, so Ms. De Amorim took her to a build- The building was north of NoMad, at 33rd “We don’t even notice that it is a studio,”
ing nearby, True North Flatiron 27 on West Street, in a commercial area not far from the she said. “We feel like we are in a hotel
email: thehunt@nytimes.com 16th Street, which had been remodeled a Empire State Building. But it was suffi- room.”
Going to New Heights to Please Buyers

spaces. The extra height can set a develop-
ment apart from the pack and be a helpful
marketing tool as the city’s high-end real es-
tate market begins to soften.
On a national level, most buyers of a
standard home prefer nine-foot ceilings on
the first floor, according to a 2015 survey
conducted by the National Association of
Home Builders. In New York City, while pre-
war buildings tended toward nine-foot ceil-
ings, most postwar buildings were built
with eight-foot ceilings because it was more
affordable to do so, according to Richard
Lambeck, clinical associate professor and
chairman of the construction management
graduate program at the New York Univer-
sity School of Professional Studies Schack
Institute of Real Estate. Apartments were
compact, which also coincided with the
availability of portable air-conditioning
units, he said. SIRAS ORIEL DEVELOPMENT
“With high ceilings, developers can lose A showroom, left, duplicates the high ceilings that can be found in a new condo at 180 East 88th
an entire floor and, at the same time, add Street. Most of the living spaces in the residences at the Soori High Line on West 29th Street,
another 15 percent to their construction above, will have 13- to 18-foot ceilings, while at 56 Leonard, below, ceiling heights will be 11 to 19 feet
costs,” Mr. Lambeck said. in each of the building’s 145 units.
The need to use multiple sheetrock
panels for the walls, add more bolts, and or-
der customized doors and windows all add spaces before finding one on Third Avenue few feet below the ceiling. Not only are the
to the cost of the final product. Increasing and East 64th Street where he could build a rails convenient for hanging art, but they
the ceiling height from eight to nine feet also help bring one’s sight line just a bit
room with 14-foot ceilings.
adds an extra $4,000 to the cost of an aver- lower, making you feel more grounded in a
“It’s impossible to explain” the impact of
age home, according to the home builders’ room that is extra tall, Mr. McMillan said.
survey. ceiling height, he said. “You have to experi-
ence it.” And sometimes it’s all about the view.
Arthur W. Zeckendorf, a principal of When designing the Gibraltar, a new six-
Zeckendorf Development, estimated that It took the developers behind 20 East End
Avenue, where units will have 11-foot ceil- story condo building going up at 160 West
placing 11-foot and 15-foot ceilings in the 33
ings, about a year to find a commercial Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the archi-
units at 520 Park Avenue was adding an ex-
space for their showroom, according to tect Joseph Eisner said he wanted future
tra 10 percent to his building costs, and add-
Nicole Siciliano-Trazzera, the sales director residents to enjoy the views of Manhattan
ing 10 percent more time to the construction
at the Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, and the East River from the living room,
schedule for the 54-story structure.
DDG which will have 11.3-foot ceilings.
“I didn’t consider lower ceiling heights,
give up having a pool or other amenities in a because I wanted the cleanest, freest feel,”
‘You can’t fake the sense building, but will not budge on ceiling so common areas feel larger than they are,
of space, air and light height,” she said. “Buying a home is an emo- Mr. Eisner said.
without high ceilings.’ tional thing, and that ‘wow’ factor a high
How to incorporate a sense of space in
ceiling provides is something you can’t re-
home design has always been part of the
place.”
Nicholas Werner, a founder of Largo In- discussion for architecture students, said
Lori Goldstein, a fashion stylist and cre-
vestments, one of the developers of the James Garrison, an architect and adjunct
ator of the LOGO clothing line, is one such
associate professor at the Pratt Institute’s
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Fitzroy in Chelsea, where all the rooms will

buyer. After living in a Chelsea loft for al-

have 11-foot ceilings, said, “There’s no need most 15 years, she is set to close on an apart- School of Architecture. “Sure, you can have
to build a room that’s an echo chamber, but ment at 10 Sullivan Street, a new condo com- bragging rights when you have high ceil-
we wanted to build a home that seemed gra- plex on the southwestern edge of SoHo that ings, but people can really feel space,” he
cious and proportionate.” has ceiling heights of 11 feet in all 22 units in said. “And the way you design a room with
Technological advancement in building the tower. In addition, four townhouses in height can bring a hierarchy to how certain
materials has also made it easier for the complex have 11.7-foot ceilings. rooms are utilized.”
developers to expand in volume, Mr. Wer- “I can’t stand being claustrophobic,” Ms. Ashwin Y. Verma, a founder of Siras De-
ner said. For example, residences at the Goldstein said. “There’s something about a velopment, which is building the Soori High
Fitzroy will have hydronic radiant floor room that’s taller than it is wider.” Line on West 29th Street, where about 80
heating, and not just in the bathroom, where To show potential buyers how one feels in percent of the 31 condos will have 13- to 18-
it is customarily found, to better heat the en- an expansive room, some developers have ALEXANDER SEVERIN/RAZUMMEDIA foot ceilings, says new condo construction
tire home, since warm air rises. Larger win- taken the extra step of finding a showroom will incorporate higher ceilings from here
dows that were selected in proportion to the large enough to build an exact replica of a who is marketing the new building. “It’s on.
higher ceilings add more natural light, room with such height — no small task in been the best sales tool,” she said. “The re- “I think the market is moving toward”
which cuts electricity costs, he said. itself. action is utter amazement.” measuring rooms in cubic feet, he said. “As
Vickey Barron, an associate broker at Joseph A. McMillan Jr., the chief execu- Homes with large rooms and high ceil- a developer, the New York market is one of
Douglas Elliman, said she started to notice tive of DDG, one of the developers behind a ings are often sought by buyers with art col- the few places where you can change the
clients’ asking about ceiling heights about new condo building at 180 East 88th Street, lections. Every livable room at 180 East 88th story on architecture like this and still get
five years ago. “I now have clients who will said he looked at 30 to 40 commercial Street will come with art rails that hang a rewarded.”
Suburbia 101
$35 a person, participants tour the down-
town area and learn about the “personality
of the town” from locals over a three-course
lunch at a “stroller-friendly” restaurant.
On May 25, Jessica Fields and Alexandra
Foucard of Warren Lewis Sotheby’s Inter-
national Realty in Park Slope, Brooklyn,
will host “Beyond Brooklyn,” their third
event in a series aimed at clients who are
priced out of Brownstone Brooklyn but are
not sure where to begin looking beyond the
city. “With our agency connections to real
estate agents all over the region, we wanted
to bring the realtor’s insight into the other
local options to our neighbors here,” said
Ms. Fields, who offered a similar seminar in
October for roughly 50 home searchers, af-
ter having to turn people away at a previous
talk in June. “It was clear we hit a nerve.”
At the October event, four agents who
had made the move from the city to the sub-
urbs themselves presented overviews of
real estate options in Long Island, Westch-
ester County, Fairfield County, Conn., and
Essex County, N.J., to a mix of couples in
business suits and parents with babies in
slings and toddlers on iPads. The overall
message: Life isn’t so terrible in the ‘burbs.
In addition to highlighting the better real
estate values, each broker emphasized the
cultural attractions, farmers’ markets and
culinary options of their respective neigh-
borhoods, often drawing comparisons to
JANE BEILES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
New York City.
“The Paramount draws huge headliner Above: Edward and Amanda Allen didn’t want to leave the city, but with a second child on the way,
acts from around the country,” said Cindy they decided to explore the suburbs. They moved this month with their son, Grayson, and their
Hammerquist, an agent who moved from dog, Oliver, to a five-bedroom house in Old Greenwich, Conn. Left: Joseph Wachs and Sussan
Park Slope to Huntington, N.Y., on the north Corson left Manhattan for Maplewood, N.J., where their son, D.J., is now steps from his new school.
shore of Long Island, in 2010. “The Cinema
Arts Center is an Angelika theater-type
place, and they have organic popcorn with
real butter.” Ms. Hammerquist also pointed Leaving New York City
out that she still shops at Fairway, this time
in nearby Plainview, just as she did in Red The road to the suburbs is well trodden. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Hook, Brooklyn, and buys house-roasted But the decision can be fraught for New The Buyers Jamie Stellini, 39, an automation
coffee “served by a guy with a big beard in a York parents who dreamed of raising their report specialist and “amateur podcaster”;
plaid shirt,” which drew a laugh from the children in the city, only to find themselves Joe Leffe, 44, a mortgage loan officer in
crowd. priced out. Below, a few die-hard city lovers Manhattan; daughter, Lena, 4, and son,
While some families moving to the sub-
on their exit to suburbia. Lorenzo, 10 months.
urbs want to replicate a semblance of their
former urban lifestyle, many are happy to Maplewood, N.J. Their Budget $500,000
escape the excruciating process of securing Years in the City More than a decade.
The Buyers Joseph Wachs, 48, the studio
a spot in a good New York City school. Joan
director for More Simple, a strategy and Where They Lived After the couple married
O’Rourke Tuckman had no intention of leav-
ing the city. After all, she and her husband, BRYAN ANSELM FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES design firm; Sussan Corson, 45, a senior in 2014, Mr. Leffe moved into the two-bed-
Joe Tuckman, an advertising sales execu- analyst at a financial services company; room walk-up in Astoria that Ms. Stellini
trying to sell you a piece of property, she shared with her daughter, Lena.
tive, rented a $4,200-a-month two-bedroom said, the strategist focuses on the bigger and son, D.J., 6.
on the Upper West Side just two doors down picture: “How do you want to raise your Their Budget $625,000 Why They Left Space became a priority
from a top public school. “In my eyes, we family?” when Ms. Stellini became pregnant with
Years in the City 17
had the best deal in the world and we never There is no fee for this service. Clients are her second child.
needed to leave,” said Ms. Tuckman, who Where They Lived A two-bedroom condo in
later referred to outside real estate agents What They Got Working with their friend
had worked in advertising sales before in their chosen towns who have been vetted Hamilton Heights
taking time off to be with her son, Ryan. and broker, Jessica Murphy of Julia B. Fee
by Suburban Jungle, which gets a cut of the Why They Left “Beyond schools,” said Mr.
Circumstances changed last year when Sotheby’s International Realty, the couple
commission if the agent sells a home. Wachs, “we were ready for more space, a
Ryan was wait-listed for kindergarten be- bought a three-bedroom two-and-a-half-
“We weren’t sure where we wanted to new adventure and more space. Also, we
cause the school did not have enough open bath for about $450,000 in Dobbs Ferry
live, and they were really helpful in narrow- wanted more space and a little more
seats. So the couple began looking outside early last year. “We have a park within
ing it down,” said Amanda Allen, 33. Ms. Al- space.”
the city and, working with Lois Lehman, a walking distance that includes a public
len moved to Old Greenwich, Conn., from
real estate agent at William Raveis, closed What They Got Working with Tracy Nix at
Manhattan earlier this month with her hus- pool,” said Mr. Leffe. “We have an au pair
in January on a $1.06 million four-bedroom, Prominent Properties Sotheby’s Interna-
band, Edward, 42, who works in finance, who lives with us,” added Ms. Stellini. “She
three-and-a-half-bath in Fairfield, Conn. tional Realty, the couple bought a 1935
and Grayson, their 2-year-old son. has her own bedroom. That wouldn’t have
“It was very hard for me to leave,” Ms. four-bedroom colonial with a backyard
After selling their one-bedroom co-op in been possible in Astoria.”
Tuckman said, noting that she had an en-
Greenwich Village about a year ago, the deck, a two-car garage and a semifinished
larged photograph of the noisy city corner The Draw “We saw all the businesses you’re
Allens, who are expecting their second child basement for $551,000. The house is so
where they had lived hanging in a central used to seeing in places like Astoria and
in May, had hoped to use the profit to buy a close to Clinton Elementary School; Mr.
spot in their new suburban living room. But Brooklyn,” said Ms. Stellini, citing bars, an
larger apartment in the city. “About a year Wachs said, “our son could zip-line to his
she admits she was glad when she finally
ago we put in a bid for a two-bedroom,” said organic food store, yoga studios, pottery-
moved. “I was the happiest person this
Mr. Allen. “It went for $350,000 over ask.” In making places and a vegan bakery among
summer,” she said.
the meantime, they rented a two-bedroom the shops there and in artsy Hastings-on-
Ms. Tuckman’s transformation is com-
near Lincoln Center. Hudson next door. “It seemed like the
mon for New York City expats in suburbia,
“Neither of us really wanted to live in the impossible was possible here — that we
according to Ms. Lehman, the Tuckmans’
suburbs,” he said. They came across Subur-
broker. “There’s a certain resistance to the would actually enjoy the suburbs.”
ban Jungle while attending a baby industry
white picket fence and the suburban life- Biggest Adjustment “Spontaneously going
event last May and spent an hour and a half
style,” she said. “Joan dealt with that.”
on the phone with a consultant who sent out is not really a thing around here,” said
To reach more families like the Tuck-
them town reports on Harrison and Rye in Ms. Stellini. “When we were in Astoria and
mans, the New York City office of William
Westchester County and Darien and Green- wanted to go out, we would pop outside and
Raveis held an event in November, called
wich in Fairfield County. get into trouble pretty quickly. It was pretty
“City or Suburbs: Should I Stay or Should I
Go?” They invited as a speaker Clara “They could tell us more than a broker is awesome.”
Hemphill, the editor of Insideschools.org, a legally allowed to tell us,” Mr. Allen said.
“Because they were moms living there with Backup Plan After initially resisting subur-
project at the New School that offers pro- ban life, Mr. Leffe said, “I have finally
files of city schools. Her advice: Move to the their kids,” he added, the strategists not
only knew which areas were zoned for good embraced this as my home.” Still, he noted,
suburbs because you want to live there, not
because you think it will be good for your public middle schools, “they knew which he is holding onto and renting out a one-
children. By the time they are 11, they will roads you don’t want to live on because the bedroom apartment in Astoria that he
want to be back in the city anyway. traffic is heavy.” He added, “It was like get- bought before the couple married. “I told
ting an insider’s perspective.” her we got 17 years to go and we’re moving
William Raveis offers to connect prospec-
tive buyers with agents at the firm’s subur- After ruling out Westchester because of
back to my place.”
ban offices. “It’s almost like a personal high taxes, they narrowed their search to
shopping concierge for your real estate ex- Old Greenwich for its “proper Main Street,” KATHERINE MARKS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Trumbull, Conn.
perience outside of New York City,” said good schools and proximity to the water. The Buyers Xanthi and George Stamos, both
In January, they closed on a five-bedroom Above: Jamie Stellini and Joe classroom.”
Kathy Braddock, a managing director of the in their 30s, who were married in 2010.
four-and-a-half-bath for about $2 million. Leffe moved to Dobbs Ferry, The Draw “Maplewood drew our attention
New York City office. “We oversee the Their Budget $400,000
Owning the house, which is on a quarter N.Y., into a house with plenty of
whole process with their input. We get a due to the housing stock and the charm of
acre that backs onto Greenwich Cove, “is room for their growing family. Years in the City Thirty-two for Mrs. Stamos,
sense of who they are and know the the town, the commute to the city, but
far cheaper than renting the two-bedroom Below: Xanthi and George an accountant, who was born and raised in
matches to make vis-à-vis the community.” mostly what seemed to be an artistic and
in the city,” Mr. Allen pointed out. After they Stamos said goodbye to street
Brokerage firms see an opportunity right welcoming community to New York City Astoria, Queens; 14 for Mr. Stamos, a fire
moved in last month, neighbors started noise and on-street parking
now, as prices in leafy suburban communi- when they bought a house in expats,” Mr. Wachs said. sprinkler mechanic who hails from Greece.
ties look increasingly attractive compared showing up with gifts. “They brought us
flowers. We had a welcome book,” said Mrs. Trumbull, Conn. What They Miss “The multicultural aspect of Where They Lived A $1,450-a-month one-
with the skyrocketing expense of buying in
Allen. “When we moved into our Ninth the community and restaurants was a bedroom rental in Astoria.
the city. “While the Manhattan market has
soared in the last few years, the suburban Street co-op we certainly did not get that — unique experience we won’t find anywhere Why They Left With plans to start a family,
markets remained relatively unchanged, so just a list of what our hours of construction they wanted more space. And with rents
else,” Mr. Wachs said.
a lot of people are saying, ‘Is it time to at would be.” climbing in Astoria, Mrs. Stamos said, “we
least think about moving out to the sub- thought that rather than paying rent for a
urbs?’ ” said Mr. Gold of Douglas Elliman. two- to three-bedroom apartment, we can
In the fourth quarter of 2015, the median be paying off our own house.”
price in Manhattan was $1.15 million, up 36.1
percent from $845,000 in the same period in What They Got After finding prices beyond
2010, according to Jonathan J. Miller, the their reach in the town of Fairfield, Conn.,
president of the appraisal firm Miller Samu- they moved north to Trumbull, close to the
el. The median in Brooklyn was $650,000, Merritt Parkway and Interstate 95. While
up 36.8 percent over the same five-year the town lacks a traditional main street, she
span. By contrast the median fourth-quar- said, the neighborhood has everything they
ter prices remained relatively unchanged need, with a convenient 10-minute drive to
during the same period in Westchester
the mall, and five minutes to the supermar-
($425,000 versus $450,000), Fairfield

($385,000 versus $380,000), and Nassau ket, bank, post office and restaurants.
Counties ($435,000 versus $405,000). What They Miss “The close proximity to
Business has been so successful for Sub- shopping and restaurants” without having
urban Jungle that the seven-year-old firm to drive, Mrs. Stamos said.
opened offices in San Francisco and Chi-
What They Don’t Miss “The noise pollution,
cago last year. Clients fill out a probing
questionnaire: Where did each of you grow and we definitely do not miss looking for
up and what did you love/hate about each on-street parking,” she said.
place? Tell us about your ideal commute. The Biggest Surprise How quickly prices
What are the things most important to you drop if you’re willing to deal with a longer
in a town/community? Describe your “ideal commute. Working with George Papa-
school setting.” george of William Pitt Sotheby’s Interna-
Afterward, they are assigned a “suburb tional Realty, they bought a three-bedroom
strategist” — who is not a real estate agent two-bath with about 1,800 square feet of
and therefore, the company says, is more
living space on 0.33 acre for $312,000. “My
objective — to suggest some towns to ex-
plore. “They don’t care if you end up in Ev- deck is bigger than my apartment was in
erett, N.J., or Rye,” said Alison Bernstein, Astoria,” Mrs. Stamos said. Her advice:
the founder of Suburban Jungle. Instead of JANE BEILES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES “Be open to exploring other areas.”
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2 SUNDAY ROUTINE 3 NEIGHBORHOOD JOINT
The author Douglas Kennedy The history of the world, as

commits bagel sacrilege. told through buttons.
2 I WAS MISINFORMED 7 ALBUM
On the futility of teaching The last of an order: the

manners to New Yorkers. Handmaids of Harlem.
NEW YORK CITY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016
The Mayor Does the Town, His Way

Bill de Blasio has been
a reluctant bon vivant.
But does the city need
a cheerleader in chief?
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Yes, he has seen “Hamilton.”
But since his inauguration two years ago,
Mayor Bill de Blasio has not visited the Mu-
seum of Modern Art. He has not attended a
Nets or Knicks game. He has not been to the
Guggenheim Museum, the Studio Museum
in Harlem, the P.S. 1 art center in Queens,
the New York Botanical Garden in the
Bronx or the Metropolitan Opera — al-
though he did see a movie at Lincoln Center
once.
He has never visited the High Line, the
renowned elevated park on the Far West
Side of Manhattan. In 2014, he skipped a cer-
emony for the opening of its final portion.
Instead, that day he drove six hours to Pitts-
burgh to attend a baseball game.
Asked recently when he last visited Cen-
tral Park, the mayor replied, “I’ll have to get
back to you.”
Mayors of New York have long consid-
ered themselves the city’s cheerleaders in
More ‘Fela!’ than

‘Phantom,’ more movies
than the Met.
chief, making frequent appearances at its
major institutions and promoting the world-
class cultural offerings and only-in-New-
York attractions that lure millions of
tourists from around the world — and per-
suade New Yorkers that it’s worth putting
up with tiny apartments and high rents just
for a chance to live nearby.
Mr. de Blasio, by contrast, is more of a
homebody who is protective of his privacy
and prefers to spend downtime in his old
Brooklyn neighborhood rather than out on
the town. Uncomfortable in Gracie Mansion
— he often refers to the mayoral residence
as a “hotel,” and has complained to aides
about feeling out of place in its halls — he
can frequently be found in Park Slope, exer-
cising at his old gym and sipping
cappuccinos at a beloved cafe.
The mayor’s absence from cultural hot
spots has caused consternation among arts
patrons, who were accustomed to first-class
treatment from Mr. de Blasio’s predecessor,
Michael R. Bloomberg, a philanthropist and
champion of public art projects, including
Christo’s colossal “Gates” installation that
STEPHEN KRONINGER CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
The Water
Cuffed Fighting to Be Heard Is Her Element
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON on St. Patrick’s A deaf rights movement gains
Day, Glen Grays, a 27-year-old African-
American mail carrier, was making his strength and prominence.
rounds in Crown Heights, in Brooklyn,
about to leave a package at By DANIEL KRIEGER
GINIA 999 President Street. Mr. Lydia Callis wanted to get her mother a gym
Grays prides himself on
BELLAFANTE getting to know the commu-
membership for Christmas last year. When
she called to arrange a consultation, she
nity he serves, he told me mentioned that her mom (who lives in Ari-
BIG on Wednesday. He figures
CITY zona) is deaf and would need a sign-lan-
out who is sick, or old, or guage interpreter for the session. The
enfeebled, and makes sure that their
health club said it would not provide a
parcels, especially if they contain medica-
signer. Ms. Callis — who became an Inter-
tion — “I can shake a box and usually CAITLIN OCHS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
figure that out,” he said — land directly at net sensation during Hurricane Sandy as
the doors of the people waiting for them, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s exuberant Krystal Lara’s parents thought
even if they live in fourth- or fifth-floor sign-language interpreter — told the club she should learn to swim.
apartments, in walk-up buildings. that it was actually required by law to do so.
On this afternoon, Mr. Grays was de- Still it refused, and Ms. Callis, who was call- Now a senior at Stuyvesant
scending the steps of his mail truck backing from Manhattan, gave up. High School, she is back-
ward, as postal workers often do to min- Last year was the 25th anniversary of the
imize wear and tear on the knees, when EMON HASSAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Americans With Disabilities Act, and yet stroking toward the Olympics.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Lydia Callis won admirers as Mayor Bloomberg’s sign-language interpreter. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Fit City. Page 4.
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SUNDAY ROUTINE
DOUGLAS KENNEDY
Life’s Larger Mysteries, Like Jazz

Douglas Kennedy, a novelist from New New Yorker to say this, but they’re very
York who is very popular in France, was good. I usually have them in my freezer.
back in town recently after some time
THE EXERCISE PROCESS I will try by about 2
away, and he took note of the things that o’clock to get to the gym. It reminds me a lot
made him feel at home. “It’s such a vocal, of writing. I really hate getting there and
loud place,” he said. “Coming out of the starting the process, but once I’m into it it’s
relatively pleasing and I like the result.
subway the other day, I heard a cabdriver
having an argument with someone, and SANCTUARY Normally I will stroll up Fifth
he said, ‘Are you dumb or just stupid?’ I Ave to 53rd Street, and there is St.
hear that and feel I’m home.” Mr. Ken- Thomas’s. It’s a wonderful gothic pile of a
place. Listening to an absolutely sublime
nedy, 61, spends much of the year in Eu-
choir and a great organist and a bit of Angli-
rope and Maine, or commuting to Montre- can ritual thrown in — I think that what I
al, where his wife, Christine Ury, a psy- love about the Anglican tradition is that it’s
choanalyst, lives and works. His home in aesthetically so beautiful. What is wonder-
ful about spending an hour in a church, even
New York is an apartment in Koreatown.
if you are not a believer, is the sense that you
His latest book, “The Blue Hour,” is a are trying to deal with larger mysteries, for
smash you know where. JOHN LELAND which there are no answers. But you’re also,
on another level, just shutting yourself off
SOFT OPENING I sleep till at least 11 or 12. I’m a from the world at large for an hour. I don’t
jazz junkie, so I’m usually out quite late on have to deal with the transubstantiation of
Saturday night, at somewhere like Smoke the spirit or God with a large G.
up by Columbia on 106th and Broadway.
That’s one of the last clubs in the business DEEP DIVE I like to go to a play on Sunday, and
that goes until 3 in the morning. I usually then to the Village Vanguard. It’s a lot of cul-
close the place down. ture, but this is why I live here. If I’m going
to the Vanguard, I have to eat before, so it’ll
SOUL I always start with an espresso. Like a be at 5:30. I prefer eating later. In Madrid
lot of ex-smokers, I’m a caffeine addict. I almost people are finishing lunch then. This
ways put on music immediately. I’m very Sunday I’m going to Porsena.
much a radio person. So I probably will tune
in to Radio 3 from London or a very, very SHRINE At the Vanguard I like to sit up front
good program of ecclesiastical music on by the piano, or in the raised section stage
KUSC, from Southern California, called left. The Vanguard for me, when it comes to
“Soul Music.” I’m not a religious person at jazz joints in New York, it is the holy of ho-
all, but I have a great interest in ec- lies. It’s the Carnegie Hall of jazz, as the
clesiastical music. There’s a program from great Fred Hersch called it. It’s that same
Australia called “For the God Who Sings.” I basement room I’ve been going to for over
find that listening to a Bach cantata or one 40 years. It’s an intensely serious place.
of William Byrd’s masses, some work by There’s no food served, just booze, and it’s a
Thomas Tallis, it’s very fitting for Sunday real music crowd.
morning. I like the calm it engenders.
A CIGAR A DAY After that usually I will walk
IMPORTED BAGELS Then I will have a long 90 home. I can do that in about 30 minutes. And
minutes or so with the paper and with a I try to smoke one decent cigar a day. Not
proper brunch. I will scramble eggs; I will Cuban, but I will smoke a nice Romeo y Ju-
have a proper bagel with cream cheese. I lieta from the Dominican Republic.
will have a Bloody Mary. Because my wife is
a Montrealer, she’s incredibly snobbish SHUTTING DOWN I’ve never fallen asleep easi-
about bagels. She always brings down a ly. Sleep is difficult, and I’ve always had to
couple of bags. I know it’s a sacrilege for a take medication for that. I said to my doctor
recently, Should I get off it? He said, Why?
#SundayRoutine readers can follow Douglas Writers have very active minds, and insom-
Kennedy on Twitter @DouglasLKennedy. nia with writers is manifest everywhere.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY CASSANDRA GIRALDO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
I WAS MISINFORMED JOYCE WADLER
Lost in Shared Space

FROM WHAT I’M SEEING on the subway, the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s
“Dude, Stop the Spread” campaign has
failed. I am not surprised. Teaching man-
ners to New Yorkers is like trying to teach
a dog to take small bites — it goes against
our nature.
Also there are way too many of us.
We’re eight and a half million people
crowded into a one-bedroom apartment,
so we tend to be prickly about our 12 to 18
inches of personal body space.
Sharing space is even harder: The
armrests at the movies. The subway poles.
The bike lanes or, as delivery men and
drivers think of them, double-parking
zones. And with the warm weather we’ll
really be in each other’s faces. Futile
though it may be, I’m going to try to bring
some civility to this town and help with
your most troubling problems.
My partner and I argue about movie

armrests. I do not care if a stranger’s arm
rests on it; my partner considers that a
violation of his space and has gotten into
childish elbow-shoving and arguments.
Who’s right?
This is a continuing dilemma of New

York life: If a stranger’s arm or coat im-
pinges onto your side of an armrest and JULIETTE BORDA
you do nothing, are you being so big-
hearted that you deserve the Presidential
Medal of Freedom or are you a wuss? have thought she should be the one paying You’ll have only a moment before the
Permit me to share with you a little- attention, lightly placed my hand on her spreader shoots out a hand to check, but
known bit of history that you may find shoulder. the look of terror in his or her eyes will
instructive: One day in February 1939, Yes, I boldly employed the Laying On of gladden your heart all day.
Emil Hacha, the president of Hands, an aggressive move that anyone
Czechoslovakia, was visiting Berlin and fluent in New York body language knows If a mother pushing a double stroller, an
popped in to see a movie. Hermann Goe- means, “Watch it, sweetheart, or these elderly man with a walker, a subway cellist
ring was seated next to Hacha, and a large hands, which have loosened the steely and a bicyclist wearing a charity-ride
section of Goering’s bulky Luftwaffe over- grip of many a top of low-fat peanut butter, jersey are waiting anxiously on the subway
coat slopped over their shared armrest. will snap your neck like a sidewalk pretz- platform for an elevator, who has the right
Hacha said nothing. A month later, Ger- el.” of first entry?
many invaded Czechoslovakia. It sure showed her, because as I quickly
went to the back of the store, she did not The mother with the double stroller,
I was in a crowded pop-up housewares follow me. since the 10 minutes the elevator takes to
market in Chelsea last weekend, checking creak to the sidewalk will give thousands
out some repurposed jute washcloths — I I ride my bike to work and am often of commuters a break.
just love how they remove the last five forced into traffic by cars double-parked in
years of your face. When I stepped back the bike lane. What do I do? The phone zombies are a menace. The
from the counter I almost tripped over the other day when I was driving down Fifth
long handle of a wheelie bag. Not only did Get off your bike and sympathetically
Avenue, one stepped into traffic without a
the wheelie’s owner not apologize, she say to the driver, “I’m a car owner, too,
glance at the light. I narrowly missed hit-
snapped at me, saying, “Watch where and I must tell you that there is a police
ting her. What should I do?
crackdown and they are fining drivers in
you’re going!” I was so stunned I just slunk

off. By the way, the wheelie owner was not bike lanes $500. It’s an escalating fine;
Keep trying.
more attractive than I am — that was not a they add $100 every 10 minutes. They’ve
factor. I just did not know how to cope. installed hidden cameras, too. By the way,
there’s some broken glass under your Now that it’s spring, I want to stroll
What should I have done? arm-in-arm with my boyfriend along the
tire.” (No need to carry a quart-size empty
bottle in your knapsack; an eight-ounce beautiful Hudson River Greenway, but
What a coincidence! The exact same those horrible bikers race by screaming,
thing happened to me! I couldn’t come up one will do just fine.)
“Single file, a*##*!!” or “ BIKE path,
with anything clever when that entitled moron!” It’s supposed to be a shared path.
shrew told me to watch where I was going, Why is it called “manspreading”? I’ve
seen plenty of women hogging subway Can nothing be done?
but I did know that most wheelie-luggage
people are in poor physical shape. (I seats, too. How do I get these selfish people
to hit the cymbals and make space for me You know those collapsible yet sturdy
mean, did the Terminator come back from metal canes? Get one of those, and every
the future schlepping a wheelie bag?) So I and my emotional support dog, Lardball?
time a biker rudely screams at you, lob
laughed and, while telling her I would that sucker through the spokes. It will
Get as close as you can to the spreader
I WAS MISINFORMED is a humor column about and whisper, “I don’t want to embarrass take practice but——
survival in New York City. Any resemblance to you, but I think you should know there’s a No, wait a minute, I’m a biker. You want
persons alive or dead is your own fault. Email: big rip in your inseam and that woman to be arm-in-arm with your boyfriend, rent
misinformed@nytimes.com. across the way is live-streaming.” a room. I’m biking here.
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Cure for the Lost Button

appeared at the counter and recited a
By ANNIE CORREAL
phrase heard every day in the shop. “I lost a
If everything else were destroyed, buttons button,” said Jennifer K. Zimmons, who
would not be a bad representation of the last works in international finance. “Opal, an-
few centuries of human history. They have tique, oval,” she said, presenting the more
recorded, in miniature, the French Revolu- loyal buttons on her blouse.
tion, the construction of the railroads, whal- Barbara Stoj, who has worked in the shop
ing voyages and countless modern fascina- for more than two decades, went in search
tions: dogs, cartoons, telephones, martinis. of a match. “I could close my eyes and know
It’s all there. where the chair is, where to go,” she said.
That is the playful premise of Tender But- She produced two buttons. Ms. Zimmons
tons, an only-buttons shop in a tiny town- said, “Go with your first instinct.”
house on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. At a table, Lori Canter, who lives in the
Buttons are small, and there may be mil- neighborhood, debated between a Perfect
lions in the shop as well as in the apartment Classic Horn Toggle and a Unique and Ex-
above (which is not open to the public),
citing Jurassic Horn Tip for a sweater. Two
where the owners, Millicent Safro and Di-
tourists from Tokyo bought buttons labeled
ana Epstein, brought the spoils of their
Voodoo Charms, having been directed to
global button hunts beginning in the late TENDER BUTTONS the shop by a tour book.
1960s. Since 1964.
“We traveled the world to find great rar- Connie McSeain came in, shaking off rain.
ities or little treasures,” said Ms. Safro, now She needed buttons for a double-breasted
in her 70s, who lives upstairs amid the but- War buttons, and humorous sets made after jacket for her employer, Ted Hartley, the
tons. (Ms. Epstein died in 1998.) “There is the Depression known as “goofies,” depict- C.E.O. of the Hollywood studio RKO Pic-
something amusing about the idea of going ing things like pickles. tures and an actor who appeared in films
traveling in search of a button. But what we In the preface to Ms. Safro and Ms. Ep- with Cary Grant and Robert Redford. A so-
did, we tried to do well.” stein’s 1991 book, “Buttons,” Tom Wolfe nata was playing, and Ms. McSeain said she
The shop, at 143 East 62nd Street, deals wrote, “Tender Buttons is not a shop but a wished her parents had insisted she learn to
mainly in modern buttons, ranging in price button museum that happens to de-acces- play the piano as her sisters did.
from $2.75 for a classic four-hole horn but- sion daily in order to keep going.” “People say things in the button shop
ton to $30 for a crystal evening-wear piece. The shop opened in an old button store, they wouldn’t say elsewhere,” Ms. Safro
They sit in cardboard boxes tucked into one slightly farther uptown, in 1964. The owners said later. And they love spending time
wall, color-coded and bearing evocative ti- hung their button at the current address in there. “There’s something about it,” she
tles chosen by Ms. Safro, like Engraved 1968. Since then, customers have included added. “ I don’t know if it is orderly or happy.
Waterlily in Metallic Color and Architectur- Gay Talese (seeking horn buttons for his But people come before the dentist, after
al Swirl c. 1950. suits), Julie Andrews (pearls), Joan Collins the dentist. Before the shrink, after the
In the cabinets are collectible buttons, (rhinestones with glass), Lynne Cheney shrink. We once had to tell a husband who
too, some of which are valued in the thou- (green rhinestones) and Nora Ephron (she called, ‘Yes, your wife spent all Saturday af-
sands of dollars. There have been George bought a set of card suits in red Bakelite). ternoon in a button shop, listening to the
Washington inaugural buttons and Civil On a recent rainy afternoon, a customer opera.’”
UPDATE
Closing Rikers? He Had That Idea

By JOHN LELAND
IN NOVEMBER 2014, the Sunday Metropoli-
tan section published an article about a man
named Jim Venturi and his audacious plan
to overhaul transit in New York. His ideas
were big stuff: close Rikers Island and use
Jim Venturi has a vision for
the land for runways for La Guardia Air-
remaking New York City’s
port; connect them to subways and rail-
transportation system that
roads by a huge new station and convention
includes building a new Penn
center in the Port Morris section of the
Station and making Madison
Bronx; create another transit hub and busi-
Square Garden the centerpiece
ness district in Sunnyside, Queens; add a
of a new transit hub in
light-rail line from Red Hook up through
Sunnyside, Queens.
Williamsburg and Greenpoint in Brooklyn
BRIAN HARKIN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
to western Queens.
Mr. Venturi, whose father, the prizewin- to open up an incomprehensible diagram “People are welcome to write us checks,”
ning architect Robert Venturi, once said, that he hoped would explain everything. he said. “But why should they when we’ll do
“Less is a bore,” compared the scale of his Still, he said, the officials’ proposals were it for free?” He does not want to submit his
vision to that of Robert Moses. One urban only piecemeal fixes, not big enough. plan to government officials. “I feel we do
planner called the ideas “a fantasy.” “There’s no holistic thinking that’s looking better when ordinary people read about our
And yet. at the whole thing, and that’s frustrating.” plan and there’s a groundswell from that,”
In recent months, Gov. Andrew M. He added, “And we have new ideas. Things he said, adding, “If you put a good idea out
Cuomo and the City Council speaker, Melis- are expanding.” there, it will have a life of its own.”
sa Mark-Viverito, have called for closing Since putting forward his ideas, Mr. Ven- This being New York, the conversation
Rikers; Mr. Cuomo announced a $4 billion turned to runaway housing prices and their
turi said, he has not received any overtures
redesign of La Guardia, with work starting

from city or state planning agencies, nor devastating effect on the fabric of city life.
later this year; and Mayor Bill de Blasio
from developers seeking a piece of them. Mr. Venturi’s plan, it turned out, has an an-
proposed a $2.4 billion streetcar line in
His studio received an award from the In- swer for that as well. Creating a new park
Brooklyn and Queens.
terfaith Center of New York, but so far no and business district in Sunnyside, he said,
Time for another visit to Mr. Venturi.
His thinking cap is still where we left it, in funding to keep the lights turned on. “But would ease the real estate pressures on
an apartment on Riverside Drive, but Mr. we’re working on that,” he said. “That’s ex- Manhattan, as would rail connections to Se-
Venturi, 44, has since moved out to live with citing as well.” The design firm was looking caucus.
his girlfriend, making work space on a re- for clients. For some reason he did not seem inter-
cent afternoon for four members of Re- The new ideas, as he reeled them off, in- ested in my suggestion that the city amend
ThinkNYC, the urban planning studio that cluded plans for a transit hub in Secaucus, zoning laws to require all new residential
has arisen from his original, almost hobby- N.J., and light-rail trains along now-disused buildings over 40 stories to dedicate a per-
ist plan. The day was warm and the after- New Jersey freight and passenger lines. Oh, centage of units to jail cells, solving the Rik-
noon sun poured through the open doorway also a new Penn Station on the footprint of ers problem and reducing housing costs at
to the 19th-floor terrace. Young men in the current one — but with more lines going the same time.
white shirts and whiskers tapped at large in and out — and a new Madison Square Mr. Venturi had other pies in his sky. He
black computers. Mr. Venturi breathed the Garden in Sunnyside, Queens. It was a giant beamed to share one. “If you could connect
heady air of springtime in New York. network of connectivity, extending from Paterson, N.J., with Secaucus by light rail”
“I’m shocked by the momentum for clos- Trenton to New Haven, with spokes to Ken- — wait for it — “it could be the next Brook-
ing Rikers,” he said, tapping at a computer nedy Airport or eastern Long Island. lyn.”
FIT CITY
Backstroking Toward the Olympics

Krystal Lara is one of few
Latinas in the pool, and at
Stuyvesant High School.
By NOAH REMNICK
Somewhere in the middle of the pool, Krys-
tal Lara began to wonder when her hand
would brush tile. She knew she was winning
her race, but like most backstrokers in unfa-
miliar waters, she had only a vague sense of
how far she had left to go. With her face
cocked upward, she discerned her progress
by the overhead lights retreating out of
sight in a fluorescent blur.
When her fingertips finally touched the
end of the pool, at the Greensboro Aquatic
Center in North Carolina last August, Krys-
tal heard her teammates break into raptur-
ous applause. She slid on her glasses and
the figures on the scoreboard came into fo-
cus: 1:03.28 — just fast enough to qualify for
the 100-meter event at the Olympic trials in
Omaha this summer. Scanning the crowd of
frenzied faces, Krystal locked eyes with her
mother. The two exchanged a look of disbe-
lief before breaking into tears.
“I just felt this huge sense of pride,” Krys-
tal, now an 18-year-old senior at Stuyvesant
High School in Lower Manhattan, recalled.
“Like all this work and all we’d been
through had been worth it.”
Her mother, Alexandra Lara, remem-
bered turning to the person next to her in
the stands to explain her tears. “You don’t
understand how hard it is for a family like
ours to have this result,” she said.
Indeed, Krystal has risen to unlikely
ranks in a sport bedeviled by persistent ra-
cial and socioeconomic gaps. She lives in a CAITLIN OCHS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
modest two-family ranch-style house in
Willowbrook, Staten Island, with her par- At Stuyvesant, the city’s most competi- Krystal Lara, second from “Being in the water relaxes me and keeps racing one another in trios. Boys were
ents and two younger siblings. Her father, tive public high school, where Hispanic stu- right, at swim practice in me focused.” typically matched with boys, and girls with
Frederick Lara, 46, grew up in a Dominican- dents are also vastly underrepresented, Manhattan. She hopes to On a painfully early Sunday morning in girls. For Krystal, exceptions were made.
American family in Brooklyn; her mother students call her Krystal the Pistol. She has compete in the Summer Games March — undeterred by a looming test in Wholly unfazed, she won each of her con-
immigrated to New York from Colombia. compiled a long list of school swimming in Rio de Janeiro. Spanish literature — Krystal took to the tests with time to spare. As she competed,
Neither parent could pull off much more records. Besides the backstroke, her spe- pool at Asphalt Green on the Upper East the room echoed with cheers and insults in-
than a dog paddle, but they figured swim- cialty, Krystal also excels at the butterfly Side for some laps. She has been training for spired enough to send a jolt through the ad-
ming lessons were a worthwhile way for and hopes to qualify for Olympic trials in Predawn wake-ups for more than three years with AGUA, one of jacent “Advanced Water Babies” class.
their children to fill the languid summer that stroke as well. the city’s premier swim teams, at Asphalt “I can’t say it doesn’t feel good to beat the
months. Krystal took her first strokes at age On dry land, her résumé is no less impres-
practice, and naps Green, on a scholarship from the organiza- boys,” she confessed. “It puts them in their
6, in a free program run by the parks depart- sive: She is an honor student with an during free periods. tion that covers lesson costs as well as trav- place a bit.”
ment near her family’s home. Within a above-90 average, and a saxophone player el and registration fees for races. As the Olympic trials approach, she is
week, the instructors asked Krystal’s in the school’s symphonic band. In the fall, Most weeks, Krystal swims as many as maintaining tempered expectations.
mother to put her on a competitive team. she accepted a scholarship offer from 80,000 meters (about 50 miles), in addition Though her times will need to improve if
“I never even had this in the back of my Northwestern University, where she plans to spending several hours in the weight she is to compete for the United States in
mind,” said Ms. Lara, 45. “When she first to study toward a career in sports medicine. room. Her routine abates only in the days Rio de Janeiro, she is already well po-
started swimming, I just wanted her to With a full slate of classes (including leading up to a competition. sitioned to make the Colombian team (for
learn for safety reasons.” three Advanced Placement courses) and This particular practice began with a which she is eligible through her mother).
When she gauges the competition, Krys- six days of training a week, Krystal man- mundane series of warm-ups and technical In the two months before the trials, there
tal often finds that she is the only Latina in ages her minutes with the brutal efficiency drills. Once those were finished, the group’s are miles more to swim. Many of her team-
the pool. “You generally need to be from a of a Fortune 500 C.E.O. She often wakes up coach, David Rodriguez, 32, gave a firm clap mates had already left the pool, but Krystal
pretty good financial background to do as early as 4:30 a.m. for practice, finishes and gathered his team. “All right, all right,” remained for a few more laps of backstroke.
swim seriously, so that’s a huge reason you much of her homework on the bus and train, he announced. “Now the fireworks start.” The water refracted sunlight throughout
see so few people of color,” she said. “But di- and sleeps on the floor during free periods Within moments, the swimmers took the arena, and she had nowhere to look but
versity in the pool is so important.” at school. “I hate procrastinating,” she said. turns mounting their starting blocks and up.
Deaf New Yorkers Fighting to Be Heard

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 bills that will benefit the deaf and hard of
this kind of scenario plays out regularly for hearing; one calls for all city agencies to
people who are deaf and hard of hearing. have a staff member dedicated to assisting
While the broader culture has become ac- people with disabilities, while another re-
customed to certain changes the law has en- quires that all promotional materials for
gendered, particularly wheelchair access, public events organized by the city detail
the rights of the deaf have frequently been what forms of accessibility will be available,
misunderstood or simply disregarded. such as sign language, Braille or large print.
Recently, however, a deaf rights move-
ACCORDING TO A 2014 CENSUS, there are
ment has begun to gain ground, particularly
around 208,000 people in New York City
in New York.
who are deaf or hard of hearing.
One sign of this momentum has been a
flurry of lawsuits. Last year, the city’s De- So it should come as no surprise that
partment of Homeless Services settled a many events in the city cater to the deaf:
case that charged its shelters with failing to museum tours, poetry slams, deaf-friendly
provide American Sign Language happy hours.
interpreters for deaf residents, and a suit At one happy hour this year, a group of
filed last summer in Westchester claimed people gathered at Pop Pub in the East Vil-
that two hospitals refused a deaf couple’s re- lage. They greeted one another with hugs,
quests for interpreters after the husband sipping drinks and chatting as any bar pa-
had a heart attack. trons would — but they were talking with
Another case involved Diana Williams, a their hands.
deaf woman from Staten Island who was ar- Maleni Chaitoo was at a table conversing
rested in 2011 and was denied a sign-lan- with a friend. A native New Yorker in her
guage interpreter, as the federal law dic- late 30s who lives in Chelsea, she produces
tates. In October, the Police Department a web series, acts and works at the outfitter
settled her lawsuit for $750,000. Her Patagonia with an iPad in hand, which al-
lawyers, from the Eisenberg & Baum Law lows her to text-chat with customers. “I see
Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, said it it as a job to show hearing people that they
was one of the biggest payouts of its kind. can interact with deaf people,” she said
“What’s disturbing about all these law- through an interpreter.
suits is that the A.D.A. has been in effect for Though this was her first time coming to
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several decades,” Eric Baum, one of the happy hour at Pop Pub, she saw lots of fa-
firm’s founders, recently said. Mr. Baum miliar faces from school or from other
said that his firm had litigated about 100 scheduled events.) In addition, supervisors A.S.L. events. “I came here to get my fix in
deaf discrimination cases, roughly half in will have tablet computers for quick access my native tongue,” she said. “I need to so-
the New York metropolitan area, many to sign-language interpreters provided by a cialize with people who can sign. I call them
dealing with a failure to provide translation service on Skype. ‘my A.S.L. people,’ who are deaf and hear-
interpreters. He was sitting in the Union These changes are exactly what the Law ing.”
Square office alongside the Law Center’s Center has been striving for. “We want to
Also present was Opal Gordon, 53, who
co-directors: Andrew Rozynski, a lawyer make sure that there is a correction,” Mr.
lives in the East Village and is unemployed.
and fluent A.S.L. signer whose parents are Baum said. Lawsuit by lawsuit, their fight
(According to a 2013 study by the Annual
deaf, and Sheryl Eisenberg-Michalowski, a broadcasts a message.
Disability Statistics Compendium, only
deaf rights liaison who was born deaf. MS. CALLIS, the owner of LC Interpreting around 50 percent of deaf and hard-of-hear-
According to Mr. Rozynski, many other Services, said recently that she noticed a ing people in the United States are em-
law firms turn down such cases because rise in requests for interpreters, which she ployed.) “I love New York — this is my city,”
they don’t want to pay for interpreters or chalked up to greater awareness of the law, Ms. Gordon, wearing red pants and a
are in the dark about deaf culture and not to mention a desire not to get sued. Ms. matching hat and lipstick, said through an
A.D.A. law. These are exactly the sort of Callis, 34, was the only hearing person in a interpreter. “I’m used to this life, but deaf
cases that the Law Center, now in its fifth deaf family. A longtime advocate of deaf people struggle every day.”
year, was created to handle. (One of the few rights, she said her star turn with Mayor
other places specializing in this work, the Though hearing people sometimes react
Bloomberg during his Hurricane Sandy to her with apprehension, Ms. Gordon said,
New York Center for Law and Justice, a
news conferences made people “aware that she is adept at navigating their world, and
nonprofit that offers legal and social against. From top: Maleni Chaitoo, deaf culture exists all around them.” when she goes to a store or restaurant,
services to indigent people who are deaf or
“Even though the Department of Justice center, at a happy hour that was One of her firm’s services is to offer cul- things tend to be fine. “Take this situation,”
hard of hearing, has been handling an array held for the deaf and hard of
of cases for over a decade. About five years forced them into an agreement,” said Mr. tural competency training to help busi- she said. “We’re at a bar, we look like normal
Rozynski, referring to a 2009 consent agree- hearing at Pop Pub in East nesses integrate their deaf employees. people and we’re able to interact. It just
ago, it also began taking on A.D.A. discrimi-
ment requiring the Police Department to Village; Lydia Callis, a “Deaf people are becoming more aware takes a bit more patience from people who
nation suits, including the one against the sign-language interpreter, with
Department of Homeless Services.) follow the provisions of the A.D.A., “they’re of their rights and are learning to stand up can hear. We can even text back and forth.”
still flouting the law.” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for themselves,” she said.
The law as it applies to its typical vio- Last September, however, when she was
This spring, however, the department is during a new conference about Yet Ms. Callis argued that government
lators — police departments, hospitals, arrested for violating an order of protection,
introducing a pilot program in three Hurricane Sandy. Ms. Callis’s
schools, government agencies or busi- has a role to play, like requiring licenses for police officers did not try to communicate
expressiveness helped to make
nesses — is clear enough, Mr. Baum said. precincts aimed at helping the deaf and A.S.L. interpreters — a bill proposing this with her and failed to provide a sign-lan-
her an Internet sensation.
“But time and time again,” he said, “peo- hard of hearing gain greater access to police has stalled in the New York State Senate. guage interpreter for more than 20 hours
ple ignore the laws that are written.” services, said Susan Herman, a deputy She also pointed out that New York State, during her custody, she said. With the Law
What’s more, he added, some A.D.A. vio- commissioner. The program will give the unlike many states, does not have a com- Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Ms.
lators have been sued multiple times, in- department access to two A.S.L. interpret- mission for the deaf and hard of hearing. Gordon is suing.
cluding the New York Police Department, ing agencies, Ms. Herman said. (The cur- One development came on March 14, “I feel strong,” she said. “I’m going to
which the Law Center has filed three suits rent policy allows such interpreters only for when Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law fight on behalf of the deaf community.”
READER COMMENTS
The Mailman, Cuffed Rooting for the Robber Barons

In last Sunday’s Big City column, Ginia
Bellafante wrote about the TV show “Bil-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lions,” and a cultural shift that shows the
out of the corner of his eye he noticed a very wealthy as heroes, not villains. Read-
car making a sharp right turn onto Presi- ers responded on nytimes.com. Comments
dent from Franklin Street. Mr. Grays have been edited for length and clarity.
shouted at the driver, climbing back up the
steps to avoid getting sideswiped. The
black car, in Mr. Grays’s telling, came
tearing back his way in reverse. The I THINK GINIA BELLAFANTE gets it wrong.
driver said to him, Mr. Grays recounted, “I “Billions” is an entertaining show, but I find
have the right of way because I’m law it hard to believe that viewers like Bobby
enforcement.” The unmarked car held four Axelrod. He may have grown up poor, but
plainclothes police officers, according to he is portrayed as a spoiled child who will
the Brooklyn borough president’s office, do anything to get what he wants. The only
which has taken an interest in the case. reason people may root for him is that his
By the time Mr. Grays arrived at the adversary, Chuck Rhoades, comes off as
front door of 999 President Street, the
abrasive and distasteful. As for “The Big
police were approaching him. A video of
the incident, taken by an observer on the Short,” these investors should be congratu-
street, begins at this point and shows Mr. lated. They saw an opportunity and
Grays, in his postal uniform, as he is hand- profited from it, bringing down Wall Street
cuffed, frisked and taken to the unmarked and the banks at the same time. These
car. The officers tell him to stop resisting, individuals should be canonized, not
even though there is no evidence in the ridiculed.
video of resistance. What the video does
JWOLFSON, NEW YORK
not show, Mr. Grays said, is what hap-
pened next, after he was placed in the
back seat of the unmarked car, with his BELOW, VIA THE OFFICE OF THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT; DAVE SANDERS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
hands cuffed and without a seatbelt, com- The Dog Who Coaxed Him In
pelling him to leave the mail truck un- Readers also responded to Andy Newman’s
attended. The driver, who had turned them. “I have been to more funerals than
graduations,” Mr. Grays said, explaining Pet City column about a dog and the home-
around to taunt him, hit the vehicle in less man, Raymond Goynes, who was
front of them, Mr. Grays said, causing him that the horrors he had witnessed kept
him from whatever nefarious temptations drawn to her and was hired by her owner,
to bang his shoulder against the front seat.
might present themselves to a boy grow- Mary Kilty, as a walker.
Mr. Grays was then taken to the 71st
Precinct station, where he was issued a ing up in a rough place.
summons for disorderly conduct that will Before joining the Postal Service, Mr.
Grays worked at a branch of Key Food in LET’S PRAISE THE WOMAN who did not let
require him to appear in court. He was
then released. Park Slope, where he took home $117 a economic and racial bias stop her from
On Tuesday, the Brooklyn borough week, he said: not nearly enough. He extending trust and the benefit of a doubt
president, Eric L. Adams, himself a former dropped out of college at City Tech, he to this man. Hats off to her, the dog, the
police officer, released the video at a news said, because he couldn’t afford to stay in man and their collective relationships.
conference, expressing what he said was school. Later he worked stocking inven- What a lovely story. I think I am a generous
his outrage over the ostensible violations tory at Fresh Direct in Long Island City, in
person, but this story blows it off the
of the civil rights of yet another young Queens, but the stocking room was very
charts.
black man, this one an employee of the cold, so he took a job in Floral Park, near
federal government. the border with Nassau County, for a SAM TAGGART
Mr. Grays is the oldest of six boys. His uniform company, which required him to
leave his apartment in the Bronx at 3 a.m. DOGS ARE SPECIAL in ways that we have a
mother, Sonya Sapp, who lives in middle-
to take the D train to the F to a bus that hard time describing, but your story came
income housing in Fort Greene, spoke sage from prosecutors that “police officers From top: Glen
briefly, only to say, “I worry about them brought him to Carnation Avenue by 5:30. very close to the essence of what a gift the
are not above the law.” Grays, a 27-year-old
every day, every minute, every second of Mr. Grays recounted these aspects of love of a dog is . . . and what we give in
About Mr. Grays’s encounter, the Police mail carrier, and his
every day,” before fading off with, “I’m Department said only that the matter was mother, Sonya Sapp, his biography to me at Brown Memorial return. Dogs have much more wisdom
short on words; I’m just hurt.” “under internal review,” in an email re- at a news Baptist Church in Clinton Hill, in Brook- about us than we have about them.
Mr. Grays’s fiancée is also shaken. She sponse to queries. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s conference in lyn. He brought along his mother; three of PAT NEVIN, EILEEN AND BOB SORENSEN,
is a New York City police officer he met deputy press secretary, Monica Klein, Brooklyn on his brothers, among them a set of 4-year- MINNEAPOLIS AND NYC
while delivering the mail. added that the mayor would be “in close Tuesday; and a still old twins; and his aunt, who, he pointed
The day after the news conference, the touch with Commissioner Bratton over from a bystander’s out, had accomplished the feat of sending INSTANT TEARS WHILE reading and to look
Brooklyn district attorney, Ken Thompson, this incident’s investigations and findings.” video of Mr. Grays one of her children to Brooklyn Tech, the up and see my rescue pup wondering why
announced that his office would not seek a (William J. Bratton is the police commis- in the custody of highly competitive high school. He quoted I’m crying and trying to cheer me up. Us
prison sentence for Peter Liang, the for- sioner.) police officers. He something his grandmother used to say: humans don’t deserve animals, but I’m
mer police officer convicted of manslaugh- Mr. Grays, who speaks with an intense was later issued a “The best way for a black man to become
happy we have them.
ter in the death of Akai Gurley two years focus, has an elaborate tattoo on his right disorderly-conduct successful is to stay away from the cops,
ago in an unlit stairwell at an East New to keep a clean record.” Mr. Grays said he BRINDA OVIEDO
arm, a tribute to his paternal grandmother summons.
York housing project. In response, Mr. that says, “Willa May Grays 1928-2004.” felt that he needed to live his life as an
I SEE A LOT about animal rescue and I think
Gurley’s family issued a statement de- Twenty-two years ago, when he was 5, she example for his siblings. He pointed to his
manding accountability and a real mes- covered his eyes on a sidewalk in fiancée, who sat silently in the corner. “I we have it backward. It’s the animals that
Brownsville, shielding him from the sight don’t hate cops,” he told me. “I’m marry- are rescuing us.
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The Mayor Does the Town, His Way

festooned Central Park in fiery orange.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani alienated the
cultural world when he threatened to cut off
funding for the Brooklyn Museum over a
provocative exhibition that incorporated el-
ephant dung, but he was also an avid opera-
goer, requesting that Lincoln Center keep a
seat free for busy days when he arrived af-
ter the first act. Mayor David N. Dinkins
was a familiar figure at United States Open
tennis matches in Flushing Meadows,
Queens.
“Every mayor has a style, but part of be-
ing mayor is showing that you are a citizen
of the city,” said George Arzt, who served as
a press secretary to Mayor Edward I. Koch,
who made boosterism a trademark of his
administration. “It’s a city of restaurants,
and museums, and other cultural opportu-
nities — being seen there gives a boost. If
the mayor went to a Jackson Pollock show,
people would say, ‘Oh, I got to go to that
show!’”
Big-city mayors rarely shirk this side of
their duty: Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los An-
geles often Instagrams his travels, show-
casing local restaurants and attractions.
Still, with New York enjoying record-high
tourism and record-low crime, some won-
der: Does it matter how a mayor spends his
free time?
City officials said this month that they
were expecting 59.7 million visitors this
year, breaking last year’s record of 58.3 mil-
lion, and that those visitors would generate
an estimated $60 billion in economic activi-
ty and support about 360,000 tourism-relat-
ed jobs — numbers that would be the pride
of any metropolis.
Fred Siegel, a historian who teaches at St.
Francis College, said Mr. de Blasio did not
have “an expansive view of the social life of
the city.” But he added that some New York-
ers simply might not care where their may-
or goes.
“If the city’s streets are functioning well,
if crime is maintained, I think the mayor can
get by without being a bon vivant,” Mr.
Siegel said.
SO WHAT DOES the mayor like to do?
Mr. de Blasio, who declined to be inter-
viewed for this article, does have a cultural
side, even if he does not always publicize it.
He adored the Afropunk festival in Fort
Greene, Brooklyn, telling his cultural affairs
commissioner to ensure that the promoters
retained their permit. He is a devotee of the
2008 musical “Fela!” — he often urges its
soundtrack upon aides — and he attended a
concert by the African singer Salif Keita at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He and his
wife, Chirlane McCray, went to the New
York African Film Festival at the Walter
Reade Theater, and they had aisle seats at
“Eclipsed,” the new Lupita Nyong’o play on
Broadway about sex slaves in Liberia. ABOVE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: KIRSTEN LUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; CHRISTIAN HANSEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; TODD HEISLER/THE NEW YORK TIMES; BELOW, CHANG W. LEE/THE NEW YORK TIMES
“He’s more ‘Fela!’ than ‘Phantom,’” Tim fairs commissioner, recalled running into the job. I had always felt that he was not at
Tompkins, president of the Times Square Mr. de Blasio at a Chaka Khan concert in ease.”
Alliance, said. “He’s more ‘Hamilton’ than
Prospect Park. “He does love culture, un- “He is only lately coming to understand
‘Hamlet.’ ”
derstands the need, the financial and eco- that the symbolic head-of-state activities
“He fits the New York demographic of a
nomic development need for culture,” said are part of the job,” he added, “that going to
theatergoer, but not the deep-dive theater
Mr. Finkelpearl, whose department’s budg- a park is not just for his pleasure — it’s for
junkie who can sit through ‘Long Day’s
et has grown by more than 10 percent since saying the parks are an important part of
Journey Into Night,’” Mr. Tompkins said.
Mr. de Blasio took office. the city.”
“He is paying attention to a different cate-
gory of cultural institution in a way that I “But what I think is really wonderful is to THE MAYOR’S INTEREST in parks may be less
think is totally fine.” hear him talk about the moral and spiritual relevant were it not for the outsize role Cen-
He also eats. need of culture in the community,” Mr. Fink- tral Park has played in his administration.
Bar Toto, a casual red-sauce spot in Park elpearl added. “I think people are confident Mr. de Blasio has spearheaded a widely
Slope, is half a block from the de Blasio he’s going to be good for culture in the city, opposed effort to ban the park’s horse car-
homestead, and it is the mayor’s go-to place and continues to be good for culture in the riages, a pet cause of his political donors.
for leisure and business meetings alike: His city.” Parks advocates cried foul when he pro-
campaign fund has spent nearly $11,000 Mr. de Blasio is a proud social reformer posed spending upward of $20 million in
there since 2010. and likes art with a moral purpose. He republic funds for a private stable in the park,
Mr. de Blasio has also dined at old-school cently took time at news conferences to rec- a plan that collapsed.
Delmonico’s, the new-school Breslin, the ommend the films “Spotlight” and “The Big After the mayor failed to recall when he
Midtown Mediterranean spot Taboon, and Short,” praising them for highlighting injus- had last been to Central Park, his aides
Casa Lever, an expense-account stalwart tice. (“It makes your blood boil,” he said of emailed a list of 10 ostensible visits there
Clockwise from top: Mayor has attended official functions at the Brook-
where he and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ate. the latter.) during his term. Several of the events did
Bill de Blasio at the ribbon lyn Museum, the Brooklyn Academy of Mu-
He attended the reopening of the Carnegie He also prides himself on a knowledge of not actually take place inside the park, in-
cutting for the Met Breuer; at sic and Carnegie Hall, and he watched Di-
Deli. Some mornings, he and his wife stop pop culture, giving regular interviews to the cluding visits to the Museum of Natural His-
the Broadway show ana Ross perform at the renovated Kings
by the Mansion diner, two blocks from Gra- hip-hop radio station Hot 97 and making a Theater in Brooklyn. tory and the inflation ceremony for floats in
“Eclipsed”; at opening day at
cie Mansion, for omelets or oatmeal. John cameo on “The Good Wife,” one of his favor- the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,
Citi Field last year; and with In a statement emailed by aides, Mr. de
Philips, the owner, says that when there is a ite television shows. He attended the taping which are on Central Park West.
his wife, Chirlane McCray, at Blasio said: “I appreciate the hidden and
line, the mayor insists on waiting in it. “He’s of the 40th-anniversary special for “Satur- In 2015, the mayor made only one bona
Bar Toto in Park Slope, lesser known treasures of our city as much
very courteous to our staff and to me day Night Live” and has appeared as a Brooklyn. At left, from top: as I do its iconic offerings. I want to open up fide Central Park visit: for CityFest, a
personally,” Mr. Philips said. “I can’t say a guest with Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg cultural windows to all New Yorkers, and Gospel-themed music festival. (He is, how-
bad word about him.” Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah. at a Knicks playoff game in the first lady and I have tried to do that by ever, a devotee of Prospect Park in Brook-
The mayor as sports fan is a role Mr. de He has taken his son to the Museum of 2013; Mayor Rudolph W. traveling across all five boroughs and expe- lyn, where he and Ms. McCray were mar-
Blasio has adopted with relish, if selectively. Natural History in Manhattan, his aides Giuliani at the Metropolitan riencing and enjoying that which makes ried under a pin oak tree.)
He watched the Rangers play in the Stanley said, and enjoys the Louis Armstrong Opera in 2001; Mayor Edward them unique.” Mr. de Blasio has been scarce at other
Cup finals, and he dropped a ceremonial House in Queens and the Snug Harbor Cul- I. Koch, second from left, with landmarks as well.
Still, there are skeptics. Jordan Roth, a
puck at the first Islanders game in Barclays tural Center on Staten Island. The mayor the New York Philharmonic He did not ride the tram when visiting
prominent Broadway producer, has griped
Center. The mayor cheered on the Mets in violinists, from left, Newton Roosevelt Island for a groundbreaking cer-
about the mayor, saying it was “disappoint-
the World Series, and he has visited Yankee Mansfield, Kenneth Gordon emony last year; Mr. Bloomberg, who also
ing” that Mr. de Blasio had not attended
Stadium several times, but for soccer and Max Wiener in 1987. attended the event, took the tram.
more shows. Peggy Siegal, a prominent
games; his son, Dante, is a soccer fanatic.
publicist, earned some notoriety when she In January, Mr. de Blasio hosted a news
He also organized a parade for the national
told The Wall Street Journal — in an article conference at the ferry terminal on Staten
women’s soccer team after they won the
last spring about the mayor’s absence at Island, to name a new ferryboat. Rather
World Cup. A Red Sox fan, the mayor did at- Recent excursions than ride a ferry, he was driven there in a
boldface events like the Met Gala hosted by
tend a Yankees game — once — although precede an expected Anna Wintour, the annual Costume Insti- sport utility vehicle. (An aide said the may-
his aides clarified that he stayed only for a bid for re-election. tute benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of or needed privacy to make phone calls.) At
few innings.
Art — that Mr. de Blasio had “disdain for the the event, Mr. de Blasio could not recall his
NOW, PAST THE MIDPOINT of his first term, striving, successful New Yorkers.” last ferry ride, although a reporter from The
the mayor’s cultural itinerary is starting to “I seem to have hit on a sensitive nerve in Staten Island Advance reminded him: Oc-
pick up. the social scene of New York, by the mere tober.
In the last two weeks, Mr. de Blasio cut fact that I received so many emails agree- Told that Mr. de Blasio was driven to Stat-
the ribbon at the opening of the Met Breuer ing with the issue,” Ms. Siegal recalled re- en Island, Bill Cunningham, a former
building on the Upper East Side, declaring cently. She said that those in her world spokesman for Mr. Bloomberg, laughed.
that “our identity as a city is caught up in “would actually really like the mayor to “You would think if you were going to name
the richness of our cultural life.” He at- come to these events.” a ferryboat, you might ride on a ferryboat,
tended the premiere of a documentary film “They like him,” Ms. Siegal said. “He’s a but that’s just the old advance man in me I
on gun violence. He went to the opening nice guy.” (The mayor’s office said he had suppose,” Mr. Cunningham said.
game of New York City F.C., the soccer team Mr. Giuliani, in an interview, said that he
not yet decided whether he would attend
that plays at Yankee Stadium. could appreciate the pressures facing Mr.
this year’s Met Gala, which is on May 2.)
That was in addition to his recent Friday de Blasio, and that the mayor should not be
Mr. de Blasio’s aides said that in addition
evening at “Eclipsed,” where Mr. de Blasio faulted for taking time to relax in his old
to “Hamilton,” he had seen “A Raisin in the
kept a low profile, staying seated at inter-
Sun,” “Rasheeda Speaking,” “Mother- haunts, rather than hobnobbing around
mission. Ms. McCray posted a photograph
Struck!” and a revival of Tom Stoppard’s town. “It makes a lot of sense to me,” Mr.
on Twitter of the first couple at the theater
“The Real Thing.” He attended Shake- Giuliani said. “Hey, Mayor Koch used to
with the caption: “Two feminists out on
speare in the Park on a night when Senator love to go down to the Village, because that
date-night.”
Chuck Schumer made a cameo. Recently, was his old neighborhood.”
The mayor’s recent excursions coincide
the mayor posted to Twitter that he wanted Still, Mr. Giuliani, who was speaking from
with a broader retooling by his political

to see “Shuffle Along,” a show, opening next Warsaw, where he was traveling on busi-
team before an expected re-election bid. Mr.
month, about a landmark African-Ameri- ness, said a mayor’s presence at major at-
de Blasio is spending more time in parts of
the city like Staten Island and Queens, can musical from the 1920s. tractions could be important. “People here
which are not his traditional bases of sup- Ken Sherrill, a professor emeritus at in Poland may see a picture of the mayor in
port. The mayor’s extensive travels — he Hunter College, said the mayor — who once Central Park, and that makes them want to
has been to Iowa, Israel and Italy, among said, “I’m not hired by the people to go to come to New York,” he said.
other places — had prompted grumbling; at parades” — was recalibrating his approach. “Even though he and I disagree
one point last year, he had made more pub- “I was watching the news last night, and I philosophically, I have great empathy for
lic appearances outside New York City than saw the mayor filling potholes,” Professor the difficulty of his job,” Mr. Giuliani said.
on Staten Island. FROM TOP: JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS; Sherrill said. “For the first time, he seemed “But you got to balance it. You do belong to
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY TERESA MATHEW
The Nuns of Harlem

“SOMETIMES, people who do not know our life feel that we are magic people,” said Sister
Precilla Takuh. “We are just normal people, like any other person, but because we have
that call, we responded to it and became who we are.”
Sister Takuh is a nun in the Order of the Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart
of Mary, based in a brick house in Harlem, one of only three predominantly black orders in
the country. Once, there were more than 80 Handmaids. Now there are just 14, seven of
whom are retired. The order almost closed in 2014, but decided instead to recruit more
actively and now has seven new women going through the “formation” process. On Tues-
day, the Handmaids will celebrate the order’s 100th anniversary.
This winter, Teresa Mathew set out to photograph the rhythms of a Handmaid’s
life.“One thing that really interested me about nuns,” said Ms. Mathew, 23, herself the
niece of a nun in India, “is that we tend to see them as a relic and as something from a
bygone age — and to see them in a subservient role, where women aren’t empowered. Just
from knowing my aunt and knowing the work that the nuns do, I know that’s not true.”
The Handmaids were founded in Georgia in 1916, after a state law was proposed to bar
whites from teaching black children. The sisters were intended to be an order of teachers.
(The bill did not pass.) In 1924, the Handmaids moved to New York City, at the invitation of
Cardinal Patrick Hayes, who wanted to open a day nursery for working families in
Harlem.
The Handmaids continue to run St. Benedict’s Day Nursery on West 124th Street, near
the mother house. Two of the nuns operate a pantry on Staten Island. The order includes a
doctor, who left her medical practice in Nigeria when she felt that God was calling her, and
a widowed grandmother from the Bronx. Sister Takuh, who is in her early 40s, is from
Cameroon.
The Handmaids, Ms. Mathew said, radiate “a sense of levity, and a warmth.” She add-
ed: “I think that’s tied to the idea of helping others, and realizing that the best way to do
that is to live out the love of the teachings they live by.”
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