Paul Mawhinney, a former music-store owner in Pittsburgh, spent more than 40 years amassing a collection of some three million LPs and 45s, many of them bargain-bin rejects that had been thoroughly forgotten. The world’s indifference, he believed, made even the most neglected records precious: music that hadn’t been transferred to digital files would vanish forever unless someone bought his collec
A ripped copy of an Anne Frank picture book at a Tokyo library. Officials said they did not know the motive for the vandalism.Credit...Koji Ueda/Associated Press TOKYO — Japan on Friday promised to begin an investigation into the mysterious mutilation of hundreds of copies of “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” and other books related to her at public libraries across Tokyo. Local news media r
Just a year after the members of the brand-new New York Philharmonic adopted their first constitution in 1842 — players were to be paid $25 a season for three concerts, to rehearse every other Saturday and to be fined $5 for missed concerts — they passed some new bylaws. “All indecorum of the members is strictly forbidden at all the Society’s meetings,” one rule read, banning “smoking, the wearing
Five presidents gathered in April to dedicate George W. Bush’s library and museum in Dallas.Credit...David J. Phillip/Associated Press WASHINGTON — This spring, a longtime staff member for President Obama, Alyssa Mastromonaco, let a friend in on a secret. Mr. Obama had assigned her to begin planning his post-presidential library and foundation. It was a plum task. Amid a worsening crisis in Syria,
At its library, the Renaissance Washington, D.C., Downtown Hotel has books about presidents and sports.Credit...Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times Reading material in many hotel rooms has become about as spare as it can be — open the desk drawer and it might hold a Gideon Bible and a Yellow Pages. But some hotels are giving the humble book another look, as they search for ways to persuade gue
BERLIN, Sept. 3 � Amid intense lobbying, Microsoft is expected to squeak out a victory this week to have its open document format, Office Open XML, recognized as an international standard, people tracking the vote said Monday. The move would help Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, maintain its competitive advantage in the expanding field of open document formats. “After what basically
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