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Arseny Avraamov: The forgotten Soviet genius of contemporary music

In Baku, Azerbaijan, then a part of the USSR, a 36-year-old Russian composer by the name of Arseny Avraamov scaled a specially constructed tower. He raised two red flags and started to wave them side to side as he surveyed the metropolitan setting in front of him. One of the most spectacular musical events of the 20th century followed. One that had been all but forgotten up until lately.

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How a ballad from the 1990s captivated the world

“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston was not only a successful song but an unstoppable cultural phenomenon. It was the lead single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album when it was released in November 1992. It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 14 weeks and won two Grammys. It continues to be the most popular single ever released by a female artist thirty years after it was released. The soundtrack album for The Bodyguard, which featured four more Houston songs, including I’m Every Woman and I Have Nothing, went on to sell 45 million...

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The latest in luxurious first-class airplane suites: Building up

With carriers looking to utilize the floor space impression of their top of the line suites as productively as could be expected, the most recent improvements in making these ultraswanky encounters significantly more extravagant aren’t tied in with adding more width or length to the suites.

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