The amendment posed no real threat to mutual security funds or to peace in the Middle East, but it was a sharp needle in the side ... was indignantly denied by New York’s Kenneth Keating ...

John Adams has written operas that spring from world events - "Nixon In China," "The Death Of Klinghoffer," "Doctor Atomic." But the great composer's newest work, premiering at the Metropolitan ...

Nicknamed Cleopatra’s Needle soon after its installation ... The London obelisk was raised in 1878, and this one arrived in New York three years later. The Obelisk’s trip from Egypt to New York was a ...

Why use “needle” to describe an obelisk? Cleopatra’a Needle in Central Park, NYC. Credit: Szilas. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0.jpg The word “needle” describes these obelisks because of ...

The New York Times’ Needle lives: The newspaper’s popular election-prediction gauge made its return on Tuesday night — despite the ongoing strike called Monday by the union representing tech ...

The New York Times NYT-0.39%decrease; red down pointing triangle launched its signature election-forecasting “Needle” online Tuesday evening, despite a continuing strike by hundreds of ...

Update: At about 8:30 p.m. ET, The New York Times’ Needle went live. On its web page, it said the election was “a tossup,” but it nonetheless estimated Trump to win 279 electoral votes ...

The New York Times' popular election "Needle" may not be available on Election Night, as the publication's technology guild remains on strike. The Times' needle estimates the final outcome of an ...

A November surprise in the arcane art of decision desk election calls arrived Tuesday morning as The New York Times wrote that the Needle is back — but only if the tech support behind it works.

that carried the 220 ton Cleopatra’s Needle to New York, and a New York school girl in 1879 and 1881 who watched patiently as the obelisk was moved from the Hudson River…and finally to Central ...