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How the Harmonium Outlived its Haters

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By Milan Varia
| The Juggernaut Verified
When Jeff Buckley’s “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” opens, you hear a 40-second passage of an instrument you might not expect on an American rock album: the harmonium. The sound is plaintive, droning, almost devotional, and for most South Asian listeners, immediately familiar. The harmonium is so ubiquitous in the Indian subcontinent that it seems like it’s always belonged there. Think: composer R.D. Burman, who literally can’t be photographed without a harmonium.
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A Paoli couple won $10 million in their lawsuit against an international comic book grading giant

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By Milan Varia, Emily Bloch Verified
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
Matt and Emily Meyers had become so good at restoring old comic books that they were accused by the world’s largest and most influential comic book company of falsifying their results. It led to such a sharp decrease in their business that the married Paoli couple decided to sue the company, Certified Guaranty Co., for defamation.
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Zoo welcomes baby orangutan

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By Milan Varia
| The Columbian Verified
News / Life / Pets & Wildlife Sumatran baby first of species born at Philly zoo in 15 years For the first time since 2009, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomes a new baby Sumatran orangutan, courtesy of parents Tua and Sugi. Born to 31-year-old female Tua and 28-year-old male Sugi, the infant Sumatran orangutan is the zoo’s first birth of the species in 15 years.
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