Some rooms call for creative solutions that go well beyond the basic lighting set-ups. Seven designers find solutions to lighting challenges.

Miles Lerman, a Leading Force Behind Holocaust Museum, Dies at 88
Mr. Lerman, a Jewish resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied Poland, persuaded Soviet bloc countries to give the museum thousands of artifacts of the Holocaust.

Terrence Elkes, 73, President of Viacom in 80s, Dies
Mr. Elkes rose to become president of Viacom and oversaw some major acquisitions, which began the transformation of Viacom into a major entertainment company.

Suharto Is Mourned in Indonesia
Indonesia s former strongman was buried with an overlay of the Javanese mysticism that, for some people, had given him the aura of a king.

Bill Hart, Theater Director, Is Dead at 70
Mr. Hart worked closely with Sam Shepard and other downtown theater artists like Joseph Chaikin and Nicky Paraiso.

Garden Q.&A.
Q. My small new york City backyard is flanked by buildings and very shady. Impatiens seem to be the only plants that thrive. Please suggest other suitable flowers and advise on making the garden attractive in winter as well as summer.

George Habash, Palestinian Terrorism Tactician, Dies at 82
Mr. Habash was the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a hard-line Marxist group that shocked the world with a campaign of airline hijackings and bombings in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Room to Improve
A luxury hotel I recently stayed in had a TV in the bathroom. How do I install one at home?

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