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...Listing a host of “politically difficult” problems, including financial deficits, a “zero” personal savings rate, and the current account deficit, Rubin bemoaned the partisan divide that he said has diminished the effectiveness of the U.S. political system. Rubin left the public sector after six-and-a-half years, succeeded as Treasury secretary by his protege and former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers...
...Penn and Princeton have so many upperclassmen returning and might not be expecting much. They will be surprised.” The Crimson next travels to Hanover on Nov. 28 for a match against Dartmouth. HARVARD 7, WILLIAMS 2 Despite having to forfeit the top spot on account of injury, the Crimson stepped up to deliver a dominating performance with a 7-2 victory over Williams to complete the weekend sweep on the road. Harvard was paced by sweeps at its No. 3 through No. 8 positions. Freshman June Tiong, playing at the No. 1 position, retired with an ankle...
Till now. In Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Scribner; 209 pages), this most private of performers commits the ultimate indiscretion: an account of his first 35 years, from his youth in Southern California through the lows and highs of his stand-up career. "The interesting times are as you're working your way up," Martin said recently over lunch, his mustache dyed black for his role in the next Pink Panther movie. "After you have success, it becomes a routine catwalk. In most of show business, the successes aren't as significant as the failures...
...comics, and not so much to Schulz as a person. Michaelis notes from the very beginning that Charles Schulz liked to think he was invisible. That invisibility pervades the biography, and it feels as though the comic strips dispersed throughout offer a more accurate, succinct, and human account of the Peanuts creator than the anecdotes and histories put together. Indeed, there is more of Schulz in his panels of scribbled figures than in the memories that make up the biography, and, perhaps, even his own life...
...unconventional yet identifiable character, Rich immediately tried to contact its writer, Joe Iconis, in order to get a copy of his sheet music. “I loved this song,” said Rich. “I Googled him and found his MySpace, and set up an account to message him.” To her surprise, Iconis, who is 26 and an acclaimed young voice in musical theater, responded to her MySpace message within the same day. “You don’t know what’s going on with these people...