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RESIGNED. RICHARD PERLE, 61, as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, which advises the Pentagon; amid criticism of his business ties, including one with Global Crossing, which had retained the hawkish Perle to help gain Pentagon approval of its sale to an Asian venture; in Washington. While denying any conflict of interest, Perle said he did not want to distract attention from the Pentagon's current "urgent challenge...
...Amid all the celebration of the Cambridge culinary scene in the Harvard section are heartfelt tributes to eateries gone by—particularly The Tasty. For those who arrived in Boston too late to experience this Square landmark and Boston’s other once-numerous “greasy spoons,” Stone describes them as dives “where the waitress calls me ‘hun’ and it looks like she’s been there for 50 years, and it’s family operated and dirt cheap...
...Chris] made it clear that we are going to have to [record with him] if we want to stay friends,” Harris said amid laughs. “He’s really good. It never sounds over-produced. He gets you to a nice level where it’s real clear and crisp...
...role that song played in the battle against apartheid in South Africa, Amandla begins with the sight of children singing as they watch the exhumation and reburial of their executed father’s corpse. Closing with the sight of newly-elected president Nelson Mandela gleefully dancing amid throngs of followers, the film contrasts the violence of South Africa’s apartheid era with the humanity and emotion of both its Afrikaaner and black South African subjects. The movie tells the story of black South African freedom music and how it articulated and embodied the people?...
Listening to James Yorkston’s debut album Moving Up Country, it’s impossible not to think of his sleepy Scottish hometown. Amid the tranquil guitar strumming and naively religious lyrics (sounding like James Taylor’s take on gospel), the melodies have an unmistakable Celtic twang that imbues the album with much-needed hints of something fresh...