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...Alan Simpson, a former Senator who had also missed meetings, to gauge their commitment levels. Simpson affirmed his dedication and was able to make future meetings. But Giuliani formally withdrew, citing "previous time commitments," according to a copy of his letter to Baker provided to TIME by John B. Williams, Baker's policy assistant. Giuliani recently said he resigned because he was considering running for office and it didn't seem right to stay on such an "apolitical" panel. Staffers on the commission say they don't remember that coming...
Reality shows can humiliate B-list celebrities on national television, force people to live for weeks in confined spaces with psychotic strangers, and even flirt with child abuse (as some have accused CBS's upcoming Kid Nation of doing). But tamper with the sanctity of Broadway? Now you're asking for trouble. At least, that seemed to be the reaction in some quarters to Grease: You're the One That I Want, the NBC reality show last winter in which home viewers got to select which two of a dozen young acting hopefuls would get to star...
...complete." Distributions from the endowment to the University's operating budget hit a record-setting $1 billion in the 2007 fiscal year, according to a University press release. Last month, the University lost $350 million when Sowood Capital, a hedge fund started in 2004 by former HMC manager Jeffrey B. Larson, reported huge losses. Harvard had initially invested at least $500 million with the fund, but the most recent figures do not factor in some of the downfalls...
...villagers, unable to tolerate the crew's lame attempts at constructing a circle of mud huts, even built the set. On the day of the shoot, hundreds have come to "mourn" at the funeral of the father of the central character, Precious Ramotswe, played faultlessly by R&B singer Jill Scott...
Everything about this small Scottish town stresses humility and unpretentiousness: its rugged, unadorned links courses, crumbling medieval architecture, quaint B&Bs and creaky-floored hotels. The hallowed Old Course lies on public ground--golf is forbidden on Sundays so families can picnic on the fairways. But now St. Andrews is undergoing a change that would once have been unthinkable. High-end golf, American-style--loud pants and loudmouths--has come to the uniquely understated home of golf...