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...courses on Enron to their fall lineup; a new book, How Companies Lie, promises to help investors see through the smoke and break the mirrors of corporate accounting. People say they have stopped investing and play poker instead; it's a safer bet. The Wall Street Journal profiles the barber who has given up on CNBC and now takes longer walks with his wife because he knows he has to stay in shape-he'll be working more years than he had thought. Fully one-third of Americans between 50 and 64 said they had decided to delay their retirement...
Freshman back Liza Barber, the only regular frosh starter on the team, earned Second Team All-Ivy honors. Besides being a consistent force in the backfield, she had dazzling headers for goals against Marquette and Cornell...
Traditionally, Todd is portrayed as a commanding force—his mere presence terrifies. Here the demonic barber, played by Benjamin D. Margo ’04, is a child in a monster’s body. The loss of his wife to the sexual deviance of Judge Turpin (George F. Broadwater ’04) has left him spiritless and empty. Upon his first entrance he sits on the front of the stage, his right arm in a sling—a physical disability that mirrors an internal one. His mission, to avenge the destruction of his family, emerges...
...race for Chancellor is whether incumbent GERHARD SCHRODER comes by his enviable head of auburn hair naturally. After a German news agency suggested that Schroder, 58, covers his gray, he sent his lawyers to court to stop the agency from repeating the claim. He also sent his barber, who vouched for his hair's authenticity. The court will rule in May, but Schroder's opponents are demanding a hair sample for scientific analysis. At least the press attention is evenhanded: a German newspaper has reported rumors that opposition candidate Edmund Stoiber exaggerates his capacity for heavy drinking by secretly putting...
Unlike previous retellings of Todd’s macabre ventures, Sondheim and Wheeler’s musical defies the temptation to sensationalize the tortured barber or his counterparts. With an impeccable balance of vulnerability, humor and melancholy, each character becomes uniquely sympathetic...