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This presentation includes a slideshow and tour of the exhibition “Splat Boom Pow!” which focuses on the use of cartoons by three generations of visual artists to depict recent changes in culture and society. The Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston, 9:30-11 a.m., $10 for ICA members/$15 non, reservations required...
...economic boom of the 1990s tempted seniors with the prospect of lucrative jobs right out of college, rather than four years of expensive medical education...
This has been a boom season for would-be Democratic saviors. In addition to Wes Clark, there have been all sorts of inane rustling about Hillary Clinton and Al Gore. Former President Clinton--who really should go home and write his book--has been dropping Hillary hints for several weeks now; the Senator herself insisted on posting Run-Hill-Run e-mail on her website until last Friday. This is self-promotional cotton candy. The junior Senator from New York is, if nothing else, disciplined. She knows she needs to spend time bulking up her resume, especially on national security...
...Another kind of music?the jingling of cash registers?can be heard in the city's restaurants, which are now reporting a post-SARS boom. Almost every week, there's a splashy opening of a hot new place. The next big debut: the InterContinental hotel's Spoon, managed by French chef Alain Ducasse...
That story, as the title suggests, is America’s sudden plunge from the peaks of the technology boom to the depths of widespread unemployment and war. But Krugman does more than detail how isolated events like the demise of the dot-com era, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and Bush’s tax cuts contributed to America’s current economic malaise. His story, as he explained to his audience on Friday night, is also that of his own disillusionment. Krugman says the election of 2000 thrust him into a crisis of confidence, and that...