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...honest: University President Lawrence H. Summers and his son during halftime were throwing the ball better out there than Yale was. The most impressive part of Yale’s performance was its halftime show, some kind of postmodern interpretive riff on the James Bond classic Octopussy. And something about a ship...
Charlap himself is coming into bloom these days, after years of paying his dues as a musician's musician. His deepest ardor is for the works of classic songwriters like Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers--the so-called Great American Songbook. In the annals of composition, he maintains, "these songs represent a new blueprint for a truly American style. They will always be vital and au courant, as timeless as Beethoven." Over the past few years, with his trio mates, Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington (no relation) on drums, Charlap has built on that blueprint...
...question facing businessmen across Libya as the prospect of a full-force American return to the country builds. Back in Tripoli, Seif Gaddafi says the conundrum is "very classic," faced by countless developing countries. Then, as with most problems, he finds a reason to dismiss this one. "The story of Libya is different," he says. "We have a strong leadership--that is obvious." And thanks to $20 billion in foreign reserves from the country's existing oil business, Seif goes on, "we don't lack cash. We don't need capital." But Libya does need modern technological know...
...emerges from bankruptcy next year," says one person close to the U.S. banks. FUNDING THE "BLACK HOLE" Alberto Ferraris wasn't the only one who thought highly of Calisto Tanzi. Until Parmalat collapsed, the 66-year-old founder was an almost legendary figure in Italy, viewed as a classic entrepreneur who built a world-class company from scratch. Soon after founding Parmalat as a dairy company in 1961, he was quick to embrace a new pasteurization technology that allowed milk to stay fresh for months without refrigeration. Parmalat's distinctive cartons soon became a fixture in stores across Italy...
...Dylan is a classic and consummate performer,” Thomas says. “Performance is so much a part of his expression, of his song and of his essence...