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...herald of Stringer's revitalized company, or a techno-turkey. The machine is off to a rocky start. Sony plans to ship just 2 million units this year, about half its initial projections. Customers queuing to buy one braved a shooting incident outside a store in Connecticut last week. And the lucky few who do snag one may be disappointed, since the PS3 can't play some older games without software upgrades that Sony is promising. (For a full review, go to TIME.com...
Paul Newman knows what he wants. so when the legendary actor decided to create a top-notch restaurant adjoining the Westport Country Playhouse?the renowned Connecticut theater run by his wife, actress Joanne Woodward?he had ideas for what one should see, smell and taste. One architect sketched plans for a stark space, all stainless steel and alabaster white. "Paul flipped out!" says chef Michel Nischan. "He wanted very country and very warm...
...emergence of conceptual art The menu reflects Newman and Nischan's shared passion for organic and sustainable farming. That means many of the vegetables in, say, the "Use a Spoon" Salad (so named because Newman wanted a salad you didn't have to cut or stab at) come from Connecticut growers. The fish are all sustainably harvested types like trout (pan seared, dished up with a bracing, intense Pippin apple puree). Much of the produce is bought at the weekly farmers' market that takes place in the playhouse parking lot from spring to fall. And the offerings are consciously seasonal...
...Connecticut defector Berg, a disruptive two-time All-Ivy defender who picked off Jeff Mroz ’06 in triple overtime last year, is Harvard’s only hope of stopping the nation’s fourth-leading rusher. Often lining up over the center, Berg will usually be out of the reach of star tackle Ed McCarthy ’07, which could mean in the face of McLeod...
...Liberal bloggers and their readers helped to swing the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary to anti-war candidate Ned Lamont, raising expectations that the midterms would turn this new generation of online activists into kingmakers. Yet in the midst of a Democratic wave, the netroots candidates failed to sweep, causing some pundits to claim that the netroots' influence continues to be overstated: "The Netroots Election? Not So Fast," editorialized The Nation. When Rick Perlstein tried, in The New Republic, to claim the election as a netroots triumph, Ryan Lizza replied in the magazine's blog that in addition to having...