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...singles have hooks like “All I wanna do is have some fun” and “I want to soak up the sun,” these activities might signal a legitimizing stride into a world weighing bigger issues than beaches and bars. Sheryl Crow makes it quite clear where she’s striding from the get-go with her new studio album “Detours,” which bills itself as the work of a contemplative and reborn artist engaging in a weighty wrestling match with concerns ranging from the White...
...Fallon added that Klarman—who won the Bancroft Prize, the most prestigious prize for American historical writing, for his 2005 book “From Jim Crow to Civil Rights”—will add a new perspective on the role of the Supreme Court...
...appointments committee. "We make lots of good appointments at the Law School, [but] this is one that really excites me." Fallon added that Klarman—who won the Bancroft Prize, the most prestigious prize for American historical writing, for his 2005 book “From Jim Crow to Civil Rights”—will add a new perspective on the role of the Supreme Court. Klarman, who was originally offered a faculty position in the spring of 2006, was attracted to the Law School after spending time as a visiting professor in the 2005-2006 academic...
...expecting much beauty or excitement anytime soon. He will consider the Countrywide deal a success if BofA earns back half its purchase price within three years. As his competitors announced massive write-downs and losses in their fourth-quarter earnings reports, Lewis wouldn't allow himself to crow. "I don't feel great about ours either," he says. "If we had met our objectives, I'd be gloating, but we didn't." He has warned that next week's fourth-quarter earnings will be profitable but disappointing, and he expects to set aside $3.3 billion in write-downs. So days...
Humans were once thought the only toolmaking animals--until scientists noticed that chimpanzees and other apes could fashion sticks and rocks into tools too. A type of crow can make probes from sticks and use them in clever ways as well, even pushing one stick with another or inserting twigs into holes to collect bugs...