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Should you travel by bus, you may also be susceptible to promotional onslaughts. In 20 Trailways Transportation System coaches that run along the Northeast corridor, a company called NRoute Communications has installed TV monitors that descend from overhead compartments. Using wireless technology, the company can beam news, information and ads specific to the region the bus is passing through. "It's a great time to reach people because we're not competing with anything else--not the dog, cat, kids or spouse," says NRoute CEO Carlos Garcia, 36. "You don't have a choice in these vehicles--you are required...
...music director Martin Koch anxiously conducts with a pencil. The music switches fluidly from baroque and Wagneresque bombast to blues, soul and, of course, modern opera. Characters trade obscenities. Michael Brandon's unerringly realistic Springer paces, arms folded, awaiting his cues. He speaks, they sing. It could all easily descend into chaos, but it works. As a diaper fetishist rhapsodically sings "This is my Jerry Springer moment," and the chorus dance around him with garlands, the opera displays a touching charm. It's not just the unprintably foul language that is unique. The music is fresh and vibrant; the characters...
Before I go out, I test the drag act on my home turf, the Dudley Co-op. I descend the stairs in my male regalia, baseball cap pulled low and a scruffy goatee and soul patch pasted on my face...
With his prestigious background in government and academia, Summers will have much to contribute as the task force considers the causes of the schism and makes recommendations for improving U.S.-European relations. It is encouraging to see a Harvard President descend from the ivory tower and engage highly pressing social issues as a public intellectual...
...half-jokingly writes that if he and his wife “do the college thing wrong,” they will “descend to parent hell...