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...where did the idea come from? Well, Fred Schoch, executive director for the Head Of The Charles, decided that he wanted to bring together the international rowing medalists from the Beijing Olympics, according to HOCR international liaison Bradway Widing, who lingered outside Bartley's to ensure that the rowers' lunch proceeded smoothly. The result: The Great Eight...
...lack of female roles in Shakespearean plays inspired Meryl H. Federman ’11, president of the HSC and the director of “Richard II”, to propose an all-female cast. “Richard II is very poetic,” says Federman. “The language is soaring and beautiful and...it fits with an all-female voice...
...song is very Teletubbies," says Tony-nominated musician Kenny Mellman. "If you listen to it, there is very little music. It's all drum and Beyoncé's voice." Kara Shall, communications director of Baby Loves Disco, agrees. "Young children love songs with good rhythm and repetition, and 'Single Ladies' certainly has both," says Shall, whose company once a month in 21 cities turns bars into child-proof discos. (She also notes that her own children, ages 5 and 2, are big fans of the Beyoncé song...
...What putting babies in front of this video does is deprive them of hands-on creative play, which is the foundation of learning," says Dr. Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and author of The Case for Make Believe. "Babies aren't asking to be put in front of these videos. They're not congregating in front of the watercooler to talk about Beyoncé. They don't get anything from the video that they couldn't gain from parents who play music around the house...
...timing is good," says David Zweig, director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. "China has been very active to get as many commitments on energy around the world before the dollar devalues too much." In August, China signed a $41 billion contract to buy liquefied natural gas over the next 20 years from Australia. Last month, China's state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) entered talks with Nigeria to buy as much as one-sixth of the West African nation's proven petroleum reserves, the Financial Times...