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...campaign is being driven by both patriotism and economics. Base realignments will bring 20,000 new soldiers (on top of the almost 50,000 already stationed) by 2011, and the military's economic impact in the area will go from $5 billion to $6.5 billion in the process, says Breeden Blackwell, the county commission chairman. "You can see why we take care of our investment," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fayetteville: America's Most Pro-Military Town | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

Born in Ealing in west London and self-taught on the drums, Mitchell was 18 when he met Hendrix and bass player Noel Redding (who died in 2003). In 1967, the three put out their first album, Are You Experienced? Driven by Jimi's incendiary guitar-playing and a heady mix of blues and psychedelic rock 'n' roll, the band soon skyrocketed to fame. But turmoil brought on by unending touring and drug binges unraveled the trio after just three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mitch Mitchell | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...side, a vocal presence throughout a nasty campaign. But the value of his single vote continues to buy him reprieve. This election was supposed to be an endorsement of hope and change. But there seems to be no hope that the treatment of Lieberman will ever change; one is driven to suspect that even if he publicly claimed that he was a Republican (which he has effectively done), the Democrats would remain unwilling to cede his caucus and vote. It’s understood that the only reason Democrats have kept Lieberman around ‘is as insurance against...

Author: By Robert G. King | Title: Politics as Usual | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...three days a week to take classes at the NEC. Even excluding time spent on rehearsal, lessons, jam sessions, and shows, Campbell practices an average of three hours each weekday, meaning that the he expects to start his homework around 9 p.m. Campbell’s modesty hides a driven approach to his academics. Last year, Campbell took the most challenging introductory physics courses Harvard has to offer, and he continues this year with both a quantum mechanics class and an independent research seminar. (He says that he still considers himself “a semester behind?...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campbell Composes, Crowd Swoons | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

...slumping consumer market, and that the company has been examining its usage of the Brattle Street building for years. Building owner and Harvard professor emeritus Bill J. Poorvu and Harvard Square Business Association executive director Denise A. Jillson both expressed similar thoughts, saying the closing was likely driven by changes in the company’s merchandising strategy...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crate & Barrel To Close | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

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