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...Bank of New York Mellon, had become the latest high-profile executive to turn down the post. But in the three months since Moynihan, 50, has taken over the reins at the nation's largest bank, he has used a mix of consumer-friendly initiatives, Washington face time and attention to detail to win over critics. Consumer advocates have applauded the bank's moves on debit cards and foreclosures. Washington officials say he is easier to work with than his predecessor Kenneth Lewis. And analysts have been impressed with Moynihan's knowledge of Bank of America's many businesses...
...from Massachusetts.” Later, they would fall out over Louisa’s desire to wear rouge in order to attenuate the “cadaverous” pallor of her complexion, which offended her husband’s puritan sensibilities. He insisted on wiping her face himself. She reflected in her memoir later, “All my beauty was clean washed away...
...saxophones, David Wong on bass, and Martin Bejerano on piano), Haynes’ concert last Friday showcased his breadth of experience, and his mastery of the stylistic spectrum. His sensitive lightness of touch on the ballad “For All We Know” was contrasted with the face-melting tumult he unleashed on John Coltrane’s lightning-fast “Mr. P.C.” The impeccably poised swing he invoked throughout with his riding right hand was equaled by an absolute command of fluctuating time in a subtly free performance of Pat Metheny?...
Haynes’ passion for his life and music is infectiously apparent. At the microphone, he exudes a witty enthusiasm. At the drums, his joyful energy seems limitless. Eyes closed with a broad smile spread across his face, he throws his arms high in the air before bringing them snapping down on his high-tuned snare. Haynes never stops moving for an instant. During a wonderfully moody rendition of the Cole Porter classic, “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” he rocketed the intensity through a magnificent arc: starting at a whisper, he rose...
...March 26 to significant cuts in their active long-range nuclear arsenals. The bad news remains the same: if they were to fire even a portion of their remaining arsenals at each other, over a matter of minutes you, your family and every person on this planet would face death by atomic fireball, radiation poisoning or eventual starvation from the ensuing nuclear winter...