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...contest to fill the seat left by the late congressman J. Joseph Moakley Jr.—a 30-year veteran of Boston’s political scene—drew national attention early on with the dramatic dropout of early frontrunner Max Kennedy, the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy ’48. Kennedy’s departure left the field wide open, and Lynch quickly pulled up to dominate the primary despite criticism of his relatively conservative politics and on his financial fumbles in personal college loans and real estate deals...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lynch Leads in Race for Congress | 9/11/2001 | See Source »

...Security (tied, of course, to a rollback of the future phases of Bush's tax cut). The downside, of course, is that it'll be a little tough to rail against Bush for dipping into Social Security when they're proposing to cut into the very tax revenues that fill the Fund's coffers. Not exactly what the pollster ordered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the GOP — and the Dems — Plan to Save the Economy | 9/11/2001 | See Source »

...NBBJ Sports and Entertainment, serve up technical prowess--Meis' multiuse miracle in Japan transforms a 5,000-seat theater into a 20,000-seat arena or a 30,000-seat stadium at the touch of a few buttons--as well as simple strokes of genius, like turning hard-to-fill corner seats at the Philadelphia Eagles' upcoming stadium into courtyards where fans can socialize--and shell out cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If These Guys Build It, Fans Will Come | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...first nine-week run, "The Mercury Theatre On the Air" was what was called a sustaining program. No commercial sponsors picked up the bill; William Paley?s CBS paid for the Mercury, to fill time and attract listeners. It was rare - unique, in fact, as listeners were informed each week - for "a complete theatrical producing company" to present original pro-gramming. But it wasn?t rare for CBS to run sustaining shows: in 1938, three-quarters of its air time was filled with them. The Mercury got $50,000 for the nine hours, from which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Mercury, God of Radio | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...underpaid company shlubs on three-day weekends if they were lucky - remember, this was before the bubble - and they were the first ones back to their desks when the news hit. And for the rest of the press, the message was clear: Leave town at your peril. We can fill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: August News Drought? Gary Condit to the Rescue | 8/23/2001 | See Source »

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