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Rubin listens intently from his cushioned perch and uses his lack of expertise to upend the traditional producer-as-God dynamic. "In the old days, when I'd hear something that's not working, I'd say, 'O.K., this is how we're going to fix it.' Now I ask, 'How do we fix it?' And nine times out of 10, what they come up with is as good as or better than how I would've done it," he says. Rubin's "they" includes a circle far wider than that of his peers. During a 1993 recording...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick Rubin: Hit Man | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...deemed "the best Florestan [Fidelio's leading man] performing today" by one critic - leading a stellar cast. On Dec. 2, however, a mechanical failure of the hall's stage works that forced the cancellation of several performances demonstrated just how risky and tenuous such triumphs can be. A temporary fix has salvaged the season, but the brief hiatus turned the spotlight on the scale of Valencia's ambition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valencia's Big Bet | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

...there are some Americans who are willing to pay a little bit more for their luxuries instead of bearing the costs of exploitation. Such consumers can work with corporations to develop an understanding by which products may be more expensive but some of the profits will be used to fix the objectionable practices. Companies like Starbucks provide an additional service, i.e. supporting fair trade coffee for a greater cost which its consumers are willing to pay. Such a negotiation should be the ultimate goal of boycotts...

Author: By Rachel M Singh | Title: The Ethics of Boycotting | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

...Adams House Dining Hall last night, several students agreed that while Yard Operations or the House superintendent may be around to fix a broken radiator today, the life skills offered up in the new OCS classes are important for the long...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At OCS, Classes To Help You Get a Life | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

...such a small percentage of the overall amount of information that voters had about him," Schnur says. "Right now, most people outside of San Francisco only know two things about Gavin Newsom: he supports same-sex marriage and he cheated [with] his best friend's wife. He can fix that, but if he doesn't do it quick, he's going to become a punch line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Scandal of San Francisco | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

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