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...Murdoch saw an opportunity in the jigsaw of James' businesses. Late last year, Packer's people split the family conglomerate into media and gaming divisions, with James more focused on the latter. Just before Christmas, Murdoch approached his mate about doing a deal on the group's media fragment, CMH. Over a wet January weekend, bunkered down in a city office, the pair nutted out their privatization plan, which would raise Packer's stake in CMH from 38% to 50% and give the other half to Murdoch, who would take charge as executive chairman. "I am only interested in running...
...mind cannot recover a childhood birthday beyond an impressionistic blur. In our technological age, what would we do without instant replay? In his debut novel “Beautiful Children,” Charles Bock confronts the problem of video’s power, using this subtext to focus on an underexposed subject: the roughly 1.5 million adolescents who flee their homes every year in North America. But despite its shimmering surface, Bock’s novel ultimately crumbles under the burden of the visual medium it seeks to explore.“Beautiful Children” begins with...
...look, your weight, height, and skin color,” curator Andrés C. Samayoa ’10 says. “It transcends and goes beyond that.” The variety of pieces included in the show demonstrates this multiplicity. Artworks focus on topics from abortion to bell peppers. Any piece that was submitted in a timely fashion was included in the show, resulting in a range of both quality and topic. “All the pieces are so personal that if the person felt that it fit with the theme, then that qualified...
...NCAA tournaments ahead, Harvard will have to maintain its strong determination throughout the postseason and weather the pressure of a number one seed.Despite a recent invitation to join the US team in the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championships in April, Cahow is displaying the focus needed from every player at this time of year.“It’s a wonderful honor to represent my country, but right now it’s all about Harvard Hockey,” she said.With the team poised to make a run for the national title...
...titular photograph shares a similar appeal. In “Long Life Cool White” the subjects are two oblong fluorescent bulbs hanging from a room’s ceiling on metal chains. Only the lights and the strings that turn them on are in focus; the workroom in the background is secondary to the bulbs and the emphatic promise emblazoned across their sides: “GUARANTEED: Long Life, Cool White.” Indeed, there is something very cool about Davey’s photographs. Most are slightly grainy and few are bright or colorful. The prints?...