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Hailing from Galway in Western Ireland, The Saw Doctors are a top-selling super group at home, but they have yet to connect with American audiences. Their lackluster American fan base is surprising considering their sound, which seem to have all the qualifications for American cross-over success: their formula was recently described by Rolling Stone magazine as “one part Creedence, one part Hootie, and one part Irish Historical Society,” a soothing mix. Their show is a G-rated celebration of, according to Rolling Stone, “first kisses, Gaelic football and best...
...Denise apathetic. Her face still lights up with righteous anger when anybody mentions the Nashua Public Housing Authority. She can recite from memory the grievances of every one of her neighbors: Pat’s son got cut from Medicaid; Gary can’t get any formula for his daughter; Nicky’s husband has three jobs and she hardly sees him any more...
...years since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, China's leaders have based their rule of the world's largest country on a single powerful idea: help people get rich, and they'll respect your authority. By and large, this formula has been a success. China's growing prosperity has won it an essentially docile populace and escalating prominence as a world power. Until recently, this strategy has also proved effective in underwriting Beijing's preferred interpretation of "one country, two systems," the nebulous concept that governs the mainland's relations with Hong Kong and Macau, and that it hopes...
...Union for years and I think he just brought the same formula to Vermont,” Roy said. “He brings 120 percent and he expects the same from his guys...
Summers’ high-profile announcement of the new financial aid formula forms a critical component of Harvard’s stepped-up outreach effort, according to Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, the director of undergraduate admissions...