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...behind Moscow's first connection to cable TV and high-speed Internet? He's Frank Baker, 73, a U.S. naval officer in the Korean War. Baker is president of a small New York City venture-capital firm, Andersen Group, that plans to close a $40 million deal to purchase 51% of ComCor-TV (CCTV), a Moscow broadband provider, in the fall. CCTV has wired some 130,000 dwellings in the city and plans to connect 70,000 more in the upscale Central Administrative District by next March. A 47-channel package, which includes Russian-language versions of Animal Planet...
...lost a game since middle school, and Hill, the next year’s NFL Rookie of the Year with the Dallas Cowboys and later the father of NBA star Grant Hill, leading the way, Yale sprinted out to a 22-0 lead. Little-used backup quarterback Frank Champi ’70 came on for the Crimson, which trailed, 29-13, when it recovered a fumble deep in its own territory with under four minutes remaining...
...Monday, a major issue on their agenda was European immigration. While Sarkozy and Merkel were facing some critical questions from students of a local high school - one 18-year old girl, for instance, questioned the German Chancellor about the absence of immigrants in her cabinet - German foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Bernhard Kouchner turned the official occasion into a multicultural house party...
...after he failed in coalition talks to prevent the government from rolling back a reform that had been credited with reducing unemployment. Despite occasional disagreements and opposing party affiliations, Müntefering generally got along well with Angela Merkel, despite their opposing party affiliations. His replacement as Vice Chancellor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who will retain his current post as foreign minister, has a more arm's-length relationship with the CDU Chancellor. The two recently disagreed openly on policy towards China and Russia...
...play is not without its pleasures, though. Jackson plays Frank with an understated elegance that makes his character utterly horrifying. Scott Zielinski’s deep-crimson lighting design, combined with Clint Ramos’s rabbit costume, make Frank’s scenes the show’s most resonant. Flora Diaz manages to squeeze genuine, nuanced emotion out of her all-too-brief appearances as Donnie’s girlfriend. Two plane crashes occur in the play, and both are believably and innovatively staged...