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...history." In the mid-'40s, Mercer, a founder of Capitol Records, also had three No. 1 hits as a vocalist: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," "Candy" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" - a record, I believe, for a classic pop songwriter. The Savannah native with the gap-toothed smile was the author or co-author of more than 1,000 songs, which scaled the charts for 30 years, in the prime of the Great American Songbook. His songs lasted well into the Age of Rock, with '60s hits in revival (Bobby Darin's rockin' "You Must Have...
...city staggers back to its feet, fixing those broken levees will be a first priority. But such gap plugging is just triage in a woefully outdated system of ramparts that need extensive rebuilding and modernizing. The failed 17th Street levee had been strengthened not long before Katrina hit--an upgrade that obviously did not do the job. Now merely pumping the city free of the water the levees let in may take as long as nine weeks...
...critics admit that citizens—and not just Healy—are to blame for the gap between local government and its constituents...
...coming months, seniors' reviews of the program may also turn sour as they approach the "doughnut hole," the term given for the gap in coverage after a beneficiary receives the first $2,250 in Medicare payments. The senior then must pay the next $2,850 in costs until the bill reaches $5,100 and Medicare resumes paying. For many seniors who signed up early, the doughnut hole will soon arrive. "Once they hit it, they're going to be enormously surprised and upset," says Pollack. "When they're in the doughnut hole and they pay 100% of their drug costs...
...they would be no more than misdemeanors" and that this would "blow over." The report suggests that the comments by Durham police officers were one reason Duke officials were so slow to respond to the incident. It found no cover-up by Duke officials but did find a communication gap among Duke administrators...