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...Import Erica Livingston, as the rapidly-aging, unfortunately plain and desperate maid Lady Jane, strikes the most successful balance between the two requirements. Livingston couples witty acting with a full-bodied vocal performance, though her tone occasionally slips...
Other performers, most notably James P. Maltese ’04 as Bunthorne and Patience herself, played by Casey Hutchinson (an import from the New England Conservatory), are also spot on in finding the comic appeal of their characters. Hutchinson’s sweet voice is also among the night’s most accomplished...
...wobbling on a greasy pair of "Bush legs"--that's what the Russians call the chicken drumsticks that have been a popular U.S. product in Russia since the first Bush Administration. As the White House moved toward imposing tariffs on foreign steel in early March, Russia revoked licenses to import U.S. poultry and made the ban effective March 10. Its official beef? Antibiotics and additives used by U.S. poultry farmers may be O.K. for Americans but are too foul for Russians. More likely, the blow to the U.S. poultry industry's $600 million annual sales to Russia is in retaliation...
President George W. Bush has always portrayed himself as a proponent of free trade. The imposition of heavy tariffs on steel imports announced this week runs counter to his usual free trade stance—and is a mistake. The trade barrier, which levies an import tax of up to 30 percent, is reminiscent of the protectionism of America’s isolationist age just before the Great Depression, and it marks a regression in this nation’s attempt to form a new, open global economy. While economists and academics in the United States proclaim the benefits...
...This fact has informed all of Tom.com's decisions. Wang, the CEO, is a mainland-born former Goldman Sachs executive director with sterling credentials in Beijing and an expertise in closing deals on the mainland. He has already formed a joint venture with the China National Publications Import & Export Corp., which controls 90% of China's foreign publication trade, and is letting its government-assigned managers help him decide which magazines and books to take to market. Tom.com also has strong connections with China's sporting industrial complex, which could come in handy come the 2008 Olympics...