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...close the Merrill deal because it was in the best interests of the country's troubled financial system. If that transaction is at the heart of B of A's capital shortfall, the firm has a legitimate argument that because it helped the government when it was in a jam, it is time for the government to repay the favor...
...counter the Taliban advances in the propaganda war, the Pentagon has reportedly launched a broad "psychological operations" campaign in Afghanistan and Pakistan to take down insurgent-run web sites and the jam radio stations. The Afghan government, for its part, has opened a new $1.2 million media center with international support. Staffed by a team of Western-trained spin doctors, the facility includes a high-tech media monitoring wing and an outreach department tasked with building better working relations with journalists...
...Classical MusicHolden Chapel (between Lionel and Mower)1 p.m.Dunster House Opera ShowcaseDudley House, Lehman Hall1 p.m.“At Ease,”Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St1 p.m.Harpsichord Music from the Spanish CourtMemorial Church1 p.m.Stand-Up Comedy JamCambridge Queen’s Head1 p.m.Fallen Angels A Cappella Jam, Science Center C1 p.m.Harvard Organ Society, Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St1 p.m.Debussy’s Prelude d’Après-midi d’une FaunePaine Hall1 p.m.John Williams: Heroic Masterpieces Sanders Theatre1 p.m.Prokofiev’s Five MelodiesPhillip Brooks House1 p.m.Opportunes A CappellaHarvard Yard...
...childhood also exposed him to Irish music, now a focus of his performance. In his small town in upstate New York lived an Irish priest who played the concertina, a mini-accordion. “He would have concerts every week with great Irish musicians. Afterward they would have jam sessions,” Gurney says. “It was a lucky way to get into the music.” Gurney, who describes his heritage as “half-Italian, half muddy European question mark,” has since done his best to access the roots...
...Every drawer gets so full that you can’t put anything in it,” he explains. “If you’re trying to file this one item, you have to pull out five folders to get one item in, and then jam all five back in.”After his years of running this essential part of the process, Anderson is familiar with everything that could go wrong—and has a preemptive solution for it.“You don’t want to have too many drawers open...