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...origins of April Fools' Day are shrouded in mystery. One long accepted explanation had to do with the transition between the Julian and Gregorian calendars, when folks who continued to celebrate the old new year (which fell in late March or early April) were called April Fools. But that proved to be a bit of a joke because the calendar change was actually gradual and no one was quite caught off guard. Various other festivals have been cited as inspirations, including the east Asian festival of the burning of the scholars on the new moon of the fourth lunar month...
...face of it, though, Myerson's chances of re-negotiating the deal look slim. "The whole deal with these clean-break settlements is people know where they stand after they're done," says Julian Lipson, head of the family law team at London law firm Withers. Exceptions might be made if one party lies about their assets, or if "in very short succession after the order has been made, a completely unforeseeable change renders the basis of the agreement wrong," Lipson says. Otherwise, "a final order is a final order. And that's that...
...Think of musical comedy, the most glorious words in the English language,” director Julian Marsh says to burgeoning but reluctant star Peggy Sawyer in “42nd Street.” The Boston Conservatory’s production of this musical serves as a compelling, nearly infallible corroboration of Marsh’s lingual assessment. The energy and sheer joy of the cast and orchestra is immediately palpable with the first rise of the curtain, revealing pairs upon pairs of synchronized tapping feet. While perhaps hewing a bit too close to the design and staging...
...market was the worst it has been in 44 years. This may be an indication that his skills as an investor do not extend to picking companies that will do well in a rough period. If other brilliant men in the investing world like George Soros, Wilbur Ross, and Julian Robertson did not see things essentially the same way, optimists could argue that there is no consensus among the great investors...
...Harvard time capsule dating back to 1900 features approximately 70 photographs of regular college fixtures that serve as a reference point for the project’s architects. It includes photographs of items such as beer steins, pipes, paraphernalia of membership in social clubs, and school banners taken by Julian Burroughs, class of 1901. The pictures have been preserved by the Harvard University Archives to depict daily student life at the University at the turn of the 20th century...