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Perhaps the demise of New Hampshire’s most famous (only?) landmark did cause the Big Green consternation. Perhaps one monumental collapse did, in fact, beget another. Or perhaps, natural phenomena notwithstanding, the Big Green was instead doomed by The Old Man on the Mound...
...going to see the undoing of this society," says Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America (M.P.A.A.). "I didn't preside over this movie industry to see it disintegrate like the music industry." Them's fightin' words, and the battle lines are being drawn. Two landmark legal decisions last week, one in favor of the entertainment industry and one against it, will shape the way we deal with digital movies and music for years to come. The only thing left to decide is which side of those battle lines...
...hung up on the unique problems of tobacco bonds, which are state-issued debt backed by future payments of tobacco companies as part of a landmark 1998 liability settlement. States including California and New York have issued some $18 billion of these bonds to get their mitts on the tobacco loot now rather than wait to collect it in dribs and drabs over the next few decades. The bonds have always offered a higher yield than similarly rated munis--today, about 5.5% vs. 4.1%--because no taxing authority stands behind them, only a handful of private companies that...
...Presencia Latina,” sponsored by RAZA, FUERZA and Concilio Latino, had landmark value not only because of its role in gathering the Harvard Latino community, but also because it was the result of a level of coordination and common purpose among the groups that is encouraging for more future success. This increased focus on unity and common vision for future action has the potential to increase the political efficacy and expand the Latino presence on campus...
...recent weeks, according to McDaniel, but Harvard still held the lead by a few seats after the first 20 strokes. McDaniel said Harvard had its best 20 strokes at the 600-meter mark after passing a bridge—the Severn River course’s only major landmark...