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Harvard’s endowment has been cited as a model for achieving high-growth rates, but one investment choice led to a staggering loss of at least a quarter of a billion dollars late last week after the collapse of former Harvard Management Company (HMC) bigwig Jeffrey B. Larson??s hedge fund...
...back of this book quotes a description of one of Larson??s earlier books: “The ‘Jaws’ of hurricane yarns.” I guess that makes this the “Lake Placid” of books about boats that get hit by lightning...
...uninitiated may wonder what all the fuss is about and which soundtrack album they should get. “Rent” fans were overjoyed when the Justin Timberlake casting rumors were denied and it was announced that Chris Colombus’ long-awaited film version of Jonathan Larson??s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical would feature the majority of the original Broadway cast. Prior to the film, this talented young group had gone their separate ways, starring in Broadway musicals such as “Aida” and “Wicked,” in films...
...show’s writer and composer, Jonathan Larson, died suddenly from an aneurysm shortly before its debut. The specter of his loss haunted each performance and lent them a funerary solemnity. Unfortunately, Chris Columbus’ cinematic adaptation of the musical is a devastating betrayal of Larson??s creative legacy, retaining none of its source material’s verve, intensity, or gravitas. Perhaps this should not shock; Colombus is the auteur behind the “Home Alone” series.Columbus never devises a satisfactory way to translate the conventions of musical theatre into the cinematic...
...real bounty hunter”—and absurdly hard-boiled—“what might just be our VIP pass into the shitstorm?”. He has the mentality and combat skills of a commando, but the profession and body art of a hipster. Larson??s real physical courage is entirely at odds with his recurring self-conscious pose, pensively staring out from a Jeep while exaggeratedly drawing on a cigarette...