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...anymore. Certainly in Family Guy and American Dad, we actually had to fight to have an opening title song. The fear from the network is that somebody somewhere is going to change the channel, and as a result, they are just terrified of the idea of a main title that people might be bored by. What they don't realize is that it's the opposite. It's a drum roll. It's something familiar and exciting that tells you, All right, you're about to see a great show. Everybody knows the Gilligan's Island theme. Everybody knows...
...mortgage assets from ailing banks and investment firms, Republicans say, the government should instead insure them, much as the Government National Mortgage Association does. This approach, they argue, would not cost as much, and would require Wall Street to pay the cost of its mistakes, through insurance premiums. "The main thing is to protect the taxpayer," said Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey. "We don't really feel like there's a gun held to our head to get this accomplished by a drop dead time...
...growth in SEAS faculty from about 70 professors to 100 will bring in more “sponsored research”—where professors fund their own work through grants—which Dumay said will be one of SEAS’ main sources of revenue...
...from the slow trickle of students walking to and from the Barker Center and Lamont Library, there’s relatively little traffic flow on the historic road. A few tourists amble by, pausing briefly to glance at the large white placard sitting atop the Georgian facade of the main entrance of two large, brick buildings. “Harvard Art Museum: Closed in preparation for renovation,” it reads. Since June 30, the Fogg Museum—the oldest of the Harvard Art Museums system—has been on “lock-down?...
...announcement of a general election in Bangladesh often signals the start of a season of political violence between the country's two main parties. So there was trepidation in Dhaka last week when Fakhruddin Ahmed, who heads a "caretaker" government, announced that elections would be held...