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...nonexecutive director. Having done the sums on Murdoch's estimated $1 billion equity contribution to the bid, business author Neil Chenoweth says, "For Lachlan to be doing what he's doing, family money has to be involved." Then again, Chenoweth concedes that it's unclear how much Murdoch's main backer, SPO Partners, a private investment firm based in San Francisco, is putting up. Lachlan is adamant: "This is completely my own transaction," he told reporters in January. Asked about the CMH bid last month, Rupert Murdoch said, "Not only are we [News Corp.] not involved, I'm pretty ignorant...
...Africa did not allow him to practice and internalize specific songs. “The music I learned in Africa is insidiously a part of me,” he said. Now back from his break, Fleck is currently touring with jazz pianist Chick Corea, one of his main inspirations. He shared other sources of his early inspiration, including the theme song for “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Fleck first heard the banjo at the age of four while watching reruns of the popular show at his grandparents’ home in Queens. The theme song...
Four weeks, four pairs of hands, and 80 yards of cloth later, 50 costumes for the Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) “Turandot” are finally ready for the main stage.Beginning March 5 and running through the 15th, LHO will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” in honor of the 150th anniversary of the maestro’s birth. The opera, set in legendary Peking, focuses on a suitor named Calaf, who must answer the three riddles of the enchanting but cruel princess Turandot to win her hand...
...Tornado that hit Greensburg on May 4 took its time, rolling up Main Street like it was on a Sunday stroll to church. Ron Shank, owner of the Kansas town's General Motors dealership, hid with his wife beneath a quilt in their basement, but they heard the storm rip their home from its foundations. Marvin George, a pastor at the Baptist church, took shelter in his closet. "We just knelt and prayed," he says. "I wasn't scared until the next morning, when I saw the carnage...
...diplomat's bag were several classified documents improperly removed from the main State building. One of the intelligence documents was particularly sensitive, says a department official familiar with the incident. "It dealt with longer-term contingencies and scenarios for the state of emergency: how long could it last, what are the pressure points, what are U.S. interests," the official says...