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...Though it may not be the high-brow piece of musical mastery that one might typically expect to witness at a show with men in drag, “Acropolis Now,” directed by Tony Parise and showing in the New College Theatre through March 15, has all the great Ancient Greek traditions: prostitution, drinking, and, of course, sexual innuendo. As with many HPT shows, the plot is more a framework in which their punny sex jokes can operate, and the formula works well for them. The show recreates the story of the first Olympics in a town...
...animosity between these two competitors, the private Clearinghouse and the public Fed, ensured the failure of the Fed’s intervention in March 1933. At the beginning of March, $700 million were withdrawn from banks, plunging the Dow to only 50 points. In an effort to avoid further turmoil, New York Fed Governor George L. Harrison contacted Clearinghouse Chairman George W. Davison about declaring a bank holiday. With no incentives to act despite the damage this holiday might do to bank reputations, and with much criticism from an increasingly populist Congress, the Clearinghouse had no reason to partner with...
...cannot overstate the degree to which media exaggeration has become part of the modern presidency - the saturation coverage and saturation punditry. The irony is, no one in March 1933 knew FDR was going to be FDR. And Lincoln - hell, his election prompted seven southern states to secede. So they both had the advantage, if you want to call it that, of being underestimated. (Read the commentary on the ghost...
...economy will get worse. Politics will get worse. That's the cruel reality of Japan today." And that means Aso's support rating can only get worse. "It's too late for Aso to turn it around," Curtis says. "He'll lose a point a week and by early March he'll be down 6% or 7%. He's going to have to quit." If Aso were to quit, he would be the third Japanese prime minister to do so in as many years. (Watch a TIME video from Tokyo...
...Czechs, who currently hold the E.U.'s presidency, are seething at Sarkozy's threats. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has announced a special E.U. summit in Brussels for March 1 devoted to protectionism, and another in Prague in May to examine jobs and unemployment...