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...Jersey Boys hews to the bio-facts, and to the notion that any story about the Italian-American working class has to be about elaborate ritual behavior and ties with the mob. As in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, the Seasons' philandering is strictly regimented; one of them says, "You had your real family and your road family." As in Scorsese's Mean Streets, four guys hang out looking for the big score, and one of them get in trouble with a don. By the end of Act I, Tommy owes a half-million dollars to various nefarious gents. Recalling their...
...teen-stumbling through the very obsessions, betrayals and disappointments that were the meat of the Four Seasons', er, oeuvre-I liked their songs but didn't dwell on them. It wasn't till a decade or so ago, when we were vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Martin (whence I write this), that a Seasons tribute group did an evening of their songs. The stuff sounded richer, more mature, worth cherishing beyond its nostalgia value...
...country. Fellow Benjamin Ginsberg, who was a counsel for both Bush-Cheney campaigns, said he found it “troubling” that politicians are forced to resort to campaign tactics to draw the public’s attention away from murder trials and other sensational news. Fellow Martin Frost, a former U.S. Representative, D-Texas, noted the current political polarization. He said that Reagan was the last president truly to seek bipartisan support, because his party’s majority in Congress was so slim that cooperation was necessary to get anything done. But Adam Nagourney, chief political...
...shows rather than watch them on-air. To sidestep potential complaints, CBS has decided to sell its shows for now only in markets where it owns the local CBS station. "Some [affiliates] feel that we're wrong and that it may cannibalize the network," says CBS executive vice president Martin Franks. "We're convinced it extends and reinforces the network...
...points in the second half, the Catamounts fought back on the strength of their perimeter shooting, tying the game at 50 with 6:21 to play on forward Ryan Schneider’s three-pointer. Harvard gained back some breathing room on a trifecta by senior forward Zach Martin, but with 2:03 left, Schneider—who finished with a game-high 19 points—hit another three to give Vermont a 57-56 lead, its first advantage since late in the first half. With the numerous Vermont fans who made the trip to Cambridge screaming their approval...