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...recruiting job at Michigan wasn’t all that great, but that’s only a superficial understanding: recruiting isn’t a process that occurs in a vacuum.Who were Amaker’s old recruits playing for last Saturday night? Not Amaker, but John Beilein. Needless to say, Beilein and Amaker have different styles, different nuances and, frankly, they’re different people. The fact that Amaker and Harvard beat his old recruits speaks not to the fact that Amaker wasn’t or isn’t a good recruiter, but it speaks...
...where confused identity is the norm. “I’m Not There,” written and directed by Todd Haynes (“Far From Heaven”), is a brilliantly fresh film about the legendary life and music of Bob Dylan, complete with, needless to say, an amazing soundtrack. Six actors—Marcus Carl Franklin, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, and Ben Whishaw—play fictional characters that represent different epochs of Dylan’s life. Tellingly, none of them actually share Dylan’s name...
...Alexandra Sneider is having no trouble with the transition from the high school circuit to college. The change in style of competition usually takes a toll on the rookies, but Sneider managed a flawless performance in her first team meet. “[Sneider] is taking it really well, needless to say,” said co-captain and saber fencer Samantha Parker. “She won all her bouts today, she’s fencing at a top level, really good with everything she’s doing.” Despite strong performances from co-captain...
...important as finding the right cast. More than mere background melody, music plays an important role—even becoming a sort of character—in the first of the three pieces. “For me, music is a novelty with Beckett,” Epstein says. Needless to say, it is for the audience as well. All members of the production stress the fact that Beckett is still alive and kicking—in terms of artistic innovation. Scanlan’s 92 year-old mother, who saw the initial run of “Waiting...
...Needless to say, Wall Street isn't turning cartwheels at the prospect, and as a result, neither are Senate Democrats. Many simply don't want to bite the hand that feeds them: investment firms and their employees have given more than $50 million to political candidates so far this cycle, 61% to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, and their well-heeled lobbyists have been busy of late firming up opposition to the measure. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has said he doesn't believe the House bill could pass the Senate - and any measure...