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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...Indeed, Richards and his partners got a bit of unexpected good news in mid-March. A newly released report uncovered accounting tricks at Lehman Brothers, causing many to compare the defunct investment bank, which failed in September 2008, to Enron. That put the energy company, at least briefly, in the headlines again. And Lehman Brothers is in the play as well, portrayed by two actors in an overcoat as a Siamese twin. "It's a play about our society and the way it attracts greed and corruption," says Richards. "Enron was the beginning." (See a TIME cover story about Enron...
...part new-media mogul, part Barnumesque scamp. Last fall, he launched Big Government, the flagship of his wickedly right-of-center sites, which also include Big Hollywood, Big Journalism - which described the House's March 21 passage of the health care reform bill as a "socialist putsch" - and the news aggregators Breitbart.com and Breitbart.tv. On its first day of business, Big Government produced a scoop: undercover filmmakers James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles - the would-be Borats of the right - had shot videos that appeared to show workers at ACORN, a liberal organization that lobbies for affordable housing, offering tips...
...News of the Infantino recall is further stratifying moms into two camps: sling-wearers and those who just don't get the whole sling thing. The decision to use a baby carrier - or merely to carry the baby - is a lifestyle choice, and baby-wearers fiercely defend their baby-transport method of choice. For many moms, it's a personal statement. Sling aficionados insist they're safe as long as you pick a good one, follow the instructions and constantly check your baby's position. This piece of baby gear is frequently used by a certain type of parent...
...earlier version of the Mar. 24 news article "Minow Joins Protest of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' incorrectly stated that military recruiters were currently banned from Harvard's campus. In fact, in response to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, military recruiters were temporarily banned from the Law School's campus until...
...earlier version of the Mar. 24 news article "Young Expands Initiative to All Grades" stated that the Cambridge School Committee is considering converting the the Peabody School from K-4 to K-8. In fact, the Peabody School is already a K-8. The proposal discussed would in fact move fifth through eighth grade classes for students with emotional disabilities from two other schools to the Peabody School...