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...Lowdown: Michelle is an unauthorized biography - Mundy's experience interviewing the Obamas occurred in 2007 in the course of reporting for an article - and it's obvious. The sympathetic, at times fawning, book relies heavily on sources several circles outward from those who actually know Michelle. The end result is a book that reveals little about Michelle Obama not already in the public domain. There are tidbits here and there - as a corporate lawyer, Michelle handled accounts for Barney, the purple dinosaur - but readers already familiar with Michelle's life story will be disappointed...
...Well, last Friday Paulson embraced sprinkling banks with billions of dollars, announcing at a press conference that he intended to pursue this plan "to promote financial market stability." Which leads to an obvious question: Are banks failing...
...obvious answer is yes. Banks are failing - 13 have gone under so far this year - and they're going to continue failing. One hedge-fund star said the markets are now pricing the chance of a default in the next five years by Morgan Stanley or Citigroup at 45% and 21%, respectively...
...darkness with a series of quirky arm contractions in repetition, the beautiful Arvo Part music pulsated, carving Kowroski and Evans as agents of a heartbeat.Twyla Tharp’s brilliant “In the Upper Room” closed the evening, but what probably seemed like an obvious choice to end the performance in the programming office did not translate as well to the stage. The fascination in this particular ballet lies in the buildup to the climactic fifth movement: as Phillip Glass’ music becomes more and more dramatic and exciting, the dancers drop clothes and spiral...
...when Thomas A. Dingman ’67, the dean of freshmen, took several upperclassmen to a theatrical essay toward racial understanding, “Nigger Wetback Chink.” While the group found the show useful as a point of departure, they were naturally concerned by its obvious drawbacks, such as the three-man troupe’s inattention to gender issues...