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...road to financial independence from Britain, and even bailed out the U.S. government in 1895, collecting and lending the gold Washington needed to keep paying its bills. He stopped the panic of 1907 by raising the funds to keep tottering banks afloat, in effect acting as a one-man Federal Reserve System six years before the real Fed was created. He made plenty of money for himself in the process, of course, but not quite as much as popular myth would suggest. The estate he left in 1913, including his gargantuan art collection, was valued at $80 million, around...
...media's growing centennial curriculum? Press material for The Century implies that it aims to tell the world's story over the past 100 years. That is somewhat misleading. What the documentary does, in fact, is offer a smattering of global drama all in the context of a one-man show--sometimes staid, sometimes engaging--starring Uncle Sam, a character free-thinking, dysfunctional, glorified, triumphant...
...However, the Engineers' power play is at 23.5 percent, second only to Clarkson in the ECAC. They have five great offensive players who dominate during the one-man advantages...
...hopes ride largely on Goodman, a Scottish-born singer-composer who was writing and performing one-man shows before he reread McInerney's book three years ago and decided it would be good material for a full-scale musical. "The book was set right when I came to New York City," says Goodman. "I could relate to the fact that [the main character] was a writer. I thought I could write from an honest place." His first draft sparked the interest of the New York Theatre Workshop and director Michael Greif, who developed the show over the past two years...
...group of all-Irish-owned establishments scattered in the not-so-nice areas of town. But according to Mike, the manager, the Harp can get like a "beach pahtay" on some nights with a wacky one-man band downstairs and a kickin' concert upstairs. Live shows at the Harp are a staple. Boston College, Boston University and Suffolk students have all gone wild cheering the likes of Eddie Money and the Jerry Garcia Band over the years...