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...luminaries who have continually called on him to help them shine. Haynes credits a lifetime at the forefront of jazz to his natural feel for swing—his drumming was once described by Thelonious Monk as being like “an eight ball right in the side pocket.” His success must also be due to his constant evolution: he has met the needs of each successive jazz generation without ever losing his singular identity...

Author: By Jon J. Andrews, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Roy Haynes Excels in Birthday Concert | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...Close the Medicare Part D prescription drug gap known as the "donut hole," which leaves beneficiaries without prescription drug coverage once their costs exceed $2,830 (in 2010), and doesn't kick back in until they spend $4,550 out of pocket. This provision, which would cost the federal government about $20 billion over 10 years, gradually closes the gap beginning in 2011, so Medicare Part D recipients will eventually pay no more than 25% co-insurance for name-brand drugs. In 2010, Medicare Part D enrollees who reach the gap will receive $250 rebate checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Dems Got the Score They Wanted on Health Reform | 3/19/2010 | See Source »

...served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Secretary of Energy, may still be considered an underdog, according to Richard Murray, political scientist at the University of Houston, but he has "a real chance of winning." Murray expects White to have adequate campaign funding because of his connections with deep-pocket donors, support from the Democratic Governors' Association and, perhaps, his own personal resources - he gave his first mayoral campaign a $2 million kick-start. (White, a lawyer, worked for an oil company and then ran a Houston energy investment group after leaving the White House.) Plus, White is a disciplined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has a Democrat Got a Chance of Becoming Governor of Texas? | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...guys aren't worth it. Capital is overcompensated these days. It's un-American, and it's unjust.'" Spitzer thinks it's an outrage that the same bankers who brought down the world economy are still firmly in place, bonuses in hand, a government guarantee in their back pocket. "Never has so much been done for so few who need so little," he says. "We are supporting these tip-of-the-iceberg plutocrats." He holds the Obama Administration responsible - he calls it "continuity you can believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eliot Spitzer's Mission Impossible | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Smith continued to answer questions, and after a few more pocket-grabs, Mooney succeeded in quieting his phone. No one in the room full of professors chided the flustered culprit...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Tunes Lighten Faculty Meeting | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

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