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...Alternative So what can be done to fix our retirement-savings mess? Most of the proposed fixes to our retirement plans have to do with getting people to save more or invest better. The most popular solution is the so-called automatic 401(k). Under that plan, all workers would be enrolled in 401(k)s when they're eligible. Companies would establish default settings to boost returns and make the portfolios safer as workers near retirement. People who worked for companies that didn't offer 401(k)s would be automatically enrolled in savings accounts. In other words, make...
What were the most popular suggestions? Fees for postering? Bursting the Stadium “Bubble?...
Harvard’s own wind ensemble, though popular, was no stranger to innovation. It was hosted by the late composer Henry Brant, a pioneer in ideas of spatialization in music; for Brant, the rhythms and melodies of music were not enough to capture the “new stresses, layered insanities, and multi-directional assaults of contemporary life on the spirit.” In addition to traditional orchestration, he arranged the members of the ensemble in such a way as to provide a richer experience for the listener. Indeed, Lowell Lecture Hall was reportedly one of Brant?...
...even at Harvard, which has boasted such greats as Leroy Anderson and Leonard Bernstein—are the surest indicator of such a transition. Those seeking high culture these days often gravitate to grand symphony orchestras specializing in post 18th century European music or else perform adaptations of popular music...
...Conservatives from the ruling center-right Union for a Popular Majority backed Mitterrand. On Thursday evening, a close aide to Nicolas Sarkozy said the French President backed his Culture Minister and described the controversy around him as "pathetic." A few of Mitterrand's backers noted that while disturbing in parts, La Mauvaise Vie has been hailed by critics both for its literary boldness and its provocative examination of homosexuality. Mitterrand, who was tapped for the Culture Ministry job by Sarkozy in June, has long been open about his sexuality. His defenders note that the current hubbub over the book...