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Summers, who was the youngest tenured professor in Harvard history, was every bit as much a rocket scientist as the economists at LTCM. But Greenspan says one of the keys to Summers' success in Washington is his ability to unlearn much of what he once taught. "Larry has one overriding virtue: he is very smart," Greenspan explained one afternoon last week, as a springlike day cooled into night outside his Washington office. "And unlike people who are smart and believe they are smart, he is open to the recognition that a lot of what he thinks is true...
...Their success has turned them into a kind of free-market Politburo on economic matters. Clinton relies on the men to a level that drives other Cabinet members nuts. One weekend this summer, when both Summers and Rubin were on vacation, Clinton began to panic about Russia's weakness. "Where's Bob?" the President kept asking nervously in a morning meeting. Turning to White House staff members, he told them to pull together a plan. The team spent a weekend crashing a strategy, only to be shut out again when Rubin arrived back in town. An aide to Secretary...
...Ragtime is about as innovative as Broadway can get. Paul Simon's The Capeman was eclectic, but failed miserably in ticket sales. Rent, on the other hand, is praised for being original, but still flaunts enough crowd-pleasing values (love despite adversity, carpe diem) to insure huge financial success. To succeed on the Great White Way, a show does not always have to sacrifice controversy, but it usually does have to put it in a prettily-packaged manner that will draw enough theatergoers to pay the bills--and make a gargantuan profit besides...
...lower classes, to name just a few of the topics sung about onstage, are brought up with a bit of cliche, but are tackled with honest zeal nonetheless. The plot revolves around three families--one upper-class WASP, one black and one immigrant Jewish--who are striving for success and happiness in turn-of-the-century America, which is offering them as much adversity as it is opportunity...
...most fascinating quirks of Ragtime is the number of historical figures included in the cast. Booker T. Washington (Allan Louis) serves as a role model of monumental importance for Coalhouse and his friends; likewise, Harry Houdini (Bernie Yvon) is always introduced as an example of the success even an immigrant can find. Social activist Emma Goldman (Theresa Tova) plays a key role in Tateh's life as she organizes the labor rallies of Lawrence, Massachusetts. On the other end of the spectrum, a haunting dance depicts J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford crushing the starving masses underneath their ridiculous wealth. Even...