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...Second City opened a second theater in Toronto. When Sahlins scouted the city, he found not only an extensive talent pool, but also considerable local support. Sahlins enlisted Alexander, a Canadian entrepreneur who had briefly worked at a Chicago theater, to run it. The new venue "struggled for a while" as he remembers, but soon the outlook for Second City - and its brand of satiric comedy - changed forever. On Oct. 11, 1975, Lorne Michaels, along with fellow NBC employee Dick Ebersol and president of the network Herb Schlosser, launched Saturday Night Live, a genre-defining mix of music and sketch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second City | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

Byrne presented a nationwide survey of parents and children illustrating average levels of support and opposition for various internet protection strategies. She said that disagreements about implementation within a household are triggered by personal characteristics of the parents and children...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cyber Safety Expert Visits | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...It’s been a true honor to have been able to serve Harvard over the years,” Houghton is quoted in the release. “I believe that today, under the leadership of our distinguished president and with support from our other constituencies, the future of our ‘fair Harvard’ is bright indeed...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Fellow Leaves Board | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...fact that the Senate has traditionally derailed legislation that I support is, of course, not a good enough reason to abolish it. The fact that it consistently neglects the popular will, however, is. Take the example of the Social Security Act. In 1935, when the bill was being debated, Congressman Ernest Lundeen proposed a far more radical bill, in which all workers, regardless of race or industry, would be provided with generous benefits provided by taxing the incomes and estates of wealthy Americans. The American people strongly supported the Lundeen proposal, with a New York Post poll at the time...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: Kill The Senate. Kill It Dead. | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

Petraeus, in language more blunt than that typically used by Obama Administration officials, lashed out that Iran, "which had become a theocracy, has become a thugocracy because of the hijacked elections and people's response to them." He said Arab hostility toward Iran had helped win support for U.S. strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, he said, there were almost daily attacks using explosive devices manufactured in Iran, while Tehran was using its leverage to strengthen Iranian influence over Iraq's government. Iran sells about 350 million watts of electricity a day to Iraq. "Iraqis see Iran expanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rattled by Iran, Arab Regimes Draw Closer | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

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