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...Still, the producers of the musical, the Michigan-born Hutchins and Italian-German director Roberto Emmanuele, say they didn't want to create a tribute to Obama or pander to the crowd by playing up his star appeal. Instead, they aimed to tell the story of the people who were inspired by his message of change - themselves included. "This musical is not about politics but about the effect Obama has on people," Hutchins says. "Making the musical resembled Obama's story in a way. We had very little in the beginning, meager means, a meager budget ... Obama inspired...
TIME: You told a story at your victory celebration about the first moment you realized that you had a real shot at winning this race. It was when you saw a homemade sign with your name. Can you tell me where you were and when that was? Brown: I drive around a lot. It was in central Mass., I think up near the Lunenburg area...
...tell me, can anyone please tell me, how that is good...
...land purchase properly and concealing an illegal donation from the construction company. Ozawa has apologized to the Japanese people for any "misunderstanding" in misreporting the funds, saying there was no criminal intent. It is reported that Ozawa will submit to prosecutors' questioning this weekend and that he plans to tell them he had personally given at least 600 million yen ($6.6 million) to finance the purchase in question. So far, prosecutors have arrested three aides linked to Ozawa, including Okubo. Another is Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former secretary to Ozawa who is now a Diet member representing Hokkaido's 11th District...
Whether this debacle will translate into change at the ballot box is hard to tell, said pollster Terry Madonna of Franklin & Marshall College. Surveys show voters are shocked by the legislative mess, he said, but it's not clear that they are angry and motivated for change. The scandal, he said, "has led to a good bit of cynicism, a good bit of distrust - and almost despair...