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...bolt spared Roosevelt the humiliation of losing to Taft. It also kept his candidacy alive on a brand-new ticket of his own creation, the National Progressive Party, better known as the Bull Moose Party, a nickname that came from the answer T.R. had given when someone in a crowd yelled out to ask how he felt. "Like a bull moose," he yelled back...
...paid $45 for the clinic visit that day. And because she wasn't in any health plan that could strong arm down the hospital bill - they got about $800 for the half-hour use of the 'local room' from HMOs - she was vulnerable to the full-ticket "private fee". Rosa could barely afford the $45 for clinic. She was going to have to live with the pain...
...surprisingly, it's the big-name, big-scale events that bring in the biggest bucks. One gig by U.S. supergroup R.E.M. in London's Hyde Park last year grossed over $4.5 million, while Irish giants U2 generated ticket sales of around $300 million from the 110 dates they played in 2005 ensuring, even after hefty production costs, a healthy cut for the promoters, management and venues. For the mega-acts, concerts are now the horse driving the CD cart. In a paper by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and grad student Marie Connolly called Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music...
...perform The Iliad in underpants (Live Acts on Stage). But it is as a director that Gow is now making his mark. As artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company since 1999, he has energetically championed young writers. Still, the best master class he could offer would be a ticket to Away in the tiny Stables space where it was first performed. "There's something about its poverty and its rawness," says Gow. "You can't whack in a couple of revolves and some amazing lighting. It's got to be about the story well told." His is the extraordinary...
...Mega-concert promoters have not always been so sanguine. Just a few summers ago, the American rock festival seemed destined for the trash heap of music history. As recently as 2004, Lollapalooza, the granddaddy of traveling rock happenings, was struggling to stay afloat as sagging ticket sales and a general decline in live concert attendance took its toll. But the following year, Lollapalooza retooled itself from a touring entity into a two-day event based in Chicago's Grant Park. More than 60,000 people showed up to see a slate of some 60 bands that included the Pixies...