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Given that finances are so tight, it is hardly surprising that EMI executives aggressively reminded journalists that the Grammy party did not cost the company a penny, thanks to sponsorship deals with the likes of Samsung and Xbox. The concern is an indication of how far EMI has fallen since the days when the Spice Girls topped the charts. The world's fourth largest record company, which also has the Beatles and Coldplay on its books, can't afford - or rather can't be seen as being able to afford - its own party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMI's Downfall: Will the Hits Keep Coming? | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

Benjamin Britten’s 1947 comic opera “Albert Herring” revels in the notion of being bad on purpose. The Dunster House Opera’s current production, which runs through Feb. 13, uses its formidable discipline to create a tight, wry vision of Britten’s fable of mischief...

Author: By Spencer B.L. Lenfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Albert Herring' Nails Humor | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...down to Haiti to visit my family and report on the earthquake's destruction. Now tents can sell on the street for a hundred dollars each, if you can find one. One woman says she'd been walking all day looking for one. She was dressed in a tight spandex lime green shirt, her hair neatly coiffed. She said she offered a man 1,500 Gourdes or $40 for one and he just laughed. "We are just making our homes out of sheets but what will happen when it rains?" she tells me. "What will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Port-au-Prince, the Smell of Death, the Odor of Corruption | 2/6/2010 | See Source »

Despite the lopsided outcome, the Crimson managed to keep the scores tight within the sets, outscored by just a combined seven points. Harvard lost its first two sets by two points apiece (30-28 and 33-31), before dropping the final...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Winless Streak Extended to Four | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...never been shy about defending his right - sometimes with a joke and a wink - to have three wives as a Zulu man, no matter how much Westerners may disapprove of his polygamous ways. But when it comes to fathering a child out of wedlock, Zuma has been much more tight-lipped - and nowhere near as comical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Africa, a Scandal Over All the President's Children | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

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