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...named Fred Rosen took over the company. Rosen, who told the Los Angeles Times in 1985 that his competitors were "asleep at the switch," was an aggressive businessman and proud of it. He was so good at dominating the ticket industry (and consequently became practically the only game in town) that Pearl Jam rebelled in 1994 with a campaign known as "TicketBastard." The band wanted to offer summer tour tickets to fans for under $20 and asked Ticketmaster to charge less than $2 in service fees. Ticketmaster refused, Pearl Jam canceled its tour and took its case to Congress. Ticketmaster...
Some people criticize Obama for being a celebrity politician, but nothing has excited me this much since I was 11 years old and the Spice Girls came to town. And I have to say, that gives me hope...
...unanimously passed a bill on Sunday creating an ad-hoc student relations committee that will aim to improve communication between the UC and the student body. The committee is charged with maintaining the UC’s Web site, sending out a weekly e-mail newsletter, and holding public town hall meetings, along with other outreach efforts According to Eric N. Hysen ’11, the UC parliamentarian, no undergraduates who are not members of the Council or the media are in the habit of attending UC general meetings. “We want to have events where...
...with Obama in economically beleaguered Fort Myers today to tout the stimulus, told TIME on Monday night. "I didn't campaign for Obama, we don't agree on everything, but he's my President, and my job is to help Florida stay in the black." Introducing Obama at the town-hall meeting, Crist said it was not just important "that we support this stimulus package" but that "we do it in a bipartisan way ... It's about rising above" partisanship...
...leadership generally opposes the state being defined on Jewish lines, instead demanding that it treat all citizens as equals. For Lieberman, the last straw was the opposition expressed by Israeli Arabs to the military campaign in Gaza. But Hannah Safran, a protester outside a Lieberman rally in the port town of Haifa, which has many Arabs, says, "Many of our politicians are racist against Arabs, but didn't dare speak it aloud. But Lieberman does. It's what we get for years of saying that we had nobody to talk to among the Arabs for peace...