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...ready to indulge the fans of Kevin, 21, Joe, 19, and Nick, 16 - I've now learned the Jonases' names and ages - because I can recall another pop band that had a little impact. Back in 1964, the Beatles made the same four-media triumph in the U.S.: on records, on The Ed Sullivan Show, with their film A Hard Day's Night and on an American concert tour. When I caught them, in Philadelphia's Town Hall (honest, I was an infant back then), they could have been a mime troupe, so helpless was their music against the sonic...
...Sheikh Hasina's victory in December was seen as a triumph for a secular, democratic government over both the Islamist forces within the country and the army, which backed a caretaker government that held power for two years. The anger fueling this mutiny is a sign of just how deep the army's power had extended under that government, which stepped down after the 2008 elections. But in order to fulfill any of her ambitious campaign promises - to stabilize the economy, quell jihadist activity and fight corruption, among others - the Prime Minister needs the cooperation, if not the support...
...lawmakers haggled over the bill, Obama only rarely mentioned the ancillary policy benefits of the largest single federal spending effort in the nation's history. Last week in Denver, when he signed the bill, Obama changed his tune. What was once a jobs program suddenly became a policy triumph...
...Jewish News Agency that "actions such as these clearly show that our people and our leadership refuse to live alongside a lie." For Holocaust survivor Stupnik, the bishop's expulsion came as a relief. "Justice is being done, even if it is late justice. The truth must always triumph...
...package stores, states could reap millions of dollars in tax revenue. Besides, as President Roosevelt learned in the 1930s when he successfully repealed Prohibition, drinks have a way of keeping hopes high when things look bleak. In Johnathan Alter's The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, the President recognized that legally-procured cocktails were the way to keep spirits high when Americans were trying to get used to putting their trust into the nation's crumbling banking system again. And, it could be argued, the sales also helped stimulate the economy in the middle...