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...Despite the endless second-guessing, hand-wringing, finger-pointing and doomsaying (from the left, the right, the center and, predictably, the fourth estate), the President is on the precipice of an extraordinary legislative achievement. If he is victorious, he will get his win in much the manner he anticipated before he took the Oval Office - dirty, dragged-down and drawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Health Care Loss Would Mean for Obama | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...speech on Sunday, Wen shot down expectations that China would allow the value of the renminbi to appreciate significantly, saying it was correctly valued and would remain "basically stable at a reasonable level" this year. "We oppose nations finger-pointing or even using forceful methods to compel a country to raise the value of its currency," he said. He also worried openly about the value of China's dollar-denominated assets, including $895 billion in U.S. Treasury debt. He warned the U.S. not to depreciate its currency to boost trade, as it would hurt the value of Chinese-held assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Takes Aim at the U.S. on Currency Conflict | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

Shaffer’s body of work is an idiosyncratic mix of gloomy, meditative dramas and satirical comedies. “Five Finger Exercise,” which runs in the Loeb Experimental Theater through March 12, is the play that garnered him his first public acclaim in 1958, and it can’t seem to decide which side of that genre line it falls on. Despite a few missed notes, the cast very nearly reconciles these two disparate halves into a cohesive whole that entertains while confronting serious questions of family, responsibility, and class...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Finger' Exercises Dramatic Control | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...Five Finger Exercise” follows Louise Harrington and her husband Stanley (Matthew J. DaSilva ’12), whose conflicting attitudes towards culture are at one point described as “the difference between the salon and the saloon.” They force these views on their two children: the artistically-inclined Clive (Stewart N. Kramer ’12) and his abrasive but endearing younger sister Pamela (Vanessa...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Finger' Exercises Dramatic Control | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...Five Finger Exercise” never quite resolves its internal genre conflict, and this production doesn’t solve that dilemma. Instead, it does its best to balance the two sides—satirical comedy and more serious meditation—and mostly succeeds, even if the latter half sometimes gets a little lost in the process...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Finger' Exercises Dramatic Control | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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