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...even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light,” said Albus Dumbledore in the movie “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” This month, Boston’s Museum of Science is putting a spotlight on “Harry Potter: The Exhibition...
...this season. They were collectively honored before the game after having led Harvard to 50 wins, three NCAA tournament appearances, and a 2006 Ivy League title over their careers. But while the focus was, as always, on the seniors before the match, it was a freshman who stole the spotlight...
...crisis, the French had made something of an antihero of Jérôme Kerviel, a young, rogue trader who lost $7.2 billion of the Société Générale bank's money in early 2008. He too had his moment in the Internet spotlight - there are still about 200 Kerviel fan groups on Facebook and websites selling T-shirts with phrases like "I am Jerome's girlfriend." These may see a surge in popularity now that Kerviel's fraud trial is set to resume next year in Paris after he lost an appeal Tuesday...
Experts believe the blackout was an isolated incident rather than a deep-seated defect. It nevertheless puts a spotlight on another issue surrounding Brazilian readiness for the global centerstage. It dents the government's pride in an area in which it has justifiably claimed to be a world leader. Brazil gets about 92% of its energy from hydroelectric sources, an unusually high percentage and one that is natural, renewable and non-polluting. The blackout will not alter that. Brazil has enough gas- and oil-fueled plants to serve as back-ups in case of drought, and it will add another...
What reform could dramatically remake America and become law by Christmas? Not health care. While a health care bill crawls through the Senate, bills of equal significance are speeding through the Banking and Finance committees of both chambers of Congress and will share the spotlight this week on Capitol Hill. And because of the odd politics of finance, and an aggressive behind-the-scenes push by the Obama Administration, real financial reforms have a better chance of becoming law by the end of the year than an overhaul of health care...