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...amid fraud in 2002. The demise of Enron had little to do with mortgages, bank bailouts or any of the things that have been at the heart of the recent financial crisis. Nonetheless, the lead producer of Enron, Jeffrey Richards, says the play is sure to strike a contemporary chord with audiences. (See the top 10 plays...
...only hope for consensus is a bill that takes an unmistakably tough line on Wall Street, which could end up striking a political chord and persuading recalcitrant Republicans and unenthusiastic Democrats that they have to support it if they don't want to look like Wall Street apologists. Again, this is not a likely scenario; the health care experience suggests that even preposterous attacks on complex legislation can provide cover for opponents, and Republicans are already starting to portray tougher financial rules as a new Wall Street bailout. But this is at least a plausible scenario; a Harris poll released...
Sestak, who grew up in Delaware County, has the potential to draw the liberal Democratic base away from Specter in the May 18 primary. He's striking a chord with those who have spent the past three decades working to get Specter out of office. "I think there's been too much Republican lite and not enough real Democrats around," says Darwin Roseberry, a Democratic committeeman from West Rockhill Township who showed up to hear Sestak speak at a St. Patrick's Day breakfast in Bucks County. "Specter is not a real Democrat...
...been weekly rallies against the Israeli separation barrier, a section of which runs through the town. On Feb. 12, villagers protested while dressed as members of the Na'vi tribe from the 3-D blockbuster Avatar. The film, with its themes of oppression and resistance, has struck a particular chord with Palestinians, who now have cause to celebrate. The wall is being rerouted following the final implementation of a 2007 Israeli Supreme Court order; the move returns about 700,000 square meters of land to Bil'in residents...
...Threepenny Opera - there must be another reason that explains why the Hegemann case has created a stir in Germany. Philipp Theisohn, a professor of literature at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich and author of a book on the history of plagiarism, believes the case struck a chord because the literary world is eager to publish truly authentic voices of young people today. "What the literary industry wants is a child genius. A 17-year-old girl telling stories about sex and drug excesses is much more interesting than a 35-year-old male doing the same thing...