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...When I was a teen-stumbling through the very obsessions, betrayals and disappointments that were the meat of the Four Seasons', er, oeuvre-I liked their songs but didn't dwell on them. It wasn't till a decade or so ago, when we were vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Martin (whence I write this), that a Seasons tribute group did an evening of their songs. The stuff sounded richer, more mature, worth cherishing beyond its nostalgia value...
...halftime expecting to see a tightly contested second half and maybe even a Rams victory. They would be denied and completely overwhelmed by the women in crimson. The Harvard women’s basketball team erupted for 54 second half points—more than the University of Rhode Island would score for the entire game—to take what had been a close game at halftime and turn it into a 77-48 blowout at the Ryan Center in Kingston, R.I. last night. For the Crimson (2-1), it was the second straight time it had defeated...
Mayes anecdotally addressed the problems some immigrants from the West African island nation of Cape Verde encounter when they arrive in the Boston area. He suggested that cultural problems of integration contributed to recent violence in Boston’s Cape Verdean community...
...sitcoms free as air for generations of Americans. A future audience willing to buy its way out of commercials is an audience that could go tragically unaware of new KFC menu items. So we may see more product placement--not a case of Coca-Cola washing up on the island in Lost, but more seamless "embedding," such as when media buyer Magna Global Entertainment helped produce the Bravo reality show Blow Out, about a beauty salon, to get clients' products on the show. "There are different ways to get your word out," says Magna Global chairman and CEO Bill Cella...
What's happening with Alaska's infamous "Bridge to Nowhere"? In a move that seems emblematic of this year's pork-barrel propensities, Congress tucked into the transportation bill a provision that earmarks $223 million for a bridge in Alaska to connect Ketchikan and Gravina Island, where only about 50 people live. An additional $229 million was allotted for a similar project elsewhere in the state. Critics raised such a stink that funding for both spans was officially rescinded last week. But the same pile of cash will still go to Alaska, which can now choose whether to spend...