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...didn’t forge friendships any more easily than he lured ladies. In 1792, Beethoven moved to Vienna to study under the aging composer Joseph Haydn in an all-star match-up of historical heavyweights akin to Alexander and Aristotle, or Rocky and Tommy Gunn. The teacher and pupil never clicked though, and Beethoven was soon free to pursue his own devices. His skills were a key to the world of the privileged, and he picked up many friends among the aristocracy. By the age of 25, he had performed before the king of Prussia...
...Staff writer Joseph M. Tartakoff can be reached at tartakof@fas.harvard.edu...
Severing his ties would allow Rove--who as deputy chief of staff runs a vast swath of the West Wing--to fight aggressively "any bull___ charges," says a source close to Rove, like allegations that he was part of a broad conspiracy to discredit Plame's husband Joseph Wilson. Rove's defense: whatever he did fell far short of that. Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be seriously weighing a perjury charge for Rove's failure to tell grand jurors that he talked to TIME correspondent Matthew Cooper about Plame, according to a person close to Rove. Rove corrected himself...
Some chain restaurants have had a tougher time. McDonald's promised in September 2002 under heavy criticism that it would change the oil in its fryers. (Buyer beware: a medium order of French fries contains 4 g of trans fats.) When that hadn't happened a year later, Joseph sued the chain for inadequately publicizing the delay. McDonald's agreed to settle with Joseph in February, promising to give $7,500 each to BanTransFats.com and a co-plaintiff and $7 million to the American Heart Association. It also agreed to spend $1.5 million posting temporary signs...
...does the average American diner really care? The Hartman Group, a Bellevue, Wash., consultancy, has found that although a majority of consumers have heard about trans fats--mainly because of Joseph's Oreo lawsuit--only about 14% are likely to actively avoid them. Charlie Lousignont, an executive at Fazoli's restaurant chain, based in Lexington, Ky., which cut trans fats from most of its menu last April, points out that consumers tend to make choices based on taste, not virtue. "The ultimate food product," he says, "is low in calories, carbohydrates and sodium and has no trans fats. That leaves...