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...most notorious Pistol won't attend the ceremony, of course, although his specter will loom large: Almost 27 years after the death of troubled bass player Sid Vicious (initially recruited to replace songwriter Matlock, allegedly booted for being a fan of the Beatles), the image of the lanky youth notorious for his cartoonish depravity, drug-abuse and violence, which became the sartorial prototype for punk rock, still dwarfs the band's actual accomplishments...
...specter is haunting Harvard—the specter of a real community...
...those businesses. Most energy-related stocks have doubled over the past few years, fed by soaring oil prices. For them to move much higher, oil--which has been edging lower of late--would have to resume its upward trend. Which it may. Wall Street heavyweight Goldman Sachs raised the specter of oil at $100 per bbl. even before hurricanes Katrina and Rita disrupted supply lines and briefly pushed oil past $70 at summer's end. Some investors clearly believe Goldman's story: cash flowing into energy-related stock mutual funds this year has reached $6 billion--already more than twice...
...something to do with the show’s rockin’ soundtrack and attractive cast of multi-cultural twenty-somethings.)But all of this success was bittersweet, as the show’s writer and composer, Jonathan Larson, died suddenly from an aneurysm shortly before its debut. The specter of his loss haunted each performance and lent them a funerary solemnity. Unfortunately, Chris Columbus’ cinematic adaptation of the musical is a devastating betrayal of Larson’s creative legacy, retaining none of its source material’s verve, intensity, or gravitas. Perhaps this should...
...divide America," Schumer said. "The President seems to want to hunker down in his bunker." Alito is an ardent conservative who will be hard to caricature, but will provide plenty of fodder for an ideological showdown. As a sign of the potential battle ahead, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said he wants to ask Alito about abortion. The new justice could become the tie-breaking vote on abortion restrictions...