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...Segal wrote a musical called “Sing Muse!”—a spoof of the Iliad that explores, according to a review in The Crimson from May 1961, how “Paris made it with Helen (or vice versa).” The show was originally performed in Leverett House dining hall and was ultimately picked up by an off-Broadway producer...
...resident of Dunster House at the time, Segal admitted to using at least two students he had met in the house as models for the story’s protagonist: former Vice President Al Gore ’69 and actor Tommy Lee Jones ’69, roommates who lived near Segal...
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez is known for speaking her mind. Last week the controversial leader accused her own Vice President Julio Cobos of plotting to destabilize Argentina and cause the fall of the government to further his own ambition. "Cobos wants to become President before 2011," Fernandez said in a speech Jan. 12. The President said her deputy, whom polls have as a front runner in next year's presidential race, is part of a dark "conspiracy" plotting to overthrow the government and that he has become the "de facto leader of the opposition...
...President's Cabinet chief and most trusted aide Anibal Fernandez (no relation) expressed his boss's dislike for Cobos more bluntly two days later: "Cobos cannot be trusted with the management of public affairs. The Vice President has become Cobos Iscariot." The President's supporters are concerned Argentina's veep might make use of the President's absence during an upcoming trip to China to call a special session of Congress and reject a recent executive decree ordering the seizure of central bank reserves to pay off part of Argentina's voluminous foreign debt. "Cobos has clearly become the leader...
...Argentine economists believe the central bank reserves are the only safe bulwark against a spike in inflation and potential economic collapse. Cobos, who says the assets cannot be transferred without consulting Congress first, has repeatedly denied the charge of conspiracy. "If there's any conspiracy it's against the Vice President," he said after Fernandez's outburst this week. "She doesn't consult anything with me, there is no dialogue. I am a human being. I have emotions. I hurt...