Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'downfall'

Fed To Cut Interest Rate

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT

After the continuing downfall on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve has announced another half percentage point interest rate cut Monday. The U.S. rate is now at 1.5 percent. The move comes in conjunction with several foreign central banks.

Desperate Beauty: Britten's 'Death In Venice'

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:03:00 EDT

Benjamin Britten's final, haunting opera Death in Venice (based on Thomas Mann's novella) finds an aging writer obsessed with one particular kind of beauty that leads to his downfall, in a production from Glimmerglass Opera.

Documents Hint At Clinton Downfall

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

The Atlantic Monthly is about to publish a story based on a pile of leaked documents from Hillary Clinton's campaign. According to the author, the internal memos and e-mails help explain what caused her downfall as a presidential candidate.

Winners and Losers in Bear Stearns' Downfall

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:00:00 EDT

When the dust settled from the dramatic downfall of one of Wall Street's most storied investment banks, rival JP Morgan Chase wound up taking control of the bank. The stunning collapse marks a significant loss for some investors, like Bear employees, who owned 30 percent of the bank.

Week in Politics: Resignations, Primary Debate

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:46:00 EDT

It's been a busy week in politics. Events include the scandalous downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Geraldine Ferraro's resignation from the Clinton campaign, and an ongoing heated debate over whether to count Florida and Michigan's presidential primaries.

Reactions to Spitzer News: Shock to Cheers

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:50:00 EDT

Depending on where you sit, Gov. Eliot Spitzer's apparent downfall is either distressing or a source of rich if unpleasant irony. For a look at the hopes he carried and the enemies the governor made, Renee Montagne talks with Steve Fishman, contributing editor for New York magazine. Fishman wrote about Spitzer for the magazine last summer.

Actress' Downfall Shows Culture Shift in Vietnam

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:00:00 EST

A 19-year-old TV actress in Vietnam bid a tearful goodbye to her TV show after a sex video of her and her boyfriend appeared on the Internet. The government took the actress' program off the air. The incident reveals how rapidly Vietnam's conservative culture is changing.

Celebrity Dog Killed by Car

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:38:00 EDT

Kiki, the black Labrador retriever, could be seen on the Late Show with David Letterman for setting world records for jumping more than 25 feet off docks. But Kiki's skill was his downfall. He jumped the fence surrounding his yard and was struck by a car.

Remembering Watergate

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EDT

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks back on the Watergate break-in 35 years ago that triggered the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

The Shining Moment Before a Spectacular Downfall

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:25:00 EST

The Chamber Strings' Month of Sundays is wistful wounded-boy pop of the highest order. Singer Kevin Junior writes unassuming melodies that don't conform to the instant-hook template, and he sings them with the casual air of a cat stretched out on a sofa in the sun.

N. Korean Expats Send Radio Show Back from the South

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Even before North Korea's nuclear test, a small group of people was working to actively hasten the downfall of Kim Jong Il's regime. They're mainly North Korean defectors living in Seoul, who run a radio station broadcasting news into North Korea for an hour a day. In South Korea, a small group of people is working to hasten the downfall of Kim Jong-Il's regime. Made up mainly of refugees from the North who now live in Seoul, they run a radio station that broadcasts news into North Korea. They hope to turn North Koreans against Kim Jong-Il by exposing him as a brutal dictator, and by introducing concepts of freedom and democracy. Relying on sources inside North Korea -- often people near the Chinese border with illegal cell phones -- the radio station paints a picture of a society ravaged by food shortages and rampant corruption, where ideological loyalty to the regime is fast fading.

Lay's Optimism at the Heart of his Downfall

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:17:00 EDT

Fortune's Bethany McLean wrote about Enron in the book The Smartest Guys in the Room. She tells Steve Inskeep that Ken Lay's perpetual optimism was a liability when it came to the realities of Enron's troubled business.

The K Street Project and Tom DeLay

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST

The seeds of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's downfall were planted in the mid-1990s by something called the K Street Project. The effort to hire pro-Republican lobbyists was supposed to keep the party in power on Capitol Hill.

'Downfall' from Ganz and Hirschbiegel

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

Actor Bruno Ganz and director Oliver Hirschbiegel's new film is Downfall, about the last days of Hitler. Ganz stars as Adolf Hitler. He's made over 80 films mostly in German, and was in the recent remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Downfall is Hirschbiegel's third film, and his most popular to date.

The Making of 'Downfall'

Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

Downfall, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, is among the Oscar nominees for best foreign film. The German-made effort details the last days of Adolf Hitler, played by Bruno Ganz. Hirschbiegel and Ganz talk about the film in a wide-ranging interview.

German Film 'Downfall' Mulls Hitler's Last Days

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

German Film 'Downfall' Mulls Hitler's Last Days February 25, 2005 · Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the German film Downfall, a retelling of Hitler's final hours with an emphasis on the human being at the center of an unspeakable wave of evil. It was a controversial hit in Germany, and has been nominated for a best foreign film Oscar.