Word: acing
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...Ace vibraphonist Stefon Harris doesn’t shy away from the big questions. On 2003’s “Grand Unification Theory,” he sought to encapsulate the entirety of human history in a 13-piece suite arranged for big band. With his latest release, “African Tarantella: Dances with Duke,” Harris makes a musical argument for the permanence of great art, reimagining two of Duke Ellington’s lesser-known late suites and performing an extended composition...
...GreatCall?s final ace is its operator assistance. If a frustrated user calls, the operator will see his or her personal phone list in order to help. Operators will dial other numbers, too, or look people up like other types of directory assistance. Operator assistance is never free: this one takes five minutes out of your allowance, even if the call was super quick...
...country-club set. "We have the most phenomenal characters of any sport, but we're not doing a good enough job telling the story," he says, his entertainment background evident. (His staff even calls him E.T.) To pitch tennis to the public, De Villiers hired marketing ace Phil Anderton, a veteran of Coca-Cola and the Scottish Rugby League, where he garnered the nickname "Fireworks Phil" for the countless fan-friendly ideas he brought to the sport (yes, including fireworks...
...Tigers’ vaunted defense, which held Clifton Dawson to just 64 yards on the ground, can not contain underrated and underused rusher Luke Siwula or mobile quarterback Nathan Ford. The inconsistent Big Red is a good team at home and rises to the level of its competition. Ace kicker Peter Zell fells the Tigers with a last-minute field goal.Prediction: Cornell 19, Princeton 17.Record to Date: 19-17.Against the Spread: 16-20.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...
...Tata's answers is the $2,200 car, a four-door, rear-engine runabout he designed himself that's currently under development (he aims to sell a million a year in India after its release in 2008). Another is the Ace, a 700cc truck that Tata Motors sells for less than $5,000 and, since its launch in southern India in May 2005, has accounted for two-thirds of all trucks sold domestically. Purchases of these vehicles are supported by low-interest consumer loans from Tata Finance. Tata's hotel chain is building 200 hotels across India under the brand...