Word: advent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Beiderbecke. Trouble is, the 78 r.p.m.s they left behind give only a scratchy approximation of what their bands sounded like. Much of this classic material was reissued on LPs, but the technology used to reduce the surface noise often left the instruments sounding dead and flat. Now the advent of the CD has spawned another prodigious outpouring of reissues. And finally someone has had the time, affection and sheer wizardry to bring this great music alive for the hi-fi era: Australian sound engineer Robert Parker...
William J. Rutter '49, a professor at the University of California in San Francisco finished third. He was followed by Morales and Lauren Brown Resnick '57, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. The sixth place finisher was Peter A. Brooke '52, the founder of Advent International Corporation...
CONRAD: There are four things that create weakened leadership. I'd start with finances. We are separate operators. We raise our own money. So that creates a dynamic. Second, the advent of the 30-second ad, which I think has a very real impact on how things work up here. We're having many more votes -- at least that's true in the Senate -- partly because people want to get out there on some narrow issue and turn it into a 30-second ad. We've spent hours and hours on legislation, amendments, that are really designed to create...
...leans back in his leather chair, Anderson glances out the window overlooking Western Avenue. The street was once one of the most crime-infested areas in Cambridge. Now, with the advent of "park and walk" policing and a respecting community, the street is relatively safe...
...With the advent of Harvard-Yale regattas in the mid-1800's, and later the formation of the Rowing Association of American Colleges in 1871, Harvard rowing moved into a more competitive stance, focussing on varsity rowing and de-emphasizing the club rowing system from which it grew In the past several years, however, Harvard House Crew seems to have enjoyed a bit of a renaissance...