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...Harvard, 1989 was the Year of the Rat--the peak of the rodent invasion. The unwelcome visitors appeared everywhere from classrooms in the Yard to dumpsters behind kitchens, according to Entymology Officer of Environmental Health and Safety Gary D. Alpert...
...Alpert says the rats posed a problem not only to the weak-of-stomach, but also to the sanitation workers who would often fend off rodent attacks during their daily rounds...
...becoming a rare breed. In August the company paid $300 million to purchase Britain's Island Records, a pioneer in reggae and progressive rock. Last week Polygram said it reached an agreement to swallow an even bigger target: A&M Records, the label founded by Tijuana Brassist Herb Alpert and promoter Jerry Moss. The price, which was not disclosed, was estimated at as much as $500 million...
...Alpert and Moss started the company with a $200 investment 27 years ago in the garage of the trumpeter's home in suburban Los Angeles. A&M, with sales of $300 million last year, has a stable of recording stars that includes Janet Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Toni Childs and Sting. Says Alpert, 54, who will continue to help run A&M after the merger is completed: "We'll have more visibility and more muscle...
...Alpert said his department provides both traditional and more humane mouse traps...