Word: byronic
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...Byron Wein was senior investment strategist at Morgan Stanley until 2005, when he left to join Pequot Capital Management, a hedge fund in Westport, Conn. Each December, Wein forecasts 10 possible surprises for the year ahead, events that may not be on Wall Street's radar but nevertheless have good chance of occurring. His prescience on market issues has won him a wide following. In an interview with TIME contributing editor John Curran, Wein reviews his 2009 list and opines on the stock market's prospects...
...That may all be true. But for every Lawrence Frank - whose New Jersey Nets reeled off 13 straight wins after he replaced a deposed Byron Scott in 2004 - there are many more instances where early-season firings fail to change a team's fortunes. Excluding Sacramento, which just fired Theus on Monday, the winning percentage of the five teams before their coaching dismissals was .277 (23-60). Since the firings, those five teams have gone a combined 7-28, a .200 winning percentage...
...seasoned politicians who are also interested in the job. Among those who are being mentioned as possible candidates are Kennedy's former cousin-in-law, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo; at least four current House members, including Kirsten Gillibrand, Carolyn Maloney, Brian Higgins and Steve Israel; Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown; and Nassau County executive Tom Suozzi. Last week, New York Congressman Gary Ackerman said he didn't know of any qualifications that Kennedy has, "except that she has name recognition - but so does J. Lo." (See other possible candidates for Clinton's Senate seat...
...decides against Kennedy, Paterson could name an upstate candidate with downstate appeal, like popular Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, an African-American Democrat who could win over liberal voters in New York City. (Brown garnered 6% overall in the Marist poll and 10% among upstate voters.) State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, besides polling even with Kennedy in the Marist survey, offers Paterson another benefit. The "accidental" governor - who replaced Eliot Spitzer after his resignation amid a highly publicized sex scandal - will have to run for his own office in 2010, and Cuomo could be a formidable challenger in the Democratic primary...
...concluded the night with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Manfred Symphony Op. 58,” a work inspired by the poem by English Romantic writer Lord Byron. The lush sound of the orchestra and driving pulse of the four movements created a stronger sense of cohesion in the piece than in the Brahms...