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...British disk jockey whose keen ear for new talent helped shape modern rock 'n' roll; while on holiday in Cuzco, Peru. Peel joined the BBC in 1967, the year Radio 1 was launched, and was the first DJ to broadcast songs by Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and the Clash. He went on to help create an audience for punk and, later, for alternative bands like the Smiths and Nirvana. In the 1980s, he hosted the Peel Sessions, live performances by a range of acts, many of which became classic recordings. Described by friends as an eternal adolescent renegade, Peel...
While West said that he was “blessed” to be back, he had nothing to say about his infamous clash with University President Lawrence H. Summers which sent him back to Princeton in 2002. Summers allegedly questioned West’s commitment to teaching and scholarship in light of his recent rap-album and advisory role on Al Sharpton’s presidential exploratory committee...
...until yesterday’s clash with No. 17 Boston University (11-6, 5-0 America East), it had still failed to do one thing: knock off a ranked opponent...
...compromise can be found?or one side backs down?the dispute could scuttle the entire 25 - member European Commission before it even takes office, as scheduled, on Nov. 1. The episode is a reminder of how, despite the secular values professed by many Europeans, church and state can still clash?with powerful and unpredictable results...
...step on the gas and attempt to pass slower opponents ahead of them. By custom, a passing crew must pass on the overtaken crew’s left (port) side, and if this occurs near or inside a bridge arch, boats may come too close together and oars may clash. A perfectly executed pass will take place between the two bridges in the Powerhouse, so a crew must time its acceleration perfectly...