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...This way you reduce the number of managers necessary,” said Pasquariello, a joint Business School and Kennedy School student. “It’s pretty simple too, so the management will often agree.” Pasquariello was later crowned the crowd favorite. Things got even more “awesome and awkward,” as organizer Bill W. Heil put it, later in the evening, when the final contestant, John W. Coleman, spoke intimately with the small group of judges—his potential investors. “We can hang out like...
...performed with pianist Charlie Albright ’11, saluted the senator before he began playing two Gershwin preludes. The Kuumba Singers also performed during the ceremony.Kennedy beamed and mouthed, “Thank you very much,” to the crowd as he received his honorary degree from Faust. During his remarks, Kennedy spoke of his excitement following the election of Barack Obama, who he had campaigned for aggressively, calling this “a season of hope.”“There is no other time I would rather receive this honor than at this...
Among the crowd-pleasers, this year, was Spain's David Fandila, known simply as "El Fandi," who mixes technical prowess with athletic ability. His moves get people on their feet and almost always end with him receiving a severed ear or two at the end of each match. The multi-talented Fandi arrived for this year's bullfighting season fresh off completing the New York marathon...
This season also included Peruvian newcomer Alfonso Simpson, who is studying to be a doctor. He got his first shot at fighting in Lima on Nov. 9, winning over the crowd by dusting himself off and finishing the job after being flipped twice by his 1,400-pound opponent. Simpson broke his collarbone, forcing Fandi to take his second bull of the afternoon. The crowd roared...
Jimenez is also pleased by the larger crowds, although she expressed nostalgia for earlier times when the crowd was more knowledgeable. "Many people now come just to be seen," she complained. "I think we are losing part of the art of the bullfight, because people are not interested anymore in what happens between the bull and the matador...