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...dismiss the Smile live show on account of its broken protagonist is a simple reaction against the mythology. It is unlikely that any version of Wilson’s work—bootleg, official recording or live performance—will be evaluated separate from its surrounding narratives. Indeed, the Brian Wilson legend is at least as responsible as his music for maintaining his and the Beach Boys’ permanent respectability at the frontiers of pop music—frontiers of which Wilson himself has no knowledge...
...INDICATORS Not Over Yet U.S. regulators settled charges against Dutch retailer Royal Ahold and three former executives related to last year's 3900 million accounting scandal. Separately, a Dutch court rejected requests from the three - and one other exec - to dismiss fraud charges...
Freshmen seem to be hitting the bottle harder and harder, as they made up the lion’s share of the 24 students admitted to UHS in the abbreviated month of September. And while some dismiss the dangerous levels of intoxication frequently achieved by members of the freshman class as the antics of inexperienced “high school drinkers,” it is undeniable that ambulances cruising around the freshman dorms on Saturday nights have become weekend staples...
Although OCS is making a gargantuan effort to cater to these undecideds, many students—intimidated by the perception that everyone around them is on a vector to success—often dismiss the office as being solely for the hardcore recruiting set. Tuesday night’s meeting had a vaguely Alcoholics Anonymous vibe to it—with students looking around nervously, as if to check who their companions were in Indecision Land. For OCS, urging those undecideds to take that first step is not going to be easy...
Judge Regina Quinlan postponed a decision on a defense motion to dismiss the case, and will rule on it today. She is expected to deny the motion...