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Essentially, Gibbard is the life and soul of the band and its defining element. When, in songs such as “Guinevere,” he played the guitar, the song was a guitar song. In songs such as “Information Travels Faster” or “I Was a Kaleidoscope,” when he played the keyboard, the song was a keyboard song. Although he was not a particularly overwhelming performer, the rest of the band pretty much fell into the far off background. Predictably, no one danced or jumped while Death...
Grandwizzard Theodore delivered a classic, well-rounded set, working the crowd and getting the fans to sing him “Happy Birthday.” He also treated them to a brief hip hop history lesson emphasizing the importance of the DJ as the first element of hip hop, in conjunction with the MCs, graffiti artists and break dancers...
Still, the transformation of a shy, uncertain girl to a confident young woman is clearly woven throughout the book. Her family, surroundings and bad blood all add to Sage’s disadvantages and concurrently to her ability to overcome them. But Sage asserts the bad blood element too heavily. Its repeated appearance in the prose reminds the reader of its horrid B-rated title. Those words add a laughable aspect to serious moments of revelation...
...that Harvard has made a habit of opening its outdoor season at the Texas Southern Univeristy (TSU) Relays and the Rice Bayou Classic and performed admirably on every occasion, the element of surprise should be pretty much gone...
Periods of takeovers followed by sprees of spin-offs are hardly new. M and A activity usually increases as markets and liquidity rise, while demergers often occur after things go bust. "Clearly there is quite a cyclical and fashionable element involved," says HSBC's Russell. That's partly explained by the investment banks' need to make money regardless of market performance. "If you can't do the merger, do the spin-off. In bad times, the spin-off is the easier sell," Minichiello says. Management comes under pressure from investors to "do something," and the investment banks are there with...