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...Bill Summers’ bandmates call him the Guru, and for good reason.While Mayfield was the center of attention, Bill Summers subtly drove the band from behind his varied percussion set. He conjured numerous rhythms from his percussion collection, playing cowbells, shekere, bongo, tambourine, even unleashing his sticks on the stage lights. At times, he commanded the whole room, as was the case when he led both the band and audience in a recreation of traditional West African call-and-response. The band’s spontaneous transitions all seem triggered by Summers, as when he guided...
...frosh weekend can be intimidating, but you might be wondering what it’s like to actually go to school here. Famous professors from Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. of the Af-Am department to English superstar Jamaica Kinkaid to trickle-down Economic guru Martin S. Feldstein teach gargantuan classes and small seminars...
...Dame counterpart Rick Mirer, the Colts got their franchise quarterback in Manning. The Chargers, meanwhile, paid the Cardinals a king's ransom to advance one spot, in order to select Leaf at No. 2. The move pretty much ruined general manager's Bobby Beathard's reputation as a personnel guru, and it's the main reason why the Bolts hold the No. 1 pick in the 2001 draft after a 1-15 season. The Broncos casually nabbed Michigan quarterback Brian Griese late in the third round, 89 picks after the Chargers took Leaf...
...expansion that was to follow. Unemployment was at 6.5% and rising (today it's at 4.3%), and the Dow was hovering around 3000. As Americans recovered from the excesses of the '80s, it seemed they were swearing off materialism and the stressful careers that supported it. Even mutual-fund guru Peter Lynch was downshifting. Lynch had just stepped down as manager of Fidelity's colossal Magellan Fund to spend more time with his wife and three daughters. "I adored my job," Lynch says, checking in from a vacation in the Grenadines. "But I couldn't get away from...
...Oprah Winfrey, arbiter of moral and literary betterment for millions of American women, devoted a whole show to the benefits of yoga earlier this month, with guest appearances by Turlington and stud-muffin guru Rodney Yee. Testimonials from everyday yogis and yoginis clogged the hour: I lost weight; I quit smoking; I conquered my fear of flying; I can sleep again; it saved my marriage; it improved my daughter's grades and attitude. "We are more centered as a team," declared the El Monte Firefighters of Los Altos Hills, Calif...