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...manufacturer that gets to market first carries China's automotive reputation on its shoulders. If the first Chinese car in the U.S. flops, later entries will struggle to gain a foothold. John Harmer, vice president of marketing at Geely-USA, vows that Geely isn't rushing into production at the expense of solid engineering. "We'll make sure Geely doesn't become a member of the group of manufacturers that came to the U.S. prematurely and failed," he says...
...communicating actively with each other on stage, Death Cab comes off as a band in the fullest sense of the word. They convey music, not pretenses, overdrawn speeches and affected crowd pleasing. In fact, guitarist/keyboardist Chris Walla rarely even makes eye contact with the audience, and bassist Nick Harmer pays most of his attention to drummer Jason McGerr. Perhaps this is too much at times, but the underlying innocence and musical devotion implicit in these mannerisms is abundantly clear...
Scientists "have captured the sport," Chappell says. Though he acknowledges their theorizing has its benefits, he believes it's being misused. Of biomechanics expert John Harmer, a coach at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, Chappell says: "I've heard John (give lectures) and he's brilliant. Everything makes sense. But coaches think, 'Wasn't that great!' and they go away and try to teach it to kids, who don't understand it" and shouldn't be thinking about it anyway...
...band’s on-stage dynamic was unusual. Lead by singer/guitar player Ben Gibbard, the band included bassist Nick Harmer, drummer Nathan Good. And another guy, Christopher Walla, who held a guitar for most of the time, but rarely, if ever, played it. He had a microphone, but never sang backing vocals. Instead, he made bizarre, non sequitur comments in between songs, eliciting awkward laughs and puzzled smiles from audience and band members alike...
...SARAH HARMER You Were Here (Zoe). Harmer, a Canadian singer-songwriter, has a voice with some of the sublime charm of Dido's and writes erudite but colloquial lyrics that evoke the folksy smarts of the Indigo Girls. This is the year's best debut, with honorable mention going to Nelly Furtado's blithe Whoa, Nelly...