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...1990s were the heyday of Harvard men’s squash. The Crimson won seven of eight Potter Team Trophies as national champions between 1991 and 1998, including five in a row beginning in 1994. From 1990 to 1996, Harvard players also monopolized the individual championships. Of late, however, Trinity has won four straight team national titles, and Trinity and Princeton players have combined to win the last six individual crowns...
This moving stage memoir chronicles the life of Gene Glimmer (Christopher R. Starr ’03), a talented jazz trumpeter who never quite made it. He is a “side man,” a journeyman musician in the heyday of the big band who plays backup to the headline stars. His story serves as a eulogy for the jazz era which faded with the onset of rock ‘n’ roll. On a more intimate level, Side Man also explores the way that Gene’s passion for jazz rules and ultimately...
...people still listen to Nirvana on the regular basis they once did back in grunge’s apogee. With this new release, Nirvana enters the playlist on radios and CD players, reminding us of the seductive power of the gloomy, angry, angsty Seattle heyday. There’s a reason grunge and Nirvana became huge—they were a highly talented rock band and this album makes sure we don’t forget the band’s contribution to music...
...Toulouse and took away documents. An Airbus spokesman says the company doesn't comment on legal affairs. Sabena was in trouble for years. Founded in 1923, it flew routes across Europe and within the Congo, Belgium's African colony, and grew rapidly in its late-1940s-and-1950s heyday. Then came the end of the colonial period, the 1970s fuel shocks, labor strife and mounting losses requiring regular government bailouts. By the 1980s Sabena was being lampooned as a bottomless pit. An attempt at restructuring in 1982-83 brought some respite, but in the rapidly changing world of commercial airlines...
...genres—ranging from dancehall reggae all the way to avant-classical—and recreates them into a singular body that is at once memorable and immensely addictive. Gold Teeth Thief is the sort of boundless organized noise that hasn’t been heard since the heyday of hip-hop and underground rave...