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...surprise. The company operates 27 stores, on the way to 50. It also owns a catalog and a website. The entire company will probably generate more than $1 billion in sales next year. The expansion is being funded largely by communities desperate to use Bass Pro as an instrument of economic development. "We used to do a new store every now and again," says president Jim Hagale. "Then a handful. Next year maybe we can do two handfuls." The city of Buffalo, for instance, offered $66 million in various incentives to get Bass Pro to crawl into the shell...
Friday, Nov. 18. Wu Man and Ensemble. Organized around Chen Yi’s mesmerizing “Ancient Dances,” Wu Man brings her prodigal skill on the pipa, an ancient instrument similar to the lute, in a gripping multimedia performance. 8:00 p.m. Sanders Theatre. $23-38. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...
...whether through ignorance or acute perception (is there really always a difference?), Touré’s fabled guitar and Diabaté’s kora (which is, to my understanding, a stringed Malian instrument rather like a harp) come together much more wholly than I had expected. The result of this cooperation has an undeniably island flavor, belying Diabaté’s familial ties to the island of Guinea and offsets the Malian traditions both musicians share...
...their first open house, Ken and his wife dressed-up for the occasion, in stark contrast to the sloppily dressed students. The couple was very elegant and cultivated, but without snobbery. They were a very powerful civilizing instrument,” Bower recalled...
Data for the social norms campaign comes from a national survey instrument called the National College Health Assessment and is administered by the Center for Health and Wellness Communication at Harvard University Health Services. As we expand this program, students will be invited to review the data and assist in creating and testing messages. The campaign and other related initiatives will have a campus-wide impact, involving a variety of departments, offices, and student groups in order to strengthen connections and relationships on our campus. This is an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and administrators to work together...