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DIED. ROBERT HELMICK, 66, energetic ex-president of the U.S. Olympic Committee; of cardiac failure; in Des Moines, Iowa. Before resigning in 1991 over conflict-of-interest allegations concerning his business ties with groups interested in contracting with the U.S.O.C. (he denied the charges, and a judge ultimately agreed with him), he revitalized the committee, notably pushing for a change in rules so cash-poor athletes could receive greater compensation while training...
...Small businesses are also feeling the stress. When National Guardsman Robert Harrington, 43, was called up in March, Roy Harrington lost more than just his son; he lost half his two-man staff at Roy's Repair Service in Clinton, Iowa. The elder Harrington doesn't know how to work the computerized diagnostic equipment in his shop, so he will have to cut back significantly on the jobs he takes...
...Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies had fought for a decade over the burgeoning global market for regional jets--the ones with 20 to 100 seats that fly routes like Chicago to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. But at the Sao Paulo show, Embraer opened a new front in the battle, flaunting its first executive jet, the attractively priced $20 million Legacy...
...assistant coach at nationally-ranked Iowa, Allard eventually grew dissatisfied with the growing intensity of sports and the imbalance between athletics and academics...
...YING QUARTET. Chosen as the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence for 2001-3, the quartet will play a diverse set of works by Brahms, Barber, Rorem and Yi. Three brothers and a sister, they began playing chamber music in the rural town of Jesup, Iowa in 1992, and since then have won the Naumberg Chamber Music Award and with it international fame. Friday, April 11 at 8 p. m. Free and open to the public with passes available at the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. Tickets expire at 7:45 p.m. Limit two per person. For tickets...