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...gold-medal winners because they have such staying power. Most Olympic moments have notoriously short shelf lives, which means athletes with breakout performances this summer will have literally only a couple of weeks to capitalize on the momentum. Some past Olympic surprises, like gymnast Kerri Strug and sprinter Flo-Jo, had agents who either waited too long to respond or held out for bigger deals that never materialized. "Six months after the Olympics, advertisers aren't even thinking about it anymore," says veteran talent broker Nova Lanktree. So forget about savoring the moment: now is the time...
...There wasn’t a vehicle electronically to put a check-box,” said SRO student billing supervisor Mary Jo Keaney...
...September, the Student Receivables Office (SRO) will issue termbills exclusively over the internet to decrease costs and increase flexibility in payment, said SRO student billing supervisor Mary Jo Keaney...
Waiting for the training to begin, Jo Anna Cartwright, who manages the rural public bus system in northern Arkansas, said she had not yet encountered any terrorists in her job, as far as she knew. "We got a terroristic phone call the other day," she said, "but it turned out it was just the boyfriend of an employee." Her bus drivers pay special attention to a gentleman from Afghanistan who recently married a regular rider, she said. Cartwright had come to the training to learn what else she could...
...When the German conductor Kurt Masur toured Asia with the London Philharmonic in 2002, he proclaimed: "The future of classical music is more in Asia than anywhere else." The new generation of artists, led by the likes of Yundi Li and Sumi Jo, may well prove him right. But as they know better than most, the way to Carnegie Hall?or the Esplanade?is the same as it ever was: practice, practice, practice. At a recent rehearsal of Brahms in Hong Kong, De Waart scolded the orchestra's violinists for not moving their bows in perfect unison...