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...receive campus acceptance, the majority of political activities at Harvard need to be stamped with the label “Democrat.” For example, Republican Club members report that at a recent membership drive in front of the Science Center, passersby routinely made snide comments about the club...
...downfall of a TV rival (in Death to Smoochy) and stalking an adulterer, with a carving knife in his backpack (in One Hour Photo). "Those warm, open characters, outsiders who want to help other people--is that part of me? Oh, yeah," says Williams. "But people want to label you as one thing. The idea is to break the label when you do something like One Hour Photo, open the f-stop a little...
...Ripplewood Holdings might be little known in the U.S., but the private-equity firm, based in New York City, is virtually a household name in Japan, thanks to a $2.5 billion shopping spree in which it has grabbed national jewels, including a bank, a golf resort and a record label. The current deal may or may not involve KDDI, the Japanese phone giant Ripplewood is reportedly negotiating with for purchase of its wireless units. In any case it's bound to raise another round of hysterical cries about a foreign invasion?a nice irony for those who remember when Japan...
...that evoke Japanese national pride. Ripplewood in 1999 became the first foreign firm to buy out a Japanese bank?Long-Term Credit Bank, the fifth largest in the country. Last year it snapped up the biggest share in?and effective control of?Nippon Columbia, the 92-year-old record label whose name is synonymous with enka (Japanese folk ballads). Then Ripplewood bought out Seagaia, a sprawling golf-and-beach resort on the southern island of Kyushu that plays host to Japan's best-known golf tournament. Ripplewood also purchased Niles Parts, an auto-parts maker...
...record label Nippon Columbia, Ripplewood's task was less to redefine the business than to get back to it. Over the years the company had simply stopped producing hits, relying for sales revenue on the albums of enka queen Hibari Misora?who died in 1989. Nippon Columbia owned Denon, an audio-equipment maker, and odd assets such as real estate and golf memberships. The staff was bloated, the headquarters stuffy, and the company had not turned a profit in 10 years...