Word: labeling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even as one more final club has put restrictions on access to its building, 19 Harvard women made their own announcement earlier this month, introducing the rest of the undergraduate community to a new club, the Seneca. While not taking on the label of "final club," the group's formation stems from a failed attempt to form a sister organization to one of the current final clubs, and its implied exclusivity seems to be a big step in the wrong direction...
...None of this could have happened 15 years ago," says producer Emilio Estefan, husband and manager of crossover trailblazer Gloria Estefan. "Gloria and I went through the hardest part. A dozen years ago, a label threw me out when I tried to use congas on a recording. They said, 'Get rid of that, and take out the horns and the timbales too.' Now people are buying records by Arturo Sandoval and Buena Vista Social Club. The younger generation is now reacting to Latin music...
...record labels, eager for a hot new sound, have started to court Latin pop stars. The death of Tejano star Selena in 1995 and the sales boom in her music that followed got many label suits thinking: If Selena can sell millions of CDs posthumously, how much money could we make with a Latin pop star who can still tour? Says Maria Zenoz, CEO of Caliente Entertainment, a New York City-based record company: "The untimely death of Selena caused the mainstream labels to take a look...
...lead. The finished film used Selena's real voice for the musical sequences, but, Nava says, Lopez would sing through her scenes during the filming. The experience inspired Lopez to launch a singing career. "I did a demo in Spanish after Selena and submitted it to the Work label," says Lopez. "They said, 'We like it, but we want you to do it in English.'" So she did. Her album, On the 6, is due out June...
Halpern, a campaign organizer, says he hopes that if some of the more well-known members of Harvard's faculty support their campaign, they will not only be able to pressure the administration more, but to remove the "fringe" label of the campaign's efforts...