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...Chinese government may have a love-hate relationship with the West--eager for Western technology yet threatened by democracy--but for Chinese consumers, Western goods mean one thing: status. Chinese-made Lenovo (formerly Legend) computers used to outsell foreign competitors 2 to 1; now more expensive Dells are closing the gap. Foreign-made refrigerators are displacing Haier as the favorite in China's kitchens. Chinese dress in their baggiest jeans to sit at Starbucks, which has opened 100 outlets and plans hundreds more. China's biggest seller of athletic shoes, Li Ning, recently surrendered its top position to Nike, even...
That’s the history of Smile, possibly the most talked-about legend in pop music. The narrative proved hard to resist: Wilson, a musical genius, mysteriously imploding at the peak of his ability, leaving unfinished what might have been the answer to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band...
...live show on account of its broken protagonist is a simple reaction against the mythology. It is unlikely that any version of Wilson’s work—bootleg, official recording or live performance—will be evaluated separate from its surrounding narratives. Indeed, the Brian Wilson legend is at least as responsible as his music for maintaining his and the Beach Boys’ permanent respectability at the frontiers of pop music—frontiers of which Wilson himself has no knowledge...
...shared the Harvard legend with Mindy [Kaling] that Matt’s last performance at Harvard was at Winthrop,” says Arthur. Kaling’s Boston roots and Morris’s former enrollment in Harvard Summer School were subsequently revealed, and they were sold. Through the standard approval process for campus shows, Arthur was able to rent out Winthrop’s JCR for two weeks to kick the production into gear...
...most important statistic? Forty-two years. That’s how long rowing legend Harry Parker has been at the helm for the Harvard heavyweights, and that’s how long the Crimson has dominated across the country—since two years before the Head of the Charles Regatta was first held...