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...beat the Z's and get his A's, Leverett legend Carl F. Engstrom '98 resorts to Nintendo and other video games...
...mountainous Kabylie region, came in third, with 10% of the vote. Sadi has built his political career on opposition to the government and abhorrence of political Islam. His deep hatred for the F.I.S.' charismatic No. 2, Ali Belhadj, goes back to the 1980s when the men were imprisoned together. Legend has it that Belhadj promised to cut Sadi's throat if the Islamists ever came to power. "Fundamentalism is like death," Sadi told supporters. "You try it only once." At Sadi's instigation, the government has allowed Algerian peasants to establish village "self-defense committees" to fight armed Islamists...
...onto the stage and they played two jaw-dropping duets. McBride's talent is simply beyond description. Einstein was not better at physics and Pele was not better at soccer than McBride is at the bass. This 22-year old, has gone from being a prodigy to being a legend in the space of about two years, and he's still improving. What makes McBride so enjoyable to hear is his combination of ludicrous technical skills with a style that is thoroughly grounded in a traditional jazz feel. On "Ornithology," a challenging Charlie Parker tune. McBride played faster, louder, cleaner...
...Saks Fifth Avenue. Since its founding in 1982, Kirdar's bank has arranged more than 50 acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe, valued at more than $7 billion. Such deals have spawned press accounts praising the bank's "gold-plated reputation" and Kirdar as "the banker to billionaires...a legend in financial circles." Says G. William Miller, a former Treasury Secretary: "Investcorp [has] shown a tremendous ability to buy, develop and sell businesses...
...yesterday, two weeks after its 121st birthday, the tree had become an Arboretum legend...