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...record companies there," says Kapranos. "One guy was holding his mobile phone up in the middle of the set." The band eventually signed to the small, respected independent Domino Records, then hit the recording studio. Although the New York City, postpunk influences are obvious, the band tends to cite lesser-known Scottish bands of the late '70s, like the Fire Engines and Orange Juice. But their sound is their own, with a driving beat supplied by Thompson and bassist Bob Hardy. Kapranos' tense, observational lyrics - "Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live/ I find...
Cundill, who runs Ivy Cundill Global Value Fund, is hooked on Nintendo. The maker of Game Boy, says Cundill, has a "pristine balance sheet." among lesser-known stocks is Takeda Chemical, a pharmaceutical maker that "allocates capital intelligently," says David Herro, manager of Oakmark International Fund. Tweedy, Browne's Shrager likes Eisai Co., another drug company, which he reckons is trading 30% to 40% cheaper than the shares of leading U.S. drugmakers...
...name of public service, FM investigates a lesser-known university where students seem to have a firmer grasp on this concept. Historically, Yale University has the been #2 in higher education to Harvard’s #1, the Pepsi to our Coke, the Lexus to our Mercedes. Yet, despite being the undisputed #1 in the pop-culture rankings, Harvard may fall far short of Yale in one very important respect—the happiness of its students...
Junior netminders Anne Haig and Aliaa Remtilla will present Caples with two options between the pipes, but Harvard will need some of those less-heralded names—even lesser-known than Sackovich—to step up and fill in the gaps...
...government-approved labels on our food can lead us astray. Serving sizes bear no relationship to the helpings we usually eat. Low-fat products are not necessarily low in calories. And now the Food and Drug Administration says we should be on the lookout for trans fat--a lesser-known type of fat that is every bit as bad for the heart as saturated fat--though we won't learn which products are the worst offenders until 2006. Meanwhile, the food pyramid, which serves as the basis for all meals prepared in the federal school-lunch program, is about...