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...such man was Leon Collins, who is the subject of Songs Unwritten: A Tap Dancer Remembered, a documentary by David Wadsworth '84. The project is the first in a series for The Leon Collins Archive, Inc., which Wadsworth hopes will bring recognition to Collins and other lesser-known jazz performers...
Iowa and New Hampshire leaders argue that their states allow lesser-known candidates to conduct low-cost "retail" campaigns for months, testing their wares and encountering thousands of voters face to face. True, but the demands of that kind of campaigning work against prospects who hold difficult jobs -- New York Governor Mario Cuomo is the best current example -- and pressure candidates to lavish attention on small, well-organized interest groups. In the actual caucuses, less than 15% of enrolled Iowa voters usually participate, and the reported results are sometimes misleading. Drake University Professor Hugh Winebrenner, in a new book...
City elections officials yesterday predicted a turnout of 15 to 30 percent of Boston's voters in the so-called "preliminary" election in which Flynn and Tierney are vying with two lesser-known candidates to become the top two vote-getters to advance to the Nov. 3 general election...
...disconcerting gyrations of the mainstream stocks, which are heavily played by institutional investors, have inspired many private investors to march to a different ticker. They prefer to find lesser-known companies whose stocks are undervalued or potential earnings overlooked. But to arrive at a hot property before Wall Street professionals is a feat that requires lots of homework, constant vigilance and a cool head. Says Investor Jeffrey Solomon, a hardware-sales representative based in Great Neck, N.Y., who carries a hand- held stock monitor at all times and studies charts and newsletters every night: "The astute investor can beat money...
Filling out the picture will be some lesser-known field agents who helped create the private network that kept the contras fighting despite the official cutoff. Among them: Robert Owen, who as North's roving envoy in Central America allegedly arranged weapons shipments, and Contra Leader Adolfo Calero, who will be asked about what help the rebels actually received...