Word: marketization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lest we forget, Bill Gates is the world's richest entrepreneur, who made his fortune in the free market. Capitalism is not, per se, a force for good, but the good it enables is immense. Anyone who doubts its unmatched power to finance good works should bear that image of Mr. and Mrs. Gates in mind. KEVIN A. SHAPIRO...
...made me reach for my CD collection and look for the originals. If the bands' aim was exposure, as the addresses of their record companies in the liner notes seems to indicate, a better strategy might have been to distinguish themselves and not parrot the originals--the ready-made market for '80s nostalgia would mean they would have gotten heard anyway. As it stands, however, In Their Eyes comes across as an album trying to ride on the coattails of the '80s revival. Just like many of the original singers faded away with the passing of the decade, many...
Pulled up by a humming economy-and Wall Street success during the last five years-Harvard's endowment has soared. But the University's top decision-makers have played it cautious, fearing a market drop...
...over the past ten years the payout-the percentage of endowment money withdrawn and used in the budget every year-has not kept pace with the market, as top administrators hoarded Harvard's money for a rainy...
...course, the "major" stations aren't as varied in their programming, but that's why they're "major"-they capture important sectors of the radio market by offering a relatively restricted range of extremely popular songs. That's the key in the radio biz-specialize to capitalize. Those of us who are more serious about enjoying a wider range of "black"-and "white"-music must, and do, look elsewhere. Harvard students should try tuning in to WHRB 95.3, or to other great Boston stations (especially collegiate ones) like WERS 88.9. JOEL B. POLLAK...