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Farley, who classifies himself as a moderate T, thinks there is a physical predisposition toward risk taking and says a few studies of identical twins support the notion. Another psychologist, Marvin Zuckerman of the University of Delaware, also proffers a physical explanation: Zuckerman says sensation seekers may have distinctly different brain chemistry. Despite their various emphases, researchers in the field generally reject the idea that risk takers are acting compulsively out of a neurotic need or a desire to solve a psychological problem...
...scale beyond the University, Jameson N. Marvin, director of choral activities at Harvard, said Bach's birthday is receiving more attention than Handel's because "the level of Bach's genius as a composer is so constant, and there are such pinnacle works in all categories, where as Handel only has them...
...Bach was not acclaimed as a genius composer in his own time. "If you look at Bach's obituary notice in 1750, they praised him as the greatest organist and clavier player of all times, but they had very little understanding of him as a composer," Wolff explained. Marvin added that in Bach's time, other composers, like Handel and Telemann were more acclaimed...
...Right now, in general, people who love music but aren't professionals are particularly interested in the Baroque period, and that's first and foremost Bach," Marvin added...
More accusations about Home State's financial dealings may emerge next week during a Cincinnati hearing involving the divorce of the thrift's former president, Burton Bongard. His ex-wife Susan, represented by Los Angeles Attorney Marvin Mitchelson, claims that Bongard cheated her in their division of property, which included the sale last year of his 15% share of Home State. Bongard contends he sold the stock to Warner for $277,000 because that was all he could get for it. But his former wife charges that the bank president received a secret bonus of $3 million taken from...