Word: mentored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...releasing two albums at once? Roberts seems to be following in the footsteps of his friend and mentor, Marsalis, who released a jazz and a classical album at the same time in 1982. Marsalis went on to secure a reputation as a renaissance man who could handle material from many genres; Roberts' double-barreled release should win him similar accolades...
...best marketing tool would be a medal for Gostigian. In 1994 he was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world. But this past January, his friend and mentor, Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, was killed. And the man accused of killing Schultz, John du Pont, an heir to the chemical fortune, helped start and finance Gostigian's career. In the wake of the tragedy, Gostigian slipped in the rankings. "It's been tough," he says. "But in Atlanta, I just want to put together a great performance in honor of Dave." --By Lawrence Mondi...
...managers are a study in contrasting philosophies. Whereas Vinik made sweeping bets on entire sectors of the economy, like technology, Stansky methodically studies individual companies and favors blue-chip stocks over the small- and medium-size companies that Vinik preferred, in the manner of his mentor Peter Lynch. "Stansky will be a good fit," says Don Phillips, president of Morningstar, which tracks mutual funds. "What was always a little difficult for Vinik was that he was trying to run Magellan as if it were a smaller, more flexible fund." Stansky's approach promises less volatility in the performance...
...guiding force and mentor here for the past 10 years," said IOP Deputy Director Catherine McLaughlin. "He took a real interest in students and this is a terrible tragedy...
Then, that October, came the myth-making break every young conductor dreams about: he was called in at mid-concert to replace the ailing Steinberg during a guest performance at Lincoln Center. Just as had happened 26 years earlier when his mentor Leonard Bernstein stepped in for Bruno Walter, the young stand-in performed brilliantly, the critics raved, and a new star moved to the front ranks of American conductors. His recordings were praised, and the Buffalo Philharmonic named him its musical director in 1971. But a 1978 marijuana bust at Kennedy airport tarnished his reputation, and by the time...