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...HENRY M. COWLESCrimson Staff WriterAfter last year’s collapse of Freefall, Harvard’s most famous pop-rock heartthrob quintet, some worried that music at the College was at its nadir. Not so. Just as Freefall persevered, with some members branching off to form the Dharma Seals, so many student bands have, with the help of loyal fan bases, overcome venue and technical limitations, strict noise rules, and at-times tepid peer response.Arts First weekend looks to celebrate all the acts that have overcome these obstacles. The schedule is peppered with a variety of performances from some...
...civil war, thousands of Chinese went to study at American universities. For a time, most of the country's ?lite officials, scholars and scientists were U.S.-trained. But that came to an abrupt halt with the Communists' victory in 1949. A year later, Sino-American relations hit their nadir during what Chinese call the "War to Resist America and Aid Korea," which left hundreds of thousands of Chinese dead, along with more than 50,000 Americans. Later, during the convulsions of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, the U.S. was routinely reviled as China's greatest enemy...
Instead of serving as a high point, the team’s 77-66 loss to the Bulldogs—Harvard’s fifth straight loss and fourth in a row at home—marked the nadir of its season...
...Pavilion, there would be no reenactment of that streak-snapping victory. Instead of serving as a high point, the team’s 77-66 loss to the Bulldogs—Harvard’s fifth straight loss and fourth in a row at home—marked the nadir of its season. While Yale coach James Jones and his players hung around the court after the game, soaking in their first win at Lavietes in three years and first road victory of the league season, the dejected members of the Crimson remained in their locker room following the latest...
...because its operating cash flow remained strong. Indeed, EMI's share price inched up to $5.30 around the time of the reorganization. But the financial community lost confidence in the music business, and a sell-off commenced. At one point, EMI's shares traded at around $1.30. At its nadir, the market valued the whole of EMI at less than the value of its publishing division alone. "The mood was tense and increasingly dark," says Rose. "We were fearful of losing control of the company. It could have been snapped up on the cheap." A 2000 merger attempt with Warner...