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...organization of symphony orchestras and classical ensembles. However, in the spring of 2007, two Harvard students, in an attempt to bring to light the significance of these less-common musical genres, founded the Harvard College American Music Association (HCAMA), providing a vehicle for musicians from a variety of non-classical backgrounds to explore their unique styles and perform together. HCAMA has now also given musicians the opportunity to perform in the Queen’s Head Pub.“There was not enough focus on bluegrass,” says mandolin player and current HCAMA president Forrest...
...Storm’s 35-point win over Dartmouth—albeit in November—can give the Crimson one idea of how tonight’s matchup might go. But the Crimson’s own strong non-conference play, which included wins over U.C. Santa Barbara (an NCAA Tournament team) and Central Connecticut State and Vermont (both NIT teams), has the team believing that it can make a game of it in Queens...
...simply give back the TARP money sooner than they probably should, to avoid losing their best people to foreign banks, boutique firms or hedge funds that can pay bigger bonuses. "The week's events will cause a brain drain of salespeople, rank and file and middle management to non-TARP companies," said Scott Talbott, vice president of the Financial Services Roundtable, which represents Wall Street's interests in Washington. "The loss of these employees will weaken TARP companies." The compensation crackdown already has other private sector players thinking twice about partnering with the Administration to help unload the banks' toxic...
...bill, which would authorize the Justice Department to sue for the return of bonuses given to employees of companies that have received more than $10 billion from the government. The legislation, if passed, would also allow the Attorney General to restrict future payments to 10 times the average non-management wages at companies receiving TARP funds. "Congress has let expediency override common sense," said Representative Lamar Smith, the top Judiciary Committee Republican. "Congress already has learned the hard way the unintended consequences of rushing to legislate without adequate expert testimony and debate, but that's exactly what we are doing...
...just as Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese nationalist before he was a communist, Sharif probably has a bigger goal than pursuing Islamic extremism for its own sake. He has consistently sought alliances with other non-Islamist leaders. A former teacher, he helped found the ICU to try to restore law and order after one of his students was kidnapped by one of Somalia's marauding militia. And he has broken with al Shabaab, formerly the militant wing of the ICU and the main Islamist force in Somalia. That last prompted more extreme ICU leaders, such as Sheikh Hassan Dahir...