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...Chick Corea’s “Fingerprints”—a piece whose running melody line is punctuated with syncopated, tangy dissonant chords—and ends with a flourish and a bang. As the audience gives the group its due of applause, Lily Pad owner Gill Aharon comments, “You’re lucky you’re getting it while it’s still free.” MUSICIAN Campbell has been a player in the Harvard jazz scene since first arriving on campus. But this year marks Campbell?...
...architectural magnificence may have contributed to Crate & Barrel’s decision to leave. Boccuzzi said that the closing was in no way triggered by the slumping consumer market, and that the company has been examining its usage of the Brattle Street building for years. Building owner and Harvard professor emeritus Bill J. Poorvu and Harvard Square Business Association executive director Denise A. Jillson both expressed similar thoughts, saying the closing was likely driven by changes in the company’s merchandising strategy...
Mark Cuban is probably the most bombastic man in the NBA - racking up massive fines for shouting at referees from his perch as owner of the Dallas Mavericks - so it's a pretty safe bet he'll face his latest adversaries with gusto. Only this time, it's the Securities and Exchange Commission he'll be fending off. Cuban, who co-founded Broadcast.com and sold it to Yahoo! for billions, was charged on Nov. 17 with insider trading, accused of using non-public information to avoid losing $750,000 on a 2004 stock sale. Cuban has denied the charges, saying...
...that won the coin-toss has gone on to win the game without the other team even getting the ball, according to the Elias Sports Bureau; overall, the coin toss winner eventually won 64% of the games. "That [kind of statistic] really sticks out," admits New York Giants co-owner John Mara, who sits on the league's competition committee. "It's too high. That's a pretty big advantage...
...Mara, the Giants owner, says the competition committee discusses overtime reform every off-season. In both 2003 and 2004, owners voted on a scaled-back version of the proposal outlined above. Each team would be guaranteed a single offensive possession, but after that, it would be sudden death, first to score wins. Not 100% fair, but a vast improvement over the current rules. To implement a rule change, three-fourths of the owners must agree with the proposal. In '03, just 55% of the owners approved it. The next year, only 22% jumped on board...