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Find yourself tapping your toes to background tunes while you shop? Don't think retailers haven't noticed. Catering to customers' musical tastes, retailers from Au Bon Pain to Pottery Barn to Polo Ralph Lauren are putting out their own CDs and cassettes. Starbucks' Blending the Blues sold some 50,000 CDs in two months, and five classical recordings for Victoria's Secret have sold more than 1 million copies each. The big buyers are baby boomers turned off by music stores. Maybe Virgin and Tower ought to offer cafe lattes and lingerie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BIZWATCH: Jan 13, 1997 | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

With just two games left to play in the regular season, the Harvard men’s water polo team found itself in a must-win situation. Sporting a 4-10 record, the Crimson needed to defeat both Iona and Fordham to earn a higher seed—and consequently an easier first round bout—at the Northern Division Championships. But Harvard, which has played erratically while trying to adjust to a number of new personnel, had yet to win three games in a row this season. Junior co-captain Michael Garcia, one of the team?...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Garcia Wins Games with Left Arm, Pool Savvy | 10/18/2005 | See Source »

With the season winding down, the men’s water polo team found itself needing two wins at Fordham on Saturday to earn an easier first-round matchup in the postseason. For the first time all year, the team put together a three-game win streak and showed it has worked the kinks out of its system. A strong defensive effort against Iona led to a 5-2 win in its first match. Harvard’s offense took the lead as the Crimson returned to the pool and outgunned Fordham by an 11-7 score in the nightcap...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Two Victories Give Men's Water Polo Much-Needed Momentum | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

Trading the East Coast for the West Coast wasn’t enough to change the fortune of the men’s water polo team. Harvard traveled to California for a four-game set at the Claremont Convergence, and ended its road trip 1-3, making the Crimson’s record now 4-10. More startlingly, Harvard added two more one-goal losses to their total, giving them six on the season. The Crimson lost to Pomona 3-2, and dropped its game against the No. 17 Redlands 5-4. Harvard started off day two with...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Close Losses Sink Crimson in Cali | 10/12/2005 | See Source »

...spoke languages—and he was still studying languages—and he loved to travel.”Manne developed a new passion for horseback riding at the age of 65.A close friend and colleague, Nobel Laureate Kenneth J. Arrow, said Manne also loved to play polo, and that he was a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.When Manne could no longer play polo, he continued to ride, focusing instead on jumping. He was riding when he suffered cardiac arrest and fell off his horse.“It was a beautiful day and he was very...

Author: By Dina Guzovsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor, Energy Expert, Dies at 80 | 10/11/2005 | See Source »

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