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...sheer skill or poise may not be the only reason these new arrivals are generating so much excitement. It's no secret that over the past few decades the NBA has been dominated by African Americans. Some observers argue that the addition of high-profile white and Asian stars is bringing new fans to the sport, both in the U.S. and abroad. Stern insists that "race is not a factor anymore" for those fans. But a 2001 study in the journal Economic Inquiry examined Nielsen TV ratings for local NBA broadcasts during the 1996-97 season and concluded that...
Harding is one of thousands of seniors across the country who have ventured into theater as an arena of self-expression, therapy, social benefit--and sheer fun. According to Bonnie Vorenberg, author of Senior Theatre Connections, a resource guide, the number of senior performing groups has grown from 78 in 1999 (the first year she collected data) to 409 in 2002. And senior theater is getting a serious nod from the academic world. In August 2002, Ohio State University's department of theater served as host of the first International Senior Theatre Festival and Conference ever held...
...sheer lack of club space on campus makes the controversy more than a live-and-let-live dilemma. It is wholly inappropriate to allot a discriminatory group a disproportionate amount of University space. Better use can, and should, be made of the club’s Holyoke Street home...
Early in the dotcom boom, when just being on the Web seemed to be an advanced business strategy, retailers were happy to pay for "eyeballs"--sheer audience size. Never mind that the impact was next to impossible to track. Today eyeballs are still an important factor, but retailers prefer performance-based deals--paying for "click-throughs" (portal visitors clicking on one of their links) and, in some cases, actual sales. "Back in the go-go days of the Internet, retailers would pay for the halo effect of being on a big portal like AOL," says David Bolotsky, who headed Goldman...
Performing popular music in the orchestral format does not carry the same expectations as performances of monumental classical works. The latter are weighed down by the sheer volume of diverse interpretations and recordings by professional groups of the highest caliber. The Pops are not played as often, and never with the fear that their composers would turn in their graves in the event of artistic disaster...