Word: siring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BRIAN WILSON: BRIAN WILSON (Sire). Anthems from 'round the bend and supernal pop craftsmanship...
ONCE, Herodotus tell us, there was a rich ruler, Croesus, who had just about everything a man could want. One day he asked Solon, the world's wisest man, to tell him who was the happiest man in the world, expecting of course to hear "You, Sire." Instead, Solon mentioned that it is not good policy to eulogize before the end. Even as he was saying this, Croesus' enemies were laying the plans which brought about his eventual fall...
Brett Ratner, a sophomore at New YorkUniversity, is the group's manager and executiveproducer. "I heard a demo of the group, I thoughtthey were great and I thought the Harvard imagewas great," he said. "So I got $10,000, finishedthe record, and got a five-record deal with Sire."Sire Records, the label under which the single wasreleased, is a part of Warner Brothers...
...liberty to discuss the details ofour contract," said a chuckling Shecter, "butwe're going to make more money than most peoplewould wish to make in seven thousand lifetimes."Shecter described the contract with Sire asunusual: "we're a new group and Sire is a bigrecord company...
Alydar felt better too. Alysheba's renowned sire, the only horse ever to finish second in all of the Triple Crown races, stands at leafy Calumet not 50 feet from his old tormentor Affirmed. Guess whose sexual favors are worth $350,000 and who has trouble looking whom in the eye now. The bay colt Alysheba, 8-1 in the Derby, is an honest horse but has a hard time keeping to a straight course. In the Blue Grass Stakes nine days earlier, Alysheba finished first but was demoted for swerving in the stretch. Deep thinkers who drop...