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...Liberalization of the European telecommunications industry in 1998 brought an onslaught of competition in local phone markets. Although Telekom is still the dominant carrier in Germany, competition is accelerating and management has been slow to fight back. In August, Ricke issued an unexpected profit warning and then announced plans to cut costs and improve customer service. But the erosion continued. On Thursday, Telekom reported a 20% drop in net profit in the third quarter to $2.48 billion, compared with $3.12 billion the year before. After adjustments for extraordinary income, Telekom's profit was down...
...Moore shares frustration with the pacing of rehearsals. “We had to slow down sometimes, it felt like we weren’t getting anywhere,” she says...
...libero Katherine Kocurek to the lineup, the Crimson came out firing in the first frame, jumping out to an 8-2 start. Although the Big Red (16-9, 10-2) closed the gap several times, Harvard never gave up its lead, coasting to a 30-21 win.Cornell managed to slow down the Crimson offense in game two but Harvard turned up its defense as well, holding the Big Red to .093 hitting. Though Cornell led by as much as six, the Crimson tied the score at 19 and took a 26-22 lead.Once again, the Big Red fought back...
...another highlight, as Garbutt played through the difficult and diverse piece with clarity and poise.James E. Goldschmidt ’09 played another famous piece to finish the evening in Charles-Marie Widor’s Toccata in F-Major. The typically majestic piece suffered a little from a slow and inconsistent tempo and a few errors, but the performance was still a worthy one.Though not as dramatic as a great horror flick, the Halloween organ concert still had its moments. The concert gave Harvard students a chance to hear Memorial Church’s organ in a secular context...
...story behind the music, which the program explained as “a rather universal story of human frailties pitted against larger natural forces.” Setting different orchestra groups in opposition to one another, the work commenced with the “chatter” of woodwinds, slow brass chords, and the plucking of strings, already giving listeners a sense that tensions were building.Sharply contrasting each other, the instruments did not develop any sort of discernible pattern until the piece progressed much further. Even then, a very diverse field of instruments and an intense pace created a chaotic...