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...sort of contagious depression is to blame for the cluster of suicides, the attention Gnosall has received in the British press is unlikely to help. The community has been "very distressed" by the negative portrayals of Gnosall in the media, says Cynthia Spencer, 64, a clerk to the local parish council. But amidst their grief, villagers are trying to heal. In memory of two of its deceased who used to ride their horses there, the community has christened a local path as "Forresters Lane." As it meanders toward the local cricket club, the dirt track passes a children's playground...
...Zimmermann, on the other hand, dislikes drawing attention to himself. His friend Spencer A. Strub ’09 will pose as the candidate in some campaign posters, Martel said...
...George Washington in the third-place game, the results of the weekend spell future success for the Crimson’s younger players.“We’re playing tougher opponents now—this is the way the program is going now,” sophomore Spencer Livingston said. “[A top-four finish] is what we’re shooting for now, and we’re going to come back better and stronger.”GEORGE WASHINGTON 7, HARVARD 5A costly turnover quickly transformed into a breakaway. With the game tied...
...chain management. Those strengths were on full display at Brooks as the hands-on Del Vecchio personally met with each of the company's suppliers. Some he had to woo back, like the shoe company Alden, which had made cordovans for Brooks for more than 90 years before Marks & Spencer all but discontinued them. Others he simply had to encourage, like Brooklyn, N.Y., suitmaker Martin Greenfield, whom Del Vecchio asked to make the best suits he could (forgetting about price) and then to travel across the country holding made-to-order events at Brooks Brothers stores...
That same bifurcation, he says, is helping power Brooks Brothers as it lurches up the fashion food chain. Brooks brought in about $800 million in sales last year, compared with $661 million during its last full year under Marks & Spencer. As a private owner, Del Vecchio chooses not to disclose earnings. But he does say that during his years at the helm, he's been surprised by how much the Brooks heritage resonates with consumers. "It's much more than what I expected," says Del Vecchio. Now if he could just finish convincing everyone that the legacy is still relevant...