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...them are very internal.” The music accompanying the pieces ranges appropriately from popular music to opera arias. Some of the musical compositions are original, and one part of the show is accompanied by nothing but the breath of jazz singer, saxophonist, and flautist Stan Strickland. Even the stage does not constrict the choreographer’s vision; she sets an aerial number—or, as she puts it, a “movement portrait”—in the open air. Certain unifying factors, however, hold the entire show together. “There?...
...Vineyard playing with the likes of guitarist Tom Brown, bandleader Sabby Lewis, and saxophonist Pete Brown. Once joining Russell in New York at the renowned Savoy Ballroom, Haynes’ opportunities multiplied, allowing him to collaborate with everyone from Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and John Coltrane to Stan Getz and Chick Corea. “[Coltrane] was one of the first artists playing an instrument to come to a climax, bring it down, and bring it right back up again,” Haynes recalls of his time playing with Coltrane just a few years after the release...
...that the series of financial company CEO firings which took place less than two years ago was not effective. The results of the turnover were, by almost any measure, a failure. Chuck Prince at Citi was replaced by Pandit, who is considered a well-meaning dolt by most people. Stan O'Neal of Merrill Lynch was replaced by former NYSE CEO John Thain. Thain made the error on more than one occasion of saying the worst was behind Merrill only to end up selling the company to Bank of America (BAC). Thain became enmeshed in the controversy over whether...
...nation of Gilboa, led by King Silas Benjamin (Ian McShane) - based on the Bible's Saul - has been at war for generations, most recently with neighboring Gath. His son Jack (Sebastian Stan) is taken hostage at the front but is rescued by David Shepherd (Chris Egan), who destroys a supposedly invincible Gath tank - a "Goliath," natch - by slinging a grenade duct-taped to a wrench. David is called to court in the gleaming new capital, Shiloh, where the cunning Silas parades him as a hero and eyes him as a potential rival...
...system did fail and the resulting cascade has been breathtaking. Until Madoff admitted to his family that his entire career as one of the most successful money managers in the world was a fraud, the global economic collapse did not have a face. Men like Chuck Prince and Stan O'Neal were too bland and their sins were based on greed and stupidity not genius and deception...