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Derek Lowe characterized the Red Sox as one "big dysfunctional family." After witnessing the Everett saga, he never seemed more right. This season has not been pretty--from starting pitchers' anger about being pulled early by Williams to the abrupt departures of Mike Stanley and Jeff Frye. But Duquette reached a new low by publicly backing one of his players over his manager...
...DIED. STANLEY TURRENTINE, 66, soulful blues-based tenor saxophonist whose 1970 crossover hit, Sugar, inspired today's "smooth jazz"; of a stroke; in New York City. A three-time Grammy nominee, Turrentine played with Ray Charles, Max Roach and Herbie Hancock early in his career and in 1953 replaced John Coltrane in Earl Bostic's band. He also made forays into pop music, including a 1976 jazz interpretation of Stairway to Heaven...
...interesting features of summer theatre is the overlap within the individual productions. Senior Jay Chaffin transformed from a condemned Spaniard-with-a-song-in-his-heart into a gambling New Orleans philanderer; Ari Appel '03, the guitarist in La Mancha's orchestra, took a turn across the boards as Stanley in Streetcar. Dan Cozzens '03, in a rather peculiar instance of ethnic globalization, went from Russian to Mexican in a matter of weeks...
...expertise to buy and sell companies, float stocks and bonds, and trade in dozens of world markets at the same time. But those that do stand to reap huge profits. Which is why the last nine months have seen a juggernaut of billion-dollar acquisitions as Chase, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Goldman Sachs and other U.S. firms increase their global presence...
...next deal may be coming soon. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley managed to build international investment banking operations on their own; others may have to get out their checkbook, like Credit Suisse and UBS, if they want to catch up. Most likely to get swallowed: independent securities firms such as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan. And at today's prices - Credit Suisse paid $90 for DLF shares that were going for $65 on Monday - that makes them must-swallows for investors...