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...group of Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris have shrouded themselves in mystery and synthesizers since their phoenix-like rise from the ashes left behind by Ian Curtis’ suicide and the dissolution of post-punk legend Joy Division...
...With Sumner taking over vocal duties and experimentation with then-innovative uses of drum machines and synthesizers, New Order became the founding fathers of 1980s dance music. Their integration of electronica and synthetic rhythms (popular in the underground at the time) with instrumental pop music fostered a new movement of new wave dance that melted the pre-existing border between club and pop formats...
...Charles Sumner is watching you. You may never have noticed him, but he sits—day in and day out—spitting distance from Johnson Gate, ensuring that Harvard students—and numerous foreign tourists—are safe as they cross Massachusetts Avenue. During an anonymous public competition in 1875, the statue was nearly chosen to reside in Boston’s Public Garden as a memorial to honor Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. After the judges learned that the identity of the Sumner sculptor was that of a woman (Anne Whitney), they declared that...
...beyond the brass, many successful dealmakers possess an enviable skill set--vision, confidence, perseverance, focus, even empathy. Such qualities are the backbone of lasting success in any field, and to the extent they can be learned, we should all crave input. In A Passion to Win (Simon & Schuster), by Sumner Redstone with Peter Knobler, we go to school alongside one of the best. Redstone, a Boston nobody, took over his father's fledgling movie-theater operation and built it into Viacom, a global entertainment powerhouse with brands including MTV, Nickelodeon, Blockbuster, CBS and Paramount. This is his remarkable story, from...
...Foster says she told Personnel that she planned to quit if the department’s atmosphere did not improve, and according to Wells, Davenport, Lawrence, Wells and manager of finances Laurie Snow met with Ervin and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Elizabeth Doherty at the Sumner Road office of FAS Personnel in January to voice their complaints...