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Still, high-profile departures like theirs could lead fresh talent to think twice about signing to one of the majors. And persuading established artists to stick around is especially tricky when labels are asking for a bigger slice of the revenue pie. Traditionally, when record companies signed an artist, they bought into the promise of an album; an act's other sources of cash - its concerts, say, or merchandise sales - weren't any of the label's business. But now, with album sales plummeting, music companies are chasing juicier income from touring and branded goods. Part of that revenue stream...
...redemption, became their only legal form of protest and their only means of escape. "We sang to keep going," says Lucas Bok, the choir's musical director. "Singing was the only way to express yourself." That need spurred the creation of hundreds of gospel choirs in Soweto - the massive talent pool from which Mulovhedzi drew his recruits...
...Walsh says. “Without him at the top of our rotation, it’s going to be real tough. We’re looking forward to Max coming back next year.”Despite missing one of its aces, Harvard still enters 2008 stacked with talent, versatility, and some returning veterans refueled for another shot at the Ivy League title.Senior starting pitcher Shawn Haviland—who put up a 3-3 record and a 4.26 ERA last year while struggling with a stress fracture in his ribs—enters 2008 healthy and ready...
...Division I All-American and named the Big Ten Player of the Year. The list goes on, as the Irvine, Calif. native achieved Academic All-Big Ten honors and was nominated for the Honda Broderick Cup, a sports award for female collegiate athletes who demonstrate excellent athletic talent, leadership skills, academic distinction, and community participation. Additionally, Allard earned Michigan’s Conference Medal of Honor, an accolade for the university’s highest-achieving female student-athlete.Two years after her graduation in 1990, Allard’s successes continued as she was chosen to the Big Ten All-Decade...
...Iraqi refugees and lost talent Most of those who have the means or the ability to leave the country have left. By that I mean the entire intelligentsia of the country ? doctors, architects, engineers, businessmen, people with money or with university degrees that they can use or with family connections. You had an exodus of real capital because people have left with their life savings, all of which are now sitting in banks in Jordan and Syria. And you also have a drain of intellectual capital, which is a much bigger problem. The people who've left...