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...Marshall-Chapman and the other owners of nearly 13 million family-owned businesses in the U.S., the decision about how to pass the corporate torch gracefully to the next generation is an exercise in reason over emotion, usually coupled with legal wrangling and considerable financial finesse. From the elder generation's point of view, you want to make sure you will be taken care of in your golden years. At the same time, the business must be passed on in a way that helps ensure both its continued success and the financial welfare of the younger generations who rely...
With her clear, dazzlingly romantic voice, there's never been much doubt that k.d. lang is capable of greatness. The only question has been whether she could find the sort of material that would match her maverick sensibilities with those of the eclectic mix of country expatriates, torch-song aficionados and pop devotees that make up her following...
...loose-limbed country-and-western style of her early work like Angel with a Lariat, followed by the sleek pop-country phase epitomized in the album Ingenue and its smash single Constant Craving. Then, in recent releases such as All You Can Eat and Drag, she veered into torch songs and heavy ballads...
...also foreign, at first. "Man, they'd cheer an offsides call!" says rink announcer T.D. Smith (who has taken to lighting his cigars with the propane torch the players use to curve their sticks). The club hired a stand-up comic to pull volunteers from the audience and demonstrate each penalty, from high-sticking to cross-checking. And in a place that had no youth hockey, Gators players held clinics and helped organize 15 youth teams...
...There is the figurative one, more a “community” than a “family”, which consists of the students, faculty and administrators who call Cambridge home. Then there is the literal one, comprised of current undergrads and alums eager to pass the torch to their blood brethren. Does Harvard grease the wheels for sibling applicants, and to what extent do parents and older siblings encourage the younguns to apply...