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...Nelson, Run-D.M.C. and Limp Bizkit, among others--loaning them equipment and stocking the rare and vintage instruments they favor. The store's reputation as a hangout for pros creates a "cool factor" that is seductive to musical neophytes and serious hobbyists, says Sharon Zackfia, an analyst at William Blair...
...expand in part because of weak competition. The country's next biggest music-store chain, privately held Sam Ash, has 40 stores concentrated on the East Coast. A 79-year-old family-owned business, Sam Ash doesn't have the capital to grow at Guitar Center's pace, says William Blair & Co. analyst Zackfia, nor can it match the big chain's massive catalog and online sales. Another national retailer, Mars Music, went under last fall...
...leader of UMass and a former Massachusetts Senate President, William Bulger was one of the most powerful figures in state government—which left him in a unique position to represent the university’s interests at the State House. He was also the brother of notorious New England mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, one of the FBI’s ten most wanted. The Bulger family’s seeming dichotomy of public figure and public fugitive was a motif that often left William to play the part of the innocent...
...William Bulger’s embarrassingly evasive testimony before the U.S. House’s Government Reform Committee illustrated the root of the problem. When asked if he would want to see his brother brought to justice, Bulger could not answer in the affirmative. His numerous obfuscations and reliance on “memory lapses” in response to legitimate questions about contact with his brother—and steps taken to aid Whitey’s continued escape—were all too emblematic of his continued flouting of the law. Familial loyalty is an admirable quality...
...leader of a university that has the goal of educating the next generations of Massachusetts citizens to be morally mature members of the Commonwealth, William Bulger could not provide a role model as long as he created an environment of questionable dealings and apparent corruption. His departure will allow the university to concentrate again on the business of education...