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Alan Greenspan stepped out from behind the Fed mahogany again Wednesday to perform in the part-time job he?s been clocking in at with some regularity since Sept. 11 - that of reassuring, kindly old broker to the world, on the phone with some very nervous clients...
Clutch: Having the ability to perform well in difficult situations. Vivid examples include Derek Jeter turning into an option quarterback to save Game 3, and perhaps the Division Series, for the Yankees. “Clutch” can also be understood in terms of anything Curt Schilling (2-0, 18 IP, 3 ER, 9 H) has done with a baseball in the last week. Significant because “being clutch” is a necessary ingredient to postseason success...
...this contributed to Mapfumo’s performance at Sanders, which, organized by Boston’s own World Music, was a very poignant affair. Forced out of the country after his last album cut too close to the bone in its criticism of the current government, Mapfumo and his band are now permanently based in the U.S., although only three members of the band were able to perform with him. Stripped of his rich accompaniment, Mapfumo’s rich, expressive voice came across almost plaintively, particularly when he sang, “Makuona here kuti mukomana akatorwa...
...forms of rock and pop. Despite the brave stand of Gabriel’s Realworld label, and its American counterpart Putumayo, this prediction has yet to be fulfilled (though the stagnation theory still holds true). Anyone who saw Habib Koité and Thomas Mapfumo, two giants of African music, perform to a hugely appreciative crowd in the wood-panelled decorum of Sanders theater will know that this says much more about the parochialism of Western music buyers than anything about the immense talent that the world, and Africa in particular, has to offer...
...marionette act soon became a favorite attraction in the Square, and Igor was selected to perform at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Unfortunately, the puppeteer died soon after of heart failure on September 21, 1996, three hours after his last performance. He was 36. His friends and acquaintances quickly created a fund in his name to assist his wife and three young children and a formed committee to look into te creation of a memorial. The committee decided to place a sculpture where Igor last performed and commissioned Russian sculptor Konstantin Simun...