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...fellow rappers that if they put their solo careers on hold, they'd share in a giant pot of gold via the vagaries of corporate synergy. He was right. The Wu-Tang brand blossomed under an unprecedented 1993 contract the band signed with Loud Records (Sony owns a 49% stake) that allowed each member to branch into solo projects on other labels. Every few years the group pulls together for an album, thus raising each member's visibility and bolstering the branding strength of Wu-Tang, Inc. They then launch a new crop of Wu-branded products. The cycle repeats...
...even I will admit that despite the miniscule place The Game occupies in the immense cosmos, there is pride at stake for the two teams, the two schools and even the two presidential candidates...
...just pride at stake that afternoon. For Harvard, it was a shot at perfection
...difference has been attitude," junior forward Caitlin Costello said. "Last year, we might have been a little overconfident. Going in this year, we had more at stake--we had something to prove...
...ballot language didn't spell out what was at stake, commentators everywhere, including the editorial boards of the state's three major newspapers, made it abundantly clear the proposition was a referendum on the decency of Nebraska itself. Even the football coach came out against it. Was Nebraska going to keep an open mind on the question of gay rights or define itself as absolutely intolerant...