In addition to being a drummer, Roach was also a composer, a bandleader, an activist and a teacher.

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In a recent note to clients, Stephen Roach, an economist with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, reiterated his view that China, not Japan, will be the engine of Asian growth in this century.

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Though a farcical film, it was directed by Jay Roach, an executive producer of "Game Change, " the HBO movie about the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of John McCain.

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There is an old joke in the world of business software that ERP is a roach motel where data goes to die.

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Smith opened solidly for the Proteas but the Windies made an early breakthrough when Alviro Petersen (1) miscued a pull of Roach to midwicket at 17-1.

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Chris Gayle (80) and Kieron Pollard (60 from 27 balls) took the Windies to an imposing 330-8 on a pitch of irregular bounce, before Roach got stuck in.

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This is either an indicator of coming inflation or, says Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley, a terrific buy signal for bonds.

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Alexandra Roach, the actress who plays young Margaret, has a slight overbite and staring blue eyes that suggest an unnerving singleness of purpose.

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Roach says commodity prices could fall another third from here, putting an end to silly notions of a so-called supercycle of commodity increases.

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But investigators found that due to their small size, the perch and roach passed through the mesh covering an inlet pipe while the lake was being emptied, and died as a result.

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