He believes dance lost its centrality to musical theater after the industry lost a generation of talent to the AIDS epidemic.

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This technique has worked brilliantly for many years, despite the fact that Oracle, once it bought these hot companies, typically lost all of their talent and rarely integrated or upgraded their products.

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Sceptics believe that Chrysler has lost most of its product-development talent and question whether a small-car specialist like Fiat can give it the kind of vehicles it needs to win back market share in America, which accounts for 80% of its sales.

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Potential talent is lost when half the population in the creative pool is overlooked, and the genesis of better Advertising is better talent.

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Citigroup (C) lost Andrew Hall, a highly profitable commodities trading talent and head of a unit known as Phibro that traded out of a Connecticut farm house, to Occidental Petroleum (OXY).

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It's almost 35 years since I graduated (LLB, distinction in criminal law, conspicuous lack of distinction in every other subject) but it seems I have never lost my talent for appearing in embarrassing photographs.

BBC: The golden age that never was

"Our industry has lost an immense talent and a true visionary and genius, " said Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, which had given Ramone a Technical Grammy for his lifetime of innovative contributions to music.

CNN: Music producer and innovator Phil Ramone dead at age 72

"We lost a lad who I thought might make it through, but we've still got a lot of Asian talent playing in our youth teams... so we're hoping they'll be able to progress, " says Mr Lawn.

BBC: British Asian footballers bid for breakthrough

The Cottagers have never lost a European game at Craven Cottage but will have to caution against an away goal from a Hamburg side full of talent and desire to reach the final, which will be played at their home ground.

BBC: Hamburg 0-0 Fulham