Dozens of lesser names have also fled, and the taint has spread to the entire industry.
Some prominent names turn up in Ensemble Studio Theater's Series B group of one-acts, part of the company's annual marathon of short plays, but it is a couple of lesser names that deserve the most attention: Rachel Bonds, whose lovely "Anniversary" concludes the program, and Julie Fitzpatrick, the actress who brings that play to life.
Surprise semi-finalist in 2003 and the pick of the lesser names in the 2007 competition.
The early exits of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams prompted a scramble for tennis fans to familiarise themselves with a number of lesser known names, but also opened wider the chink of possibility of a Murray win.
Instead, it's mainly lesser names that catch my eye.
This was true of the prestige international names like BMW and Siemens, but it was also true of the hundreds of thousands of lesser-known names that make up the Mittelstand.
But this is largely a compilation of lesser-known names - with a marked absence of such heavy hitters of the second or third generation as Caryl Phillips, Fred D'Aguiar or Andrea Levy.
"In the West, there's a sense of art fair fatigue; you tend to see the same works by the same artists," Magnus Renfrew, the fair's director, said about Hong Kong's inclusion of lesser-known names.
In addition to calling on Lewis to interview himself and offer some advice to his fellow-one per centers on how to deal with annoying protesters, she persuaded luminaries ranging from Paul Volcker to Jeffrey Sachs to Scott Turow, as well as a wide assortment of lesser-known names (myself included), to contribute articles.
Not just chicks in chaps, it's a celebration -- through multimedia presentation, films and costume exhibitions -- of Western women, including celebrity singers, writers and artists, as well as a multitude of lesser-known names -- women who rode and ranched across the West, and still do.
The company did not say which PC companies will use the chip, but its existing customers include Hewlett-Packard and Gateway among a slew of lesser-known names.
