Grasso also developed slip-cuing, the technique of holding a record still while the turntable is revolving underneath, releasing it at the desired moment to create a sudden transition from the previous record.

Grasse (; Provençal Occitan: Grassa in classical norm ( and Italian ) or Grasso in Mistralian norm ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department ( of which it is a sub-prefecture ), on the French Riviera.

She was a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994 ; the Ella Tambussi Grasso Center for Women in Politics is located there.

Rell is Connecticut's second female Governor, after Ella T. Grasso.

Records is a record label, launched in the United States in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso.

Francis Grasso ( March 25, 1949-March 20, 2001 )) was an American disc jockey from New York City, best known for inventing the technique of beatmatching ( sometimes referred to as mixing or blending ) which is the foundation of the modern club DJ's technique.

In Italy, Giovedì Grasso ( Fat Thursday ) is also celebrated, but it is not very different from Martedì Grasso ( Shrove Tuesday ).

( Grasso is remembered in Connecticut both for pioneering women's roles in politics, and for serving in late stages of fatal cancer.

In 1969, American club DJ Francis Grasso popularized beatmatching at New York's Sanctuary nightclub.

Joseph N. Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an " iPod " trademark with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO ) in July 2000 for Internet kiosks.

Italian Americans have served as CEO ’ s of numerous major corporations, such as the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation by Lee Iacocca, IBM Corporation by Samuel Palmisano, Lucent Technologies by Patricia Russo, The New York Stock Exchange by Richard Grasso and Honeywell Incorporated by Michael Bonsignore.

Route 745 begins at that point, turns west at Elm Street and continues into New Haven, ending at Route 10 ( Ella T. Grasso Boulevard ).

" Dick " Grasso ( born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City ) was chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003, the culmination of a career that began in 1968 when Grasso was hired by the Exchange as a floor clerk.

Grasso was raised by his mother and two aunts in Jackson Heights, New York City

Two weeks after leaving the Army in 1968, Grasso became a clerk at the New York Stock Exchange.

The article quoted Grasso as saying, " I invite members of the FARC to visit the New York Stock Exchange so that they can get to know the market personally.

On May 24, 2004 Grasso was sued by New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer demanding repayment of the majority of the $ 140 million pay package.

On October 19, 2006 it was reported that the New York State Supreme Court issued a summary decision ordering Grasso to repay a significant amount of excess compensation in an article entitled " Ex-NYSE chief ordered to return part of $ 188M ".

On July 1, 2008 the New York State Court of Appeals dismissed all claims against Grasso.

King of the Club: Richard Grasso and the Survival of the New York Stock Exchange.

Notable alumni include former Secretary of State George Schultz 1938, former governor of Connecticut Ella T. Grasso 1936, satirist Tom Lehrer 1943, New York Times chairman Arthur Ochs Sulzberger 1945, financier Henry R. Kravis 1963, actor, writer and producer James Widdoes 1972, 1998 Winter Olympic Games United States women's ice hockey Olympic gold medalist Gretchen Ulion 1990 and Taiwanese fashion designer Jason Wu graduated in 2001.

Grasso, who attended Brooklyn Technical High School and Long Island University, started his DJ career in 1968 at a New York nightclub called Salvation II.

It was there and at subsequent New York clubs such as Tarots and his most famous nightclub, Sanctuary — a former German Baptist church at 43rd Street & 9th Avenue ( featured in the movie Klute ) — where Grasso perfected his craft.

Soon he taught others and Grasso spread the art of mixing by maintaining a constant beat and working the crowd with the music throughout New York.

Reed was asked to be interim CEO of the New York Stock Exchange after the Richard Grasso over-compensation scandal.

* Judge George A. Grasso, who previously had been a member of the New York City Police Department since 1979, and First Deputy Police Commissioner from 2002 to 2010.

He was a co-defendant with Richard Grasso in the 2004 prosecution by Eliot Spitzer over a controversial package of $ 139. 5m of benefits received by Grasso on leaving his post as chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange, in addition to an estimated $ 10m annual pay.

The Jazz Cultural Theater ( JCT ) enjoyed a vibrant five-year run, and while its storefront existence ended in 1987 when its lease ran out and rent increased, Barry simply moved his jazz instrumental and vocal classes to other venues in New York City, and in Europe, supported by a devoted and ever growing international base of students, many of whom are now professionals, among them Israeli-born, now New York City-based jazz guitarist, Roni Ben Hur, and Italian-born brothers Luigi Grasso ( alto sax ) and Pasquale Grasso ( guitar ).

In 2005, Albright declined to run for re-election to the board in the aftermath of the Richard Grasso compensation scandal, in which Grasso, the chairman of the NYSE Board of Directors, had been granted $ 187. 5 million in compensation, with little governance by the board on which Albright sat.

On June 26, 1999 Reuters reported that Grasso met with Colombian rebels, the FARC, in an article entitled " NYSE Chief Meets Top Colombia Rebel Leader ".

According to the suit, Grasso, along with former NYSE director Kenneth Langone, misled the NYSE board about the details of his pay package.

On May 26, 2004 Grasso responded with a counter-suit against the Exchange and its chairman John Reed.

The lawsuit against Grasso continued to move toward trial in 2006 with neither side showing any interest in settling.

The suit against Grasso has come under criticism from some commentators, with journalist Charles Gasparino lambasting it in the epilogue to his book Blood on the Street.

* Emiliani, B., with Stec, D., Grasso, L. and Stodder, J.

He develops an obsession with 11-year-old Johnny Grasso ( Evan Silverberg ), a classmate of his son, Billy ( Rufus Read ).

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he was elected the 82nd Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1978 on a Democratic ticket along with Governor Ella Grasso.

Bailey's tenure as head of the Connecticut Democratic party was credited with turning the state from one politically dominated by WASP Yankee Republicans to one dominated by Democratic candidates of Roman Catholic and Jewish background, such as Abraham Ribicoff, Thomas Dodd, John Dempsey, and Ella T. Grasso.

In 1978 the ( Ella T. Grasso ) Boulevard finally was completed, with the construction of a bridge over the railroad tracks, thereby connecting lower Kimberly Ave. to the rest of the Hill.

The rest of Team USA consists of Travis Brickley, an extremely brash fighter with a short fuse ; Virgil Keller, a devout Buddhist ; and Sonny Grasso, a streetwise fighter from Detroit.

" The Mafia has already made an agreement with the Italian-Americans in view of shared opportunities ," said Piero Grasso, Italy ’ s national antimafia prosecutor.