Word: alvin
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...contest" and shy away from criticizing Frank on the record. When asked if City Hall had a negative reaction to Frank's opposition to the charter package, George K. Reagen, White's press secretary, said "We really had none." Most city Hall observers thought the White administration was livid. Alvin Levin, a member of the liberal activist group, Citizens for Participation in Political Action, which opposed Frank on several major issues including last year's regional primary bill, says, "I have a terrible memory" when asked to cite issues over which they have differed...
...seems doubtful that Young will fulfill all of these hopes, at least on the basis of the arguments summarized so far. Regarding the possible bond of inspiration that might form between the new ambassador and other black Americans, Alvin M. Poussaint, a black associate professor of psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, makes an insightful point in an op-ed piece in last Sunday's New York Times. Poussaint argues that there is often as large an identification gap between members of the American black bourgeoisie, blacks (like Young) who have "made it," and the mass of poorer blacks...
Other high spots: the dancing of the Alvin Ailey group, the trilling of Beverly Sills and Clamma Dale, the whole audience standing and clapping along with Aretha Franklin...
After black Med School students learned in September that minority applicants were down 60 per cent from last year's level at that time, some approached Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, associate dean of the Med School for student affairs, with a plan to do some fast recruiting...
Walter Pierce, who has run the Celebrity Series for the past twenty years, comments on the booking situation, "I try not to duplicate too much from year to year, except for people like Serkin and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater; I usually have four or five orchestras, five or six pianists, and several vocalists. Of course, this is based on the performers' schedules, the availability of concert halls, and a number of other factors...