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Michael Philip Jagger, as he is called in the 16th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, where he is generously represented, has been playing footsie with these problems for years without gaining much advantage. His first two solo albums, objects of great expectation and grand promotion, took a commercial pummeling. He continues to be the front man and guiding light of the Rolling Stones. If he has any identity apart from that, it is as a pop icon, one who wears his accumulating years and history with panache -- an Annie Leibovitz picture of Dorian Gray. No wonder, on this third...
When John F. Kennedy '40 was leaving Boston to assume the Presidency, he was asked by a reporter what criteria he thought a president should be judged by. Without missing a beat, Kennedy answered with one of those facile profundities destined for Bartlett's: "Were we truly men of courage...
Elvis has been sighted in the new edition of Bartlett's venerable Familiar Quotations, along with Monty Python, Chuck Berry and Kermit the Frog. But to make room for pop culture, general editor Justin Kaplan had to drop a few dead poets and philosophers. All told, 340 contributors were added and 245 removed...
David L. Bosco '95 is a contributing writer for the Opinion page. He really likes Bartlett's Familiar Quotations...
Vincent was "requested to resign" because, according to his contract, the commissioner cannot have his powers diluted, his salary cut or his position terminated. Every employee should have such job security. To be sure, Vincent -- who succeeded his friend, the late Bartlett Giamatti, as the sport's chief arbiter, lobbyist and cheerleader -- does work for the owners. They hired him; they pay his $650,000 a year. But under the Major League Agreement, he has the authority to act "in the best interests of baseball." Which, if you have a high opinion of the sport, the office and yourself...