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...thought his life should be, and we wrongly projected our anger at Yoko for interfering with our idolization of him. How petty we all were! Yet how very heartening to read that she is finally being recognized for the talent John always saw in her. Congratulations, Yoko. PATRICIA BECKER-SPELLMAN Stevenson Ranch, Calif...
Back in the primordial rock ooze of the late '70s, Steely Dan wanted the world to think it was more wanton even than its extravagantly wanton rock peers. Judging from their blithely cynical and mordantly libidinous 1970s songbook, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were guys who would wait until the Eagles checked out of the Chateau Marmont so they could rush in and snort what was left on Glenn Frey's coffee table. Then they would go to a bar and talk about hitting on high school girls...
...airy and chipper that when mixed with the lead weight of the lyrics, it induces a pleasant sense of numbness that, given a few drinks, might be mistaken for depth. Everything Must Go doesn't have the relentless catchiness of their late-'70s work, but Fagen and Becker do seem happy in their advancing misery. That's the immortality they share. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...Becker has been at the University of Chicago since 1969, where he is currently the University Professor of Economics and Sociology...
...Gary S. Becker, a renowned economics professor, was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1992 for his work applying microeconomic tools to analyze human behavior...