Word: bohemianism
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...response to recent protests by students and some faculty members, Stanford University will discontinue its policy of subsidizing dues for faculty and staff who are members of area social Clubs, including San Francisco's all-male Bohemian Club, administrators said this week...
...furor began last fall after the controversial Bohemian Club for the first time made available a list of its members, which included several Stanford faculty members...
...past, "Herbert Hoover and most of the Presidents since, George Schultz, and the heads of major corporations" have been members of the Bohemian Club, according to an aide at the Stanford News Service...
Robyn Fass is a delight as Alice Park, Susan's quirky, sometimes naive confidant. Fass takes the stereotypical character of the naive bohemian and turns her into a fascinating and realistic person, the perfect complement to the Lear-ish Susan. Fass captures Alice's precarious perch on the line between comedy and cynicism. The audience simultaneously shudders and laughs as she whips sarcasms and insults at her hapless student Dorcas Grey (Sarah Stevenson). Fass knows how to develop a character, and she has the timing and the bearing of a classic comedian, the ideal safety valve in a complex tragedy...
That child was born into a rambling, bohemian flat in London's South Kensington neighborhood. At three Andrew began studying the violin; later he took up the piano and horn. "It was extremely noisy around our house," remembers Brother Julian. "I'd be scraping away on the cello, and Andrew would be bashing away on the piano." Adding to the happy din was John Lill, now a well-known British concert pianist, who was a member of the Lloyd Webber household and, more than anyone else, steered Andrew toward concerts and operas...