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...unlike any other sort of radio so, once I found my niche, I had done just about every job there,” Block said. She worked her way from booker to producer before becoming a reporter for the show in 1993—a job that took her everywhere from the day-after debris of Sept. 11, 2001 to a reeling Mississipi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina...
Known as Mama B to her friends and family, Cedella Booker, the mother of legendary reggae musician Bob Marley, was an accomplished artist. In addition to penning two biographies of her world-famous son, the Jamaican native recorded albums, including Awake Zion and Smilin' Island of Song. Married to Bob's father Norval Marley for nearly 30 years, until his death in 1955, she later remarried and moved to the U.S. Like her son, who died in 1981, she passed away in Miami...
When Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker promised five dollars to the student who could name the vice president of the United States, the fifth grade class at the Newton Street School of Humanities was stumped. “George Bush” was the closest answer that Mr. Booker heard, before he was forced to put his money away...
...Compare that with the way Indians embraced Arundhati Roy after she won the Booker Prize in 1997 with her debut novel The God of Small Things. Sure, Roy wrote in English, but she lives in New Delhi not New York and is therefore considered a worthier Indian writer - as if geographic location is the only true measure of ethnic and cultural fidelity. "Can it be true that Indian writing, that endlessly rich, complex and problematic entity, is to be represented by a handful of writers who write in English, who live in England or America and whom one might have...
...Dartmouth 14PRINCETON (2-1, 1-0) VS. NO. 21 HAMPTON (3-1)Factoid courtesy of football beat writer Brad Hinshelwood: This is only the second matchup between an Ivy team and a squad from a historically black college, and the first in 23 years. Hampton (most famous alum: Booker T. Washington) boasts a lot of offensive firepower in quarterback T.J. Mitchell and receivers Jeremy Gilchrist and Kevin Teel, while the Tigers are more subdued offensively (second in the league in rushing attempts). It’ll be an interesting contrast in styles and probably the most competitive game...