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...beloved toy still rests under the tree and its magically growing branches. The Nutcracker has long been the mainstay of dance companies and dancing schools alike; now the Brooklyn Academy of Music has come up with a fresh take on the classic: Donald Byrd's The Harlem Nutcracker, which tells the story of a grandmother who relives her youthful romance in the great Harlem nightclubs--all to Duke Ellington's jazz-and-gospel-tinged arrangement of Tchaikovsky...
...everyone calls my father, was born in Brooklyn in 1921, was the first person in his family to attend college, served in World War II, went into the family business and is now semi-retired. He reads the papers, watches television news, goes to the movies occasionally, never looks at a book and wouldn't miss a weekend football game--unless, of course, he's playing golf. He balances his checkbook, pays his taxes on time and drives a fancy foreign-made car that is his only extravagance...
CLAUDETTE HAYLE (R) District 11 (Central Brooklyn--Flatbush; Crown Heights; Brownsville...
BORN: Jan. 24, 1955, Kingston, Jamaica EDUCATION: York College, 1977-80 FAMILY: Divorced; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur; financial and information-systems consultant POLITICAL CAREER: Delegate to White House Conference on Small Business, 1986-90 ADDRESS: 656 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn...
BORN: Sept. 8, 1941, Brooklyn, N.Y. EDUCATION: U of Chicago, B.A., 1964 FAMILY: Wife, Jane O'Meara; one child, three stepchildren RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Professor; free-lance writer POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Burlington, 1981-89; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 391, Burlington...