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...be—Beethoven would die unmarried, and he knew it. So when his brother Casper became terminally ill, Beethoven pursued sole guardianship of Casper’s son Karl, much to the chagrin of the mother, Johanna. The composer drifted toward insanity, accusing Johanna of prostituting herself and convincing himself that Karl was in fact his own son. Johanna eventually hauled Beethoven into court, where witnesses testified about his incompetence as a guardian, and the court exposed his lack of nobility despite the Dutch predicate “van.” The composer was publicly humiliated...
...finally tracked down Donald Kraybill, a professor in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. Kraybill, to my chagrin, told me there is in fact a lot of stuff going on with the Amish. Far more, I had to admit, than is going on with me. Amish churches, he said, will spend the next year wrestling over whether to allow members to own cell phones. This seemed odd to me, since Amish beliefs forbid members to drive a car, go to school past eighth grade or have phones in their homes. But someone found a loophole...
Daniels and stardom have circled each other for years--sometimes to his chagrin. "I understand what it's like being underappreciated," he says, explaining one of the emotions he tapped to play Bernard. The dark bravado with which he attacks the role has already caught Hollywood's attention. "I forgot what a strong actor he was," says director Barry Sonnenfeld, who saw an early print of Squid and promptly cast Daniels, 50, in the big-budget camper comedy R.V. "He's frightening in his coldness." In R.V., Daniels plays one of the "nicest folks you'd ever want...
...could be said for the changes occurring in the Quadrangle. The Quad’s Hilles Library is transforming into the Quad Library—a single floor “library” without a librarian and with limited reserves—and student center, much to the chagrin of many current Quad residents who enjoy their personal study space. Likewise, the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (QRAC) has been closed for most of last semester as some of its basketball courts are transformed into admittedly much-needed dance space—a change necessitated after the Radcliffe Institute reclaimed...
...worked for the New York Times throughout the 1960s, much to the chagrin of Washington officials, who were angered by his incisive reports—famously, President John F. Kennedy ’40 even personally requested that Halberstam be removed from the Saigon office, a request which the publisher of the Times refused...