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...more institution building going on at the Business School," says George Cabot Lodge, professor of Business Administration, who played a key role both in the conception and the establishment of the school in Nicaragua. "Instead we prefer short-term projects, setting them up and taking them down like a circus...
DIED. Harry James, 67, sweet and fiery trumpeter and enduring Big Band leader; of lymphatic cancer; in Las Vegas. The son of a circus bandmaster and a trapeze artist, James joined Benny Goodman's sizzling swing-era trumpet section in 1937. Two years later, after forming his own band, James discovered young Frank Sinatra, who left (to join Tommy Dorsey) before the band's romantic 1941 hit recording of You Made Me Love You established James as one of the premier swingmen during World War II. His fame hit its peak in 1943, when he married America...
Students unsure about active political participation can get a foot in the door at local politics by at least signing up to vote in the city. At registration, the Cambridge Election Commission representatives will have a table just under the red and white circus tent offering 18-year-olds the opportunity to join their rolls...
...trial of Claus von Bülow for the attempted killing of his wife Sunny transformed family griefs into a Roman circus, and Journalist William Wright adopts a barker's tone in his recollection of the slack, tedious life of the idle rich. (Sunny rose at 11, rarely left the house except to go shopping, and employed eleven gardeners to manicure eleven acres.) He deftly records the countless lies and petty sins of the accused murderer, starting with the facts that Claus was neither a von nor a Bülow (his father, Svend Borberg, was a convicted...
...want to observe the late-night clubhouse of a colorful potpourri of Cambridge Police on break, itinerant wanderers who stare blindly at the ceiling, and skinheads finished with an evening of singing and dancing on top of the T subway station. The centerpiece of this midnight to down circus is the one and only Cosmo who is delightful ringmaster. Go in and visit Cosmo, say hi and order the Veri-tastee frankfurter for an even buck...