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...rare occasions when he's not, has nothing but exclamation points for Eastwood ("A class fella!") and Marshall ("Best director I've ever worked with!"). Initially, though, he had no interest in making the album that is at the center of his booming birthday industry, Tony Bennett: Duets/An American Classic, due out Sept. 26. "I was apprehensive," says Bennett. "I lean toward jazz, but jazz doesn't sell records. Dan's idea was collaborations on my greatest hits with contemporary artists who are institutions--Streisand, Elvis Costello, Bono. I told him I'd do it, but on certain terms...
...business world isn't totally hostile to higher education--an M.B.A. still counts for something. But as G.J. Meyer wrote in his classic 1995 book, Executive Blues: Down and Out in Corporate America, a higher degree in something other than business or law--or, worse, a stint of college teaching--can impart a deadly "academic stench" to one's résumé. And what are we to make of the growing corporate defiance of elementary grammar? At a job fair I attended, AT&T Wireless solicited sales reps with the question, if it was a question, "Are you ready...
...America's greatest Presidents. Although overshadowed by F.D.R. in more recent times, Teddy Roosevelt not only ushered the U.S. into the 20th century, he also laid the foundation for its being a major player on the world stage. The story of Roosevelt's presidency is a classic example of why history is relevant; it is vibrant and vital, much as was the U.S.'s 26th President. ARISTEA VLAVIANOS Charlottesville...
...During Friday prayer, the classic platform here for signaling policy to the world, there was no fiery bluster, just muted condemnations of the recent violence. "I don't see Iran entering this crisis militarily unless it's dragged in," says Saeed Laylaz, an analyst and former official. Iran might get involved, analysts here say, only if the conflagration widened dramatically, by Israel attacking Syria or even Iran itself...
...follows two guitar-playing high schoolers as they travel through time in a magic phone booth, nabbing historical figures—such as Socrates and Lincoln—to use in a history class presentation. Van Halen references outnumber complete sentences in this ’80s classic; it’s the pseudo-unintentional comedy of the last 20 years, and booze only makes it better...