Word: concertized
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Garcia's influence spanned generations and social strata. This veteran of the counterculture had plenty of friends in high places. Vice President Al Gore gave the Garcia gang a White House tour, and Tipper Gore hung out backstage at a Dead concert. Bill Weld, Massachusetts' Republican Governor, last week wore a black armband in memory of his favorite guitarist. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont was a fan and a friend; last summer Leahy invited the Dead to the Senate Dining Room, where the band met that noted groupie Strom Thurmond. "Boy, Ah heah you're a rock star," the orange...
Even Worby's accomplishments have aroused resentment. Although she was credited with making the Wheeling Symphony into a highly respected organization and drawing as many as 25,000 spectators to its annual Fourth of July concert, she was criticized for undiplomatically severing some local musicians and hiring others from out of state. And some residents griped that in a state with one of the highest unemployment rates and lowest per-capita incomes, it was difficult for many people to relate to her passion for classical music...
Knowles mentioned a concert for alumni and friends in Los Angeles given by student musicians, "Harvard PlaysL.A.," as an example of how students could assistin the effort...
...problem in his heart that triggered chest pains; in Moscow. Yeltsin has canceled all engagements until next week, including trips to Norway and the Russian city of Murmansk. RECOVERING. LES PAUL, 80, musician and father of the electric guitar; after collapsing while preparing to travel to a Nashville birthday concert; in Mahwah, New Jersey. OUSTED. G. KIRK RAAB, 59, president and ceo of biotech giant Genentech; following the revelation that he had requested a personal $2 million loan guarantee from Roche Holding Ltd. while negotiating a merger with the firm; in San Francisco. During Raab's five years at Genentech...
...result, the bare-bones academic offerings may not be easily supplemented by an a capella concert, or late-night computing, or meeting a friend in the Quad. Certainly, the College is sensitive to these needs, and provides great shuttle service and other aides from the Office of Disabilities. However, Harvard is not yet a campus which can provide a College experience with minimal hurdles for physically-challenged students...