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DIED. BESSIE DELANY, 104, co-author with her sister Sadie, 106, of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, a wry account of their lives as African Americans, from Jim Crow to justice--now a Broadway hit; in Mount Vernon, New York...
...School: "Everyone knew at the time NCR was a third- or fourth-rate computer company, but somehow AT&T thought they could put it together and there'd be all this synergy." Charles Exley, who quit as NCR's CEO the day the merger took effect, chose not to crow about the results of Allen's folly. Says Exley, who now sails the world on his yacht: "Perhaps now NCR can go about its business once again...
...every thug, there are a dozen Deadheads ripe for a religious experience. Hey, everyone has to believe in something. And in this woozy age--when the spiritual and the secular often blend, and born-again Christians are rivaled in fervor by devotees of Elvis, Mr. Spock and Crow T. Robot--it was no surprise to see signs announcing that JERRY...
...including some of the next areas to be targeted by U.S. bombers. As a result, many Iraqi soldiers deserted those positions. To prepare Haiti for the U.S. intervention there, Commando Solo beamed in radio and TV messages from deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Each broadcast began with the crow of a rooster, the symbol of Aristide's political party...
...form and its listeners mature, pop music is offering a nice niche for female singers, in solo CDs and compilation albums. The sound track for Boys on the Side, an all-female set featuring songs by Annie Lennox, Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow, hit the Billboard Top 10. Some of these singers are also represented on Women for Women, with part of the sales money destined for breast-cancer research. In September, Rounder Records will release Global Divas, a three-CD set of the premier thrushes in world music; some proceeds will go to the United Nations Development...