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...attempt to capture the symbolism of the quadrennial world Olympics, Mike N. Druckman '87, chairman of Leverett's version, marked the beginning of the games by dressing up in a toga and carrying a bic lighter through the Leverett House dining hall...
...Supreme Court, only to have the court rule in 1952 that this invasion of their privacy was not an invasion of their privacy. (Justice William Douglas' dissent reasserted the principle that "the right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.") Composer Jacob Druckman is one man who retains a sensitivity to music even when Muzak tells him not to listen. "I grit my teeth whenever I go into an elevator or a restaurant," says...
...standard works, such as Verdi's Don Carlo and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, the company has used the latest scholarship to offer versions that are as musicologically accurate as possible. In honor of its centennial next season, the Met has commissioned new operas from Composers Jacob Druckman (on the Medea legend) and John Corigliano (based on the third of Beaumarchais's Figaro plays...
...last week's Knesset session, attention was focused on Begin, who leaned heavily on a cane as he took his seat at the government's table, and on Rabbi Druckman, who sat two rows behind the Prime Minister. Begin took occasional notes as Opposition Leader Shimon Peres perfunctorily charged the government with incompetence in its handling of the West Bank. Demanded Peres: "What are our ambitions? To add 1.3 million Arabs, against their will, to Israel, and make Israel a binational state on a one-way street to conflict...
When the Prime Minister had at last finished, the chamber fell silent with expectation. Asked Speaker Menachem Savidor: "Who is in favor?" And when Druckman quickly raised his hand, along with 57 other members of the Knesset, the 58-58 tie vote was inevitable. His bad leg propped on a hassock under the bench, Begin could not look behind him to see how Druckman had voted. His Deputy Prime Minister, Simcha Ehrlich, broke the news to him. Begin then turned in his seat, grimacing, to stare at Druckman for a moment. When Savidor announced the vote, Begin rose...