Word: duking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. T.H. (Terance Harold) Robsjohn-Gibbings, 71, elegant designer and interior decorator for such clients as Doris Duke and Aristotle Onassis; of a heart attack; in Athens, where he had lived since 1964. Robsjohn-Gibbings moved to the U.S. from his native London in the '30s and set up shop on Manhattan's East Side. To re-create the "timeless" furniture of the classic period, he spent years studying ancient Grecian art. A sprightly, caustic author, he took on the antiques business and modern art in two bestselling books: Goodbye, Mr. Chippendale (1945) and Mona Lisa...
...creative or mentally intact than anyone else. Though the elderly are more prone to chronic diseases, they get fewer acute illnesses than the general population; a person over 65 has an average of 1.3 acute illnesses a year, compared with 2.1 a year for all ages. Comfort cites a Duke University study showing that about half of a group of people over 65 who returned for periodic checkups had no detectable physical decline over periods ranging from three to 13 years. Nor are new emotional and mental disorders very likely in old age: true senility is uncommon, and only...
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...singing in Bubbling Brown Sugar is also consistently outstanding. Backed by an excellent Duke Ellington-type big band, Ursula Kairson turns in an electric version of "God Bless the Child," while Jay Flash Riley--with the help of some wildly funny ad-libbing--immortalizes an unexpected aspect of religious revivalist meetings. With the exception of the songs specifically composed for Bubbling Brown Sugar, the caliber of music is the highest, and includes many Fats Waller and Duke Ellington standards...
...That's what the people at Berklee School of Music decided to do tonight. At 8 p.m. in Berklee's Performance Center, the Berklee School will present Berklee's all-star music faculty playing 200 years of jazz. Their big band ensemble will take on Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong. Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman and others. To get to the performance center hop a Dudley bus to Auditorium. Tickets are $5, $4 and $3. There is a $1.50 reduction for those with student...