Word: duking
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Some ask exactly what Dukakis has done for Blacks during the Massachusetts Miracle. Most answer that he has done little. And that may be true. A recent phone call to the "Dukakis for President" headquarters revealed that the Duke has no campaign literature pertaining to Blacks, none on his civil rights record, and nothing on what he had to say during the busing debacle in Boston during the early 1970s...
...bebop? That may be the ticket for some students on the Duke campus beginning in 1991, when the university plans to open the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Durham, N.C. While 58 other schools already have jazz majors, the four-year institute will be the nation's first conservatory expressly dedicated to jazz. Named after the pianist-composer who died in 1982, it will serve 200 students chosen through competitions and interviews. Jazz Greats Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis have expressed interest in teaching there; Trumpeter Clark Terry will chair the academic council...
...plans announced last week, the conservatory will have its own library, recording studio and recital hall. "Information about this art form has been scattered; we would like to bring it all together," says Thelonious Monk Jr., the pianist's son, who has helped raise $12 million for the facilities. Duke President H. Keith Brodie, a jazz buff, was delighted to beat out Washington and Los Angeles for the site of the conservatory. Says he: "The first record I ever bought was a Thelonious Monk album...
...palace is so long that Akeem talks to his parents at the other end through an intercom. Hanging in a Black businessman's home is a copy of a famous Manet--only the girl in the picture is now Black. Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche appear briefly as the Duke brothers, the heartless business kingpins from Trading Places, but now, they're panhandlers. Most of the gags are hilarious, which is good because they are the meat of this film...
...demonstrate that this faith extends beyond his own fortunes. Are those willing to go to the polls to pull the lever for Jesse also willing to pull the lever for the Duke if Jesse gives them the go ahead? In 1984, the Jackson camp claims, the signal was never given because the nominee didn't deserve the support. But could it be that the real reason is that Jackson fears that he may fail to deliver the votes he says he has brought to the party...