Word: duking
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...rather than pure razzle-dazzle. Equipped with a degree in classical piano from the Parisian conservatory Lycee Lamartine, which he topped off with a year of jazz studies at Boston's rigorous Berklee College of Music, Terrasson mixes a thorough knowledge of the jazz canon--from Cole Porter to Duke Ellington to Miles Davis--with a rich harmonic sense and a carefully reined iconoclasm. On his debut album, Jacky Terrasson (Blue Note), he squeezes fresh insight and nuance out of fossilized tunes like My Funny Valentine, Bye Bye Blackbird and Porter's I Love Paris by accelerating the tempos, throwing...
Baseball Hall of Famers Willie McCovey and Duke Snider face prison and fines as high as $250,000 for failing to report income from baseball memorabilia shows. McCovey pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion, while Snider admitted conspiracy to defraud the government by filing a false tax return...
...ordained the separation of the races and that to tamper with it was to go against his will. "Just think of all the violence and bitterness we might have been spared if the Southern Baptists had repudiated racism sooner," says C. Eric Lincoln, a retired professor of religion at Duke University. "The country would have been 100 years ahead of where it is today in race relations...
...recent interview with your reporters I was quoted as saying that our suicide rate was probably less than a larger university "like Duke." I certainly did not intend to imply that Duke had a suicide problem, and obviously should not have named any specific institution. The facts are that Duke has not had an on-campus suicide in the past 10 years...
...imagine, this misstatement has been very upsetting to people at Duke, and I would like to make a sincere apology to all members of the Duke community. Randolph Caitlin, M.D. Chief of Mental Health Services University Health Services...