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...point, the lead singer of the nine-piece band dared the audience to try to repeat after him the lyrics of a famous Duke Ellington tune...
...musicians who took advantage of that freedom knew they were making noble music. Swing boasted Duke Ellington, Earl Hines and Count Basie, the rarest of rarities--magnanimous men within a democracy. The same men were largely dependent on that democracy for their nobility. Within what other regime could the son of a coachman--the grandson of a slave!--become a duke...
These days Britain's Prince of Wales is still considered a tad eccentric: after all, who in his right mind would have lost the love of the fairy-tale Princess Diana? But increasingly, Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor (who is not only Prince of Wales but also, inter alia, Duke of Cornwall, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland) is winning applause for his not-so-crazy campaign to combat what he calls "the wanton destruction that has taken place...in the name of progress." For 30 years the Prince has been in the forefront of efforts...
Charles is not the first royal concerned about nature. Mad King George dabbled in botany when he wasn't losing his mind or the American colonies, and Charles' father, the Duke of Edinburgh, has long supported wildlife causes. But it is Charles who has become the crusader, with a vision of Britain that may border on the romantic but is in synch with Britons alarmed by what is happening to their green and pleasant land. He has the energy and dedication to get things done. "My problem," he has said, "is that I become carried away by enthusiasm...
...compared with G.I. Joe Extreme, introduced in the mid-'90s. The latter would have a 55-in. chest and 27-in. biceps if he were real, which simply can't be replicated in nature. Pope also points out a stunning little feature of the three-year-old video game Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown, developed by GT Interactive Software. When Duke gets tired, he can find a bottle of steroids to get him going. "Steroids give Duke a super adrenaline rush," the game manual notes...