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DEXTER GORDON: HOMECOMING -- LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD (Columbia). Gordon's 1976 return to the U.S. after 14 years abroad produced a smashing live album. Now reissued with the latest batch of Columbia Jazz Masterpieces releases (other offerings include Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck), this two-disk set features a throaty version of 'Round Midnight that ranks as one of the great tenor sax performances of all time...
...English side. Yet down the centuries the narrow neck of water separating Britain and France has served as one of Europe's most enduring physical and psychological barriers. Only twice have armies crossed it to invade Britain: the Roman legions in 54 B.C. and the one led by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066. Secure on their sceptered isle, Britons developed their own proud brand of insularity, summed up as "splendid isolation" during the palmy Victorian...
...other man of decision is Bush. With a quarter of a million troops in the region and more on the way, he can hardly behave like the grand old Duke of York, who marched his men to the top of the hill and marched them down again. He cannot withdraw unless Saddam does so. His political survival would be thrown into question, as would the credibility of the U.S. in the new emerging world. But if it is to be war, Bush will find it reassuring that he can rely on one of the best leadership teams ever to operate...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., an American literature professor at Duke University, is well-known for a series of editorial pieces he wrote concerning the lyrics of 2 Live Crew, a rap band recently acquitted of obscenty charges in Florida. Their album, "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" tells of the unnatural sexual prowess of the band's members and the irrepressible urge of every "bitch" to throw off all inhibition and consent. (This is the PG-13 exposition of their lyrics; if you want the "Henry and June" mix, buy the album...
Some colleges are hiring strategic planners; others are contracting out janitorial services. Stanford recently decided to form a new management % company, complete with a nonacademic CEO, to handle its finances and investments. Harvard, Duke and Princeton already have similar organizations. Last spring Franklin & Marshall College sold its bookstore to a private company, netting the school $900,000 and saving it the burden of carrying unsold inventory. "This is not a onetime adjustment," says Lehigh President Peter Likins. "It's going to be a way of life...