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Schuller calls Epitaph "a musical summary of one of the great jazz composers of the century, from the sweet and gentle Mingus to the angry Mingus." In style, Epitaph is characteristic of his orchestral compositions: echoes of gospel songs and his acknowledged master, Duke Ellington; abrupt rhythmic shifts; fleeting lyrical passages (often scored for piano or vibes) that unexpectedly explode into dissonant choruses of yawps and growls; high- register solos underscored by ostinato refrains on basses and trombones. Some of the sections allow for considerable improvisation: a full-throttle version of Better Get It in Your Soul -- one of Mingus...
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...immune-system enzyme called adenosine deaminase (ADA), leaving them vulnerable to every passing germ. Some researchers question the wisdom of performing a novel -- and potentially dangerous -- therapy on children, especially since there is already an effective drug treatment. "There are a lot of other diseases without therapies," says Duke University's Dr. Michael Hershfield, an expert on ADA deficiency. "And they're in adults who can make decisions for themselves...
Many participants welcomed the new absence of political tension. Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University said, "I've coached several times against the Soviets and never used the good-guy-vs.-bad-g uy approach. These kids of mine have nothing to do with politics. They get up to play the Soviets because they're good on a basketball floor, not because of some political evil. And that's how it should be." But when his squad met the Soviets in a sold-out first-round game at the Seattle Coliseum, the favored Americans fell, 92-85. Some fans...
...slim volume, adapted from a series of lectures by Bok at Duke University in 1988, presents the strong argument that universities have failed to fulfill their full potential in "helping America surmount the obstacles that sap our economic strength and blight the lives of millions of our people...