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...Bill Duke, who directed the reenactments in Prince Among Slaves, admits that he didn't know about Rahman's story until Kronemer approached him with the project. But this was a chance to allow some perspective on history. "The intent of this project is to humanize that word slavery," said Duke. "When people hear the word slave, they see black bodies in loincloths that came from some kind of barbaric culture. This shows that we were far more advanced than the perception of Western civilization...
...John Edwards didn't really move to the left as much as he began to use the language of class war," said Michael Munger, a political science professor at Duke University. "And that was a tactic designed to appeal to the angry left in Iowa, and the to laid-off factory workers of South Carolina...
...sophisticated pianist, perhaps jazz's greatest, may have acquired some of his famed precision from the rough-hewn lessons of his father, who was known to beat him when he hit a wrong note, but Canadian Oscar Peterson's technical skills were only part of his genius. Peterson, whom Duke Ellington called the Maharaja of the Keyboard, took the piano to new heights as soloist; sideman (for Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie); composer; and leader of the Oscar Peterson Trio, which some call jazz's finest. He could hold back, then rip down the keyboard at lightning speed...
...Duke is the one place that I hold close to my heart,” Kerr said. “It is the only university I would have left Harvard...
Leaving a lasting legacy of excellence in the Crimson soccer program, Kerr will be sorely missed. However, the Harvard men won’t have to wait too long to be reunited with their old coach, friend, and mentor: they begin their 2008-09 season at Duke...