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...addition, Barenboim drew fire from Jewish organizations for his friendship with the late Palestinian activist and writer, Edward Said, and for conducting music by 19th-century composer and anti-Semitic pamphleteer Richard Wagner in Israel...
...Parilo said last night. “If there’s so many people running—I think it’s just the best person for the job then.” But with first-year races pitting about 20 candidates for every two UC seats, Edward J. Dumoulin ’10 said he is concerned that the race will turn into a “popularity contest.” “There are a lot of people who threw their names into the hat, who wanted to win the seat, and have...
...Institute of Politics’ (IOP) 40th Anniversary celebration last Friday, Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 said that the Bush administration’s approach to politics is contrary to values that prevailed when the IOP was founded. Kennedy said that the current administration’s policies were based on the “politics of fear,” citing the president’s approval of domestic wiretapping, the war in Iraq, and human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay. “Their aim was simply to stoke the fear...
...DIED. Edward Albert, 55, actor best known for his sensitive, moving portrayal of a young blind man struggling to break free of his protective mother in the 1972 film Butterflies Are Free; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. Like his father, actor Eddie Albert, the younger Albert--who appeared in more than 100 films (Guarding Tess, Midway) and TV shows (Falcon Crest)--spent much of his time working to preserve the environment and Native American culture, serving on numerous boards, including the California Coastal Commission...
DIED. Martha Holmes, 83, one of LIFE's first female photographers and the creator of historic, vivid portraits of luminaries; in New York City. Warm and engaged, Holmes captured rare, personal moments in the lives of subjects from Edward R. Murrow (on a tractor on his farm in Connecticut) to Eleanor Roosevelt (surrounded by orphans on a walk through the woods). Holmes' famous shot of Jackson Pollock, cigarette dangling, working intently on one of his trademark splattered canvases, was later reproduced on a U.S. postage stamp...